Oh, Jay. We’re so sorry. The SECB always invites every candidate who files to run for an elected office to our endorsement interview. Every. Candidate. This year’s un-illuminating shitshow of gubernatorial endorsement interviews made us question that approach.
When Governor Inslee showed up at 9 a.m. on a Friday morning, so did Bill Hirt, a candidate campaigning solely based on his opposition to light rail, along with James Robert Deal, a Lynnwood attorney concerned with fluoridation of the water supply and the tyranny of vaccines. Hirt eventually became so frustrated with what he perceived to be the SECB’s lack of interest in his moronic platform (he was right!) that he stormed out of the meeting (hooray!).
Meanwhile, the only guy who actually has a chance against Inslee didn’t show at all. Bill Bryant, a smarmy Republican businessman-turned-port-commissioner, isn’t speaking to the SECB…
