DO! NOT! VOTE! MCDERMOTT! (Everything Is More Convincing in All Caps™.)
We have to put this in all caps because one of the candidates in this race wants you to be confused. Jim McDermott is the lefty Democrat retiring after representing über-liberal Seattle in Congress for nearly three centuries. He will not be on your ballot. Joe McDermott is a King County Council Member. He will be on your ballot. Many voters—because many voters are idiots (a few SECB members, too!)—will vote for Joe on “name recognition” alone. But not you! You won’t vote for Joe, because he’s astonishingly boring and nearly devoid of ideas. (In other words, a perfect fit for the county council, where he should stay!)
Pramila Jayapal is the one you want. The SECB initially had a tough time making the call between Jayapal and Brady Walkinshaw, a hot gay urbanist…
