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Washington Republicans’ tendency of late is to pull apart rather than together in the crunch time of elections. Curbing this habit is a Herculean chore requiring a blend of personal finesse and political fierceness. Consider two symptomatic snapshots from 2012. Shortly after the primary, tension sifted through a Republican phone bank operation in Everett when backers of defeated gubernatorial candidate Shahram Hadian resisted making calls on behalf of the party’s nominee, Rob McKenna. Hadian ran to the philosophical right of McKenna and his followers found the former attorney general too liberal for their tastes. Fast forward to the final days of the campaign when a fundraising letter signed by party icon Dino Rossi went out on Washington
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My point being, I feel distrustful that she can fully represent the residents of Port Orchard while having chosen to give up citizenship. How does this keep her perspectives balanced? Where is the safeguard from being swayed by business interests if she does not have to live with the results? Port Orchard has more than 12,000 residents, surely
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State Republican Party stationery. Rossi didn’t make the pitch for McKenna but for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Apparently Romney asked and McKenna didn’t even though McKenna had a shot at winning and Romney did not. Neither occurrence cost McKenna victory. Rather, they expose a damning problem the incoming leader inherits: Washington Republicans too often allow the personal to become political and it impedes the party’s accomplishments. Paul Elvig of Everett, a former Snohomish County Republican Party chairman, recently stepped to the sidelines after half-a-century on the front lines of partisan battles. He characterized Republicans’ challenge this way: “They need to learn to like each other and not be suspect of each other’s motives.” Democrats, on the other hand, grin and bury it.
Party members do get frustrated with antics of their chairman, Dwight Pelz. And lawmakers and influence peddlers of the Democratic stripe were flummoxed by Inslee on many occasions. But if any are worried about the governor’s vulnerability three-and-a-half years from now, they aren’t going to pipe it out to the public. Such self-inflicted damage would be tougher to overcome than an attack by a political opponent. They know unity right up through election time — even if some Democrats do so with gritted teeth — pays better dividends. Change takes time. As Inslee vacations with re-election far from his thoughts, Republicans are getting to ready to make a decision with Nov. 8, 2016, foremost in their minds. Political reporter Jerry Cornfield’s blog, The Petri Dish, is at www.heraldnet. com. Contact him at 360-3528623 or jcornfield@heraldnet. com.
there is one person who fits all the qualifications who can step in until the term expires in 2015. With a general lull in the city planning commission docket, is this not an opportune time to seek out someone better suited to represent all aspects of the city’s people, not just business? My question and concern being: What is the bulk of council thinking? Is it so hard to see the residents are represented as fully as possible? Isn’t that their job? Is it appropriate that someone
who chooses to leave our city for residence elsewhere retain their influence over the planning of our city? I encourage everyone to pay attention to what goes on in council meetings. Watch them online or better yet, attend them and speak up. It is our city and it is up to us to voice our thoughts and work together. Otherwise, we have little to complain about and once the die is cast, it is a lot harder to change.
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