The Washington Coalition for Open Government honored State Auditor, champion of efficient government, thorn in the state legislature's side and all around good guy, with the 2009 James Andersen Award. Also receiving honors were TVW co-founders Stan Marshburn and Denny Heck. Three cheers for three champions of good government.
I wasn't able to attend but a friend who did tells me that Seattle Attorney Tom Carr also gave an outstanding presentation during the workshop portion of the evening. If I can track down the PowerPoint I will be sure to post it.
Posted by MarkGriswold at September 23, 2009 08:13 PM | Email ThisIf it were a race between Rob McKenna and Brian Sonntag, who would you vote for?
I'm honestly not sure. McKenna is a relatively liberal Republican, and would probably be frightened of appearing too conservative for the state. On the other hand, should he win, he wouldn't be owned by liberal interest groups.
On the other hand, Sonntag is very conservative for a Democrat, but he'd be at least somewhat beholden to the Democratic interest groups.
It's a purely academic question, because there is no way in hell that the D's would ever let Sonntag get the nomination for Governor. And I'd easily vote for McKenna over any other D. But it's an interesting theoretical question.
One more theoretical question: If Sonntag switched parties and ran as an R, would you support him?
Dream scenario: McKenna runs for Gov., Sonntag switches parties and runs for Senate.
I'd vote for both of them.
Posted by: Cliff on September 24, 2009 10:38 AM