LATEST UPDATE: I don't know why out-of-towners, for the most part, if not entirely, should have so much input into the elections of Federal Way, or in any other city or town where the bulk of their membership doesn't reside. The Municipal League of King County is pretty much a mixture of the politically non-sophisticated, a few actually astute and knowledgeable people regarding civic affairs, though not particularly vetted, if at all, as to their fitness for being election judges, and maybe a handful of savvy politicos.
I don't see why I should bring myself before this group to ask for their bestowal of grace upon my campaign unless they are willing to have as many randomly selected Federal Way citizens as their usual rank-and-file raters, with equal votes, to be in judgment of my candidacy, that with or without this equilibrium, the mainstream media would be eager to print or announce their pronouncements.
Nevertheless, I will give the Municipal League the benefit of the doubt if they decide to ingratiate themselves uninvited into our elections, and at that point I would request that they include randomly selected registered voter FW citizens on their panel. If they agree, then I will agree to go through their process. If they don't, then I will take Senator Pam Roach's approach to them, who also isn't a big fan of this League, by bypassing them altogether and taking my case solely to the voters.
-- Mark Greene, candidate for Federal Way City Council (Position 1)
Outside article about Muny League's hidden bias by Knute Berger.
Latest Update (Apr. 22, 2015): The Municipal League of King County process is on its face unfair to challengers as opposed to incumbents, because the kind of questions they ask in regards to insight into policy is something that an incumbent, as opposed to a challenger, works with on a regular basis and would have inside knowledge about particular city workings that would be virtually impossible or very difficult for others to have, including information from subordinate city officials that they, but few others, have direct access to. Why incumbents should conceivably get a better rating because of their inside knowledge is a question that the Municipal League hasn't countered too well over the years, but a rigged process is something they apparently just take for granted.
New Post (Apr. 17, 2015): The Pos. #1 Race & An Age-Old Journalistic Trick
[Revised on 4/22/15.]
I don't see why I should bring myself before this group to ask for their bestowal of grace upon my campaign unless they are willing to have as many randomly selected Federal Way citizens as their usual rank-and-file raters, with equal votes, to be in judgment of my candidacy, that with or without this equilibrium, the mainstream media would be eager to print or announce their pronouncements.
Nevertheless, I will give the Municipal League the benefit of the doubt if they decide to ingratiate themselves uninvited into our elections, and at that point I would request that they include randomly selected registered voter FW citizens on their panel. If they agree, then I will agree to go through their process. If they don't, then I will take Senator Pam Roach's approach to them, who also isn't a big fan of this League, by bypassing them altogether and taking my case solely to the voters.
-- Mark Greene, candidate for Federal Way City Council (Position 1)
Outside article about Muny League's hidden bias by Knute Berger.
Latest Update (Apr. 22, 2015): The Municipal League of King County process is on its face unfair to challengers as opposed to incumbents, because the kind of questions they ask in regards to insight into policy is something that an incumbent, as opposed to a challenger, works with on a regular basis and would have inside knowledge about particular city workings that would be virtually impossible or very difficult for others to have, including information from subordinate city officials that they, but few others, have direct access to. Why incumbents should conceivably get a better rating because of their inside knowledge is a question that the Municipal League hasn't countered too well over the years, but a rigged process is something they apparently just take for granted.
New Post (Apr. 17, 2015): The Pos. #1 Race & An Age-Old Journalistic Trick
[Revised on 4/22/15.]
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