Municipal League releases candidate ratings

The Municipal League of King County, a non-partisan civic group committed to government accountability, yesterday announced its ratings of the qualifications of 140 candidates in 60 local elections.

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The league has rated candidates in Seattle since 1911, based on careful evaluation of four criteria: involvement, effectiveness, character and knowledge, with incumbents often given credit or criticism for prior public service.

Here are ratings in contests involving Republican, Democrat and Libertarian candidates on the Sept. 18 primary ballot:

King County executive:
Santos Contreras (R), good
David Fries (L), not qualified
Alan Lobdell (R), adequate
Ron Sims (D), outstanding

County Council, Dist. 1
Carolyn Edmonds (D), good
Kelly Snyder (R), very good
Ed Sterner (R), very good

County Council, Dist. 5
Dwight Pelz (D), very good
Mark Wheeler (D), very good

County Council, Dist. 13
Julia Patterson (D), outstanding
Pam Roach (R), adequate
Les Thomas (R), good

In non-partisan races:

Port of Seattle, Dist. 3
Anthony C. Devino, insufficient information
Andy Kleitsch, insufficient information
Paige Miller, outstanding
Richard Pope, poor

Port of Seattle, Dist. 4
Christopher R. Cain, adequate
Pat Davis, very good
Jake Jacobovitch, very good
Al Yuen, good

Seattle mayor
Piero Bugoni, insufficient information
Charlie Chong, good
Max Englerius, not qualified
Bob Hegamin, adequate
Scott Kennedy, poor
Richard Lee, not qualified
Greg Nickels, very good
Caleb Schaber, poor
Paul Schell, very good
Mark Sidran, very good
Omari Tahir-Garrett, not qualified
Scott K. Whittemore, insufficient information
Christal Wood, poor

Seattle City Council, Pos. 2
Dakotta J. Alex, poor
Richard Conlin, outstanding
James Egan, adequate
Michael R. Preston, very good
Jay Sauceda, adequate

Seattle City Council, Pos. 4
Jan Drago, very good
Curt Firestone, good
Susan Harmon, good

Seattle City Council, Pos. 8
Grant Cogswell, good
Stan Lippmann, good
Richard J. McIver, outstanding
E. Heath Merriwether, good
Jerome N. Wilson, poor

Seattle city attorney
Tom Carr, outstanding
Edsonya Charles, good
Jim Cline, adequate

Seattle School Board, Dist. 4
Pat Griffith, very good
Dick Lilly, good
Sally Soriano, good
Lawrence "Larry" Soriano, adequate

Seattle School Board, Dist. 5
David Barfield, insufficient information
Mary E. Bass, very good
Juan J. Cotto, good
Dana Twight, very good
Tyson Vo, insufficient information
Patrinell Wright, good

Seattle School Board, Dist. 7
Garry "Mr. B" Breitstein, very good
Jan Kumasaka, outstanding
Charlie Mas, very good

Kent City Council, Pos. 2
David Boelke, good
Steven R. Ishikawa, good
Julie Peterson, good
Debbie Raplee, insufficient information

Renton City Council, Pos. 2
Dan Clawson, adequate
Rosemary Quesenberry, adequate
Tim E. Segura, very good

Shoreline City Council, Pos. 1
John T. Chang, good
Marlin J. Gabbert, good
Jim Shea, good

Shoreline City Council, Pos. 5
Scott Jepsen, very good
Daniel A. Mann, good
Brian McCulloch, adequate

Details on the Municipal League ratings can be found at its Web site, www.munileague.org

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