Heh. Thanks for the nod, I guess?

So, I guess "being smart" is simply an aside to REAL POLITICKING? Local media is the last independent journalistic institution this once-proud nation has left. We are stuck with an ill-functioning two party system thanks mostly to the short-sightedness of the media.

If I buy someone at the Willamette Week an expensive lunch can we then finally see some good press of the non-demrepubs?

If the WW wants to end partisan politics by the Ds and Rs, they would have endorsed Seth Woolley.

The WW endorsed Measure 65, claiming it would limit or end partisanship, but they endorse Kate Brown here. Where is their consistency?

Vote for Seth Woolley for real election reform.

In the ever-ending search for clarity amidst the left-leaning columns of the Willamette Week, I must ask: You write that if redistricting is done in a partisan manner by the (presumptive) Secretary of State Brown, it would tilt in favor of her party. Did your underpaid interns who were forced to write this dribble completely forget to add the sentence that shuld have said Brown should be dispassionately unpartisan when it came to representing the constitutional election and representational rights of ALL citizens, regardless of party affiliation in the important redistricting process? Or do you even bother to hide your giddiness that in your political fantasy football team, Brown = Blue? Let's face it, most of you went to the Tony Marino Internet School of Journalism anyway, but don't damage Kate with your circle-jerk reporting. She's a decent person with a sense of fairness. We may be on opposite sides of the aisle, but I have great respect for her and I am confident she knows what is expected by all citizens. After the Acorn scandals, our chief elections officer needs to be above suspicion...and you dipshits sure aren't helping her.

I'm unsure why WW says I'm not running much of a campaign. It's true that I do have a regular job, but I have been getting around the state, as I list a plethora of events I've attended or will be attending on my website: seth4sos.org/

As far as the other candidates, have they been campaigning full time? It's hard to say. Kate's website has been rather empty of updates from since the primary to October, when she came out "in favor" of campaign finance reform -- my major issue. She doesn't list any substance as far as events.

It's curious that you don't mention my candidacy at all when you reported that sudden change of heart. Am I not influencing the debate if the newspapers don't publish that the debate happened?

Yes, I'm not employed by large special interest donors, so I can't do the campaign full time, and I'm not a trust fund kid, but when has that ever been a requirement for public office?

Oh, right, it is to Willamette Week -- somebody has to buy political ads from them, the TV stations, and the rest of the media.

Tell you what, Willamette Week. How would you like to be required to cover all ballot-qualified candidates equally in exchange for use of the public sidewalks for distribution points?

If you live in a democracy, when you abuse your power, you lose it. The question that remains is whether or not we live in a democracy instead of a plutocracy. Why don't you editorialize on that?

please vote swoolley. please?

Seth,

You have my vote...