Slog - Comments on Muni League Ratings http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings The Seattle Municipal League (a longtime Seattle good-government group) has released its candidate ratings for this year's Seattle City Council candidates. Of the 15 candidates running in the four contested council races (Tom Rasmussen is running unopposed), only one--David Della opponent Tim Burgess--got a rating of "outstanding." Four others--incumbents Della and Sally Clark and open seat contenders Bruce Harrell and Venus Velazquez--were rated "very good," while incumbent Jean Godden ranked just "good." (Perennial candidate Stan Lippman, who opposes childhood vaccinations and told the Stranger editorial board we'd "lose all [our] credibility" if we didn't endorse him, was the only candidate... Copyright 2008 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:48:22 -0800 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:19:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gomez Can you quantify 'significant'?

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773258 City Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:20:20 -0800 Comment by trotupanddown How can one take seriously the biased recommendations of a bunch of uninformed pimply-faced kids??


Nothing against kids or pimples in general, but it's unfortunately true. The Municipal League long ago lost any semblance of credibility.

]]> trotupanddown http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773315 City Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:17:08 -0800 Comment by wait Pimply-faced kids? They wish. There aren't many people under 50 involved in the Muni League candidate endorsements. Maybe a couple of people in their mid-30s, but no "kids". Perhaps you are thinking of another organization?

There's some things you can accuse the Muni League of, but "uninformed" isn't one of them. They are almost too informed. Zzzzz...

]]> wait http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773365 City Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:59:01 -0800 Comment by R on Beacon Hill Municipal League still rates candidates based on their perceived (emphasis on perceived) abilities and overall competence, not on their policies.

Personally, I'd rather vote for an "adequate" candidate working FOR the policies I support than an "outstanding" candidate working AGAINST them.

]]> R on Beacon Hill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773395 City Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:22:30 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @4 - surprisingly I agree with you.

And Muni League is way 20th Century. So last century.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773527 City Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:50:49 -0800 Comment by Geni The Muni League interview annoyed me. Other endorsement interviews asked concrete questions about actual policy issues - the Growth Management Act, the Brightwater sewage-treatment facility, ideas for improving traffic congestion, etc. - but the Muni League asked me all total bullshit questions. "What kind of management style do you have?" "Are you a collaborative sort of person?" That kind of touchy-feely crap. I was prepared reasonably well to discuss policy issues, not my favorite color or what kind of tree I'd be.

Unsurprisingly, between my annoyance at the questions and the fact that my brother-in-law had died in the wee hours that same morning, I only got an "adequate" rating from them.

I kind of take them with a grain of salt, anyway, because the same person will go from an Outstanding to an Adequate in the course of two years, depending on who is on the interview panel, and what kinds of questions they ask people in their background check (which is really a weird thing - they call people who knew you in high school or worked with you ten years ago and ask them personal questions about you).

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773585 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c773585 City Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:58:03 -0800 Comment by xdfrivgk tibh tegpcb xwytk eysjcrbg dmobtn zqon iquesb jtkyv

]]> xdfrivgk tibh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c780231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c780231 City Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:18:07 -0800 Comment by xdfrivgk tibh tegpcb xwytk eysjcrbg dmobtn zqon iquesb jtkyv

]]> xdfrivgk tibh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c780233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/muni_league_ratings#c780233 City Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:19:03 -0800