From the purely selfish perspective of a muckraking political blogger... why can't Seattle elect headline-generating politicians like this?

So to summarize, there is apparently a tape of Mayor Ford smoking crack. We now know that when they were young men Ford’s older brothers were the big hash dealers in town. Doug’s now a city councilor. Randy was arrested for a drug related kidnaping after one of Doug’s sub-dealers got behind on his bills. When news first surfaced about the alleged crack tape, pictures also surfaced of Ford with a 21 year old man named Anthony Smith. Smith was gunned down in March.

The tip received by Ford family confidant David Price was that Smith was the original owner of the crack tape but that he’d been killed over possession of it. Ford’s chief of staff, Mark Towhey, went to the police with that information and subsequently resigned. Any questions?

Meanwhile, many voters think Mike McGinn is unfit to continue serving as Seattle mayor because, I dunno, he doesn't get along well with the council?

Honestly, we must have the most boring politicians in the world. We're pathetic.