{"id":553,"date":"2010-10-30T22:21:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T05:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=553"},"modified":"2010-11-01T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T19:32:07","slug":"vote-for-brenda-hirschi-for-county-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/vote-for-brenda-hirschi-for-county-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Brenda Hirschi, our next County Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Lewis sagely argued: &#8220;Voting for someone isn&#8217;t the same as endorsing them.&#8221; \u00a0So it is that I and my wife feel compelled to vote for Brenda Hirschi for Mason County Commissioner. \u00a0My reservations have been expressed elsewhere in this Blog and I&#8217;ve been censored for it (Shawnie Whelan\/Vedder and John Cox). \u00a0But although I personally LIKE Jerry and would gladly spend an evening tipping a few with him, Brenda&#8217;s campaign contributors aren&#8217;t supporters of Tim Sheldon and Adage. \u00a0i.e. \u00a0The enemy of my enemy is my &#8216;friend&#8217;. \u00a0Jerry appears to be the &#8216;friend&#8217; of my enemy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_554\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lingle375.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"size-large wp-image-554\" title=\"Jerry Lingle\" src=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lingle375-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lingle375-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lingle375-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry takes $ from Hupp, Wallitner, Bloomfield, Squaxin Tribe, Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mind you (and take notice) I&#8217;m going to be all over Brenda like maggots on rotten meat regarding ALL threats to our children&#8217;s health and those who would privatize the very air we breath. \u00a0But Jerry doesn&#8217;t even list Jay Hupp and Tom Wallitner in his recent ad printed by the Journal, realizing these officials are widely despised because of their willingness to allow the community to be poisoned by the likes of Adage and Simpson. \u00a0Still, the names he does list speak volumes about what forces support him&#8230;names known to the community as enemies of our collective health, our children, our environment, and our future.<\/p>\n<p>So while I cannot &#8216;endorse&#8217; Brenda for the reasons cited elsewhere on this Blog, I urge you to vote for her because, clearly, Jerry is already sleeping with the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>ps: \u00a0While in office as County Commissioner, Mary Jo Cady threatened to &#8216;condemn&#8217; a local resident&#8217;s (Guy Parson) land in retaliation for his attempts to defend against (what he viewed as) County mismanagement of his river bank in the flood plain of the Skokomish. \u00a0Bill Hunter signed the County up for the Growth Management Act. \u00a0Herb Baze was voted out of office for firing an employee who was too honest with the public regarding what a new highway through Belfair would cost&#8230;that and hiring an out of state manager (at great expense, but which Mary Jo had invited) to do the job we elected Herb to do on a generous salary. \u00a0Herb apparently didn&#8217;t want to do the job himself. \u00a0He just wanted the status and pay for it. \u00a0I wasn&#8217;t around when Annette (a brilliant campaign manager for Jerry) was Commissioner. \u00a0I can tell you she stood up and expressed doubt\/confusion about the BioMassacre proposal. \u00a0She asked if it wouldn&#8217;t be better than current slash practices. \u00a0Annette appeared to be unaware such practices are being phased out completely and only 28,000 Tons\/yr. of &#8216;slash&#8217; in the entire Chehalis Air Gap (Lewis, Thurston, Grays Harbor, Mason) are burned now&#8230;enough to furnish Adage (alone) with only a 9-day supply of fuel. \u00a0Annette seems blind to how vital air quality, health, and our children are to the community and its future. \u00a0That is why Jerry is going to lose this election. \u00a0Annette gave him bad advice on this issue, and he didn&#8217;t have the heart\/instincts to recognize it&#8230;that and he took money from the Devil. \u00a0If Jerry had a soul, he sold it. \u00a0The community will not reward him for doing so. \u00a0They&#8217;re going to elect Brenda Hirschi as County Commissioner because they believe she may protect the community in ways Jerry will not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Lewis sagely argued: &#8220;Voting for someone isn&#8217;t the same as endorsing them.&#8221; \u00a0So it is that I and my wife feel compelled to vote for Brenda Hirschi for Mason County Commissioner. \u00a0My reservations have been expressed elsewhere in this &hellip; 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