Election Advice

I don’t want to come out for or against any of the candidates or referendums. But please be informed and know what you're voting for. Two examples:

Bob Forde, candidate for Clallam County Commissioner — His statements in the PDN seem pretty tame and understated compared to the Citizen Review Online which is written by Bob and Sue Forde. (In an earlier post I had incorrectly stated that Peter Ripley was the author of this site; it looks similar to his Port Angeles Journal and I couldn’t see any author’s name listed. A commenter informed me that Bob and Sue Forde are the authors.)

If you're planning to vote for Forde, please check out Citizen Review Online first and make sure you agree with his ideas on property rights and zoning/land use laws.

R-67: If you’ve turned on your TV in the past few months, you’ve been bombarded with these folksy ads. Regular folks just like us — a father getting ready to walk his kids to school, a waitress chatting with her customers — are giving us a dire warning about trial lawyers and the evils of R-67. (Here and here are two of the ads, if you can bear to see them again.)

These down-home folksy TV ads have been paid for (almost $10 million so far) by insurance companies; and most of them are from out of state. This is a well-known fact, but nevertheless: almost every time there’s a multi-million dollar ad blitz for or against a referendum, the public gets swayed and ends up voting the way the slick TV ads told them to.

So be informed. The R-67 battle isn't Ward Cleaver and Alice the waitress fighting those greedy trial lawyers. It’s a simple question of whether insurance companies should be penalized (sued for triple damages) for denying a valid claim. Yes on R-67 means you agree that insurance companies should be required to honor all valid claims in a timely manner. A “No” vote means you disagree.

“Don’t believe the hype.”