Washington State Treasurer

OK, I’m home from work now (just slightly earlier than I normally would be, but not much). Time to continue on with the ballot stuff. I have two hours until the polling places close. The closest polling place is a 10 minute walk, or two minute car ride away. But to avoid cutting it too close, I’ll give this 90 minutes, then whatever I have is whatever I have, and I’ll have to leave the rest blank.

Anyway, three candidates for this one:

• Allan Martin (Prefers Republican Party): A current Deputy Treasurer. Endorsed by the outgoing Treasurer and a bunch of county treasurers of both parties. Seems solid.
• Jim McIntire (Prefers Democratic Party): Endorsed by one of the big newspapers and what looks like a bunch of unions. An Economics Professor.
• ChangMook Sohn (Prefers Democratic Part): Washington State’s Chief Economist. Also seems solid.

First of all, once again, why is this an elected partisan position? This kind of position should be a non-partisan position hired due to the expertise and skill of the individual. Not an elected position. The right way to evaluate these candidates is by an extensive review of their resumes and previous accomplishments. I don’t have the time or ability to do such a review, and I’m guessing most voters spend even less time on this sort of thing than I do. From what I can see any of these three would probably be good. But for now, I’m going to go for the one endorsed by the other Treasurers, rather than the one endorsed by unions ot the other one endorsed by what looks like random other people.

So my vote is:

Allan Martin.