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Comments by Chris Nye about his candidacy
Posted on January 8, 2012Well, it's been an interesting few days! Here is a link to Chris Nye's comments on the reaction to his candidacy for Pierce County Council.
http://vote4nye.blogspot.com/2012/01/comments-by-chris-nye-about-his.html
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2 Comments
January 8th, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Bad Idea Chris Nye, resign now or rescind your campaign for County Council. In both Arizona and Georgia, being a politicians running for a different office means real commitment sacrifice. Politicians there are basically required to resign from their current elected office in order to run for another one. The rationale is simple: Keep politicians focused on the job that they were elected to do for the people that elected them...
January 9th, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Indeed a bad idea to hold multiple offices where there is a built-in potential conflict of interest. How are you going to rationalize votes on issues that benefit one constituency over the other? Recuse yourself in either case? That mean's you are unable to represent anyone. Dick Muri tried that a few years ago when he ran his Pierce County Council secretary for Lakewood city council. Pick one and choose: you can't serve two masters. You might also want to check Washington State law which addresses simultaneously held elected/government positions.