King County Executive

This post originally appeared on Orphan Road.

Ouch. It turns out the current front runner for King County Executive, the seat that has the most influence over transit decision in Seattle and throughout the county, is Susan Hutchison – a former Discover Institute board member and former TV news anchor. Why does this scare me? 1) I like to call the Discovery Institute the Discover How To Build More Roads Institute. They fought hard against light rail, and fight hard to build more roads. 2) Former news anchor = instant name recognition, which will help her in the polls.

I admit I don’t know much about the other candidates. Does anyone have a suggestion about who to support?

Oh, and don’t be too afraid. Although she’s leading with 37% to 9% (with Larry Phillips in 2nd place), I should point out that it was a KING5 TV poll.