Comments on: Anderson: Shabro could have done more to pay Pierce County ballot postage

By: pcinsider1

pcinsider1 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:04:31 +0000

jlmlaw: Julie and supporters keep harping on the fact the Jan hired Deryl McCarty, a Republican, to be her deputy. Duh! Is she supposed to hire someone she doesn’t know and who doesn’t share her values, etc? Have past Auditor’s done that? NO! At least this Deputy Auditor is actually IN the office every day and involved in the day to day activities of the employees and customers — the last deputy (who went with McCarthy to the exec’s office) was rarely in the office and had no administrative function there. She primarily just followed McCarthy around the county and kept her company at the Election Center, where the really important work went on. And Deryl McCarty has taken a smaller salary than that appointee, and will decline the county’s medical benefit package and take 52 furlough days next year if Shabro is elected. I doubt the Julie’s “appointed deputy” will do the same, and I assume they will know Julie pretty well and also be a “D”.

By: retired81

retired81 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:04:40 +0000

It wreaks of poll tax.

By: jlmlaw

jlmlaw — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:56:43 +0000

On Wednesday, I attended the debate between Julie Anderson and Jan Shabro and want to comment on “nonpartisanship.” Julie Anderson is an admitted Democrat; Jan Shabro is an admitted Republican. The issue in a non-partisan race is not whether the candidate is politically neutral, but whether he or she will run the office in a non-partisan way. In Julie Anderson’s five years on the non-partisan Tacoma City Council, there has never been a hint of her pushing party politics. Shabro has been the appointed Auditor of the Republican County Council for ten months. In that time she has appointed as her chief deputy the Chairman of the Pierce County Republican Party. He since has formed a political action committee to elect Republicans to office. Jan Shabro has contributed to that committee. Which candidate do you think will run the office of Auditor without regard to party politics? It’s a no-brainer. Vote for Julie and #1 and no need to vote for #2 or #3.

By: klthompson

klthompson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:47:15 +0000

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have to put postage on an absentee ballot. I have lived in both Pierce and Kitsap Counties. Glad to see that nothing has changed in Pierce County politics. Really juvenile.

By: PrincipalSkinner

PrincipalSkinner — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:48:55 +0000

Shabro has no idea what she’s doing.

By: steilacoomtaxpayer

steilacoomtaxpayer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:37:05 +0000

Right, find a real issue to argue for Anderson. She has clawed her way to the top. She flops on the commuter train issues like the berm / beam issue. She now wants to change fields (agian, after again) now from Tacoma to Pierce County. She has worked nowhere for 5 years at a crack. Maybe the real issue is job shopping and, therefore, no committment.

Shabro is what she is.

By: kamieniecki

kamieniecki — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:19:45 +0000

There is a much more important item that all voters need to pay attention to…we could find ourselves with another Dale Washam in the one and only Will Baker if we don’t take care in filling out our ballots…all other demons of postage and pictures that Shabro and Anderson might bring to the office pale in comparison should Baker be elected…

By: pcinsider1

pcinsider1 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:20:02 +0000

I agree with Exidor — Julie, find a REAL issue to bring forward in this race. When Pat McCarthy was Auditor the Co, paid for postage on two races, but not on the others. Postage isn’t the real issue here — its just something that Julie can grab on to because Jan has done a good job of running the Auditor’s office since being appointed. Get over it….voters who want the convenince of voting at home and mailing their ballot can pay for the privlege — why should I?? They can go to the polls or to a drop box for the price of gas.

By: Exidor

Exidor — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:22:22 +0000

Thats a dumb argument since most absentee’s favor republicans. Get a clue. As for the postage, geez, find a real issue to argue for Anderson, if postage and envelopes are the only nit pick, then Anderson has already lost. Where are real and issues of substance against Shabro? I have not heard one yet other than the above items.

By: wollochetkayak

wollochetkayak — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:42:32 +0000

Lesson from Political Science 101:
Turnout low, Republicans win. Turnout high, Democrats win.
Shabro is a Republican so she is trying to keep turnout as low as possible.