Carol Gregory has worked hard against poverty for a non-profit in her Southeast King County district, and now she wants to do so from inside the State Legislature.
Gregory is the founder and the current Executive Director of an organization called Burst for Prosperity (BFP). BFP has developed retraining programs for impoverished workers to increase their marketability. BFP also focuses on small-business development because they’re a provider of jobs.
Gregory, the former president of the Washington Education Association (the teachers union) back in the formative and fiery 70s, is otherwise a boilerplate Democrat. She has pretty good (though brief, and with very few details) positions on the issues: she’s focusing on jobs and the economy, with an emphasis, echoing BFP’s mission, on new training programs. Also on her impressive resume—she served as an advisor to former Governor Boothe Gardener and King County Executive Ron Sims.
Gregory’s main Republican rival, Katrina Asay, has served as the Mayor of Milton. She has raised around $15,000, and her main issue is reducing spending. She does not indicate what she would prefer to cut. Asay’s largest contributors are realtors, health insurance companies, and the biggest red flag for us: anti-transit Pierce County Council Member Shawn Bunney.
Plus, we’re taking Dan Bertolet’s advice and endorsing against the Seattle Times, which gave Katrina Asay the nod on July 14th (apparently wanting to weigh in early and beat the rush on this key race). One of their key justifications?
there is a directness to her, a toughness. She and her husband ride motorcycles.
Interesting.
Jerry Galland and Anthony Kalchick (both Republicans) are also candidates for the seat, and have raised around $6,000 and $10,000, respectively.
PubliCola Picks Carol Carol Gregory.
