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Don Rivers: Not Ready For Prime Time

One of my competitors for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 9th District is Don Rivers (D).  I have written about the incongruity of Rivers' filing with the Federal Election Commission on this and another blog before, however, now, after viewing Rivers' Statement of Organization with the F.E.C., I have a clear understanding of why he was listed in the 7th District, previously.  Simply put, Mr. Rivers is not ready for prime time.  He listed "7th or 9th" on his statement, believe it or not, in February of this year, apparently not knowing which district he lived in after the 2011 redistricting took place.  Now, finding out what district you live in -- even after redistricting -- is not particularly hard work.  For one thing, virtually all voters received a new registration card after the new lines were drawn.  For another, about 5 minutes worth of research on Google would do the trick.  However, if a person is not particularly computer savvy, or did not get a new registration card or lost it, a phone call to either the King County Elections Department in Renton, the Pierce County Auditor's Office in Tacoma, or the Secretary of State's Office in Olympia would work just as well.

You would think anybody running for public office would be following redistricting matters, anyway, as if it were almost an obsession -- you would think.  I am not going to dwell on this much more except to say that you do not want a congressperson who cannot even figure out what district he is living in before filing important paperwork, because congresspersons are responsible for a lot of administrative work, among other duties.  If, by some miracle, Mr. Rivers does find himself taking the oath of office in the U.S. Capitol in January of 2015, for the sake of our 9th District, I only hope he has some very top-notch secretaries and executives working for him.

-- Mark Greene, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, 9th Congressional District, Citizens Party

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