Last week, prior to Election Day, right wing talk show hosts Kirby Wilbur and John Carlson (both longtime fixtures on KVI who also have served the Washington State Republican Party in different capacities) released a podcast in which they discussed their key picks for the 2017 local elections.
The pair chose to focus on three contests in particular, describing them as “three contests that make a difference.” They pushed for a NO vote on King County Proposition #1 (and had the temerity to call the proposed increase in our Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services Levy “greed”), called for the election of Republican candidate Jinyoung Lee Englund in the 45th Legislative District, and urged Seattleites to fire Pete Holmes and replace him with opponent Scott Lindsay.
The initial results are now in, and it looks John and Kirby’s picks will all lose.
This is not the first time voters have disregarded the pair’s electoral advice.
In 2005, Wilbur and Carlson used their radio programs to spearhead a campaign to repeal the major funding component of the 2005 Transportation Package. That effort became Initiative 912. NPI vigorously opposed I‑912 and worked with Keep Washington Rolling coalition partners across the state to defeat the measure.
Voters ultimately said no to I‑912, handing then Governor Chris Gregoire a major victory and empowering WSDOT to embark on necessary projects large and small. Highway corridors in every corner of the state received safety improvements like cable medians, while megaprojects in Puget Sound moved forward.
The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge across Lake Washington has now been replaced with a modern, seismically safe structure and contractors have finished digging a new tunnel underneath downtown Seattle to separate State Route 99 from the city’s waterfront. It is due to open to motorists in 2019.
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