Municipal League rates Constantine ‘outstanding,’ Dembowski ‘very good,’ Roberts ‘adequate’

The Municipal League of King County has given incumbent County Executive Dow Constantine, appointed County Councilman Rod Dembowski and Shoreline City Councilman Christopher Roberts higher ratings than their opponents in the August primary and November general election.

         

The League Monday gave Constantine its highest rating, “outstanding.” Among Constantine’s challengers in the Aug. 6 primary, Alan Lobdell got the League’s next to lowest rating, “adequate,” while Goodspaceguy and Everett Stewart both were rated “not qualified.”

Dembowski got the League’s second highest rating, “very good.” Among primary challengers, Naomi Wilson got the League’s third highest rating, “good,” and the League said it had insufficient information on candidate John Fray.

Roberts got a rating of “adequate,” while November challenger Michael Javorsky was rated not qualified. The position will not appear on the primary ballot because it has only two candidates. The League did not rate candidates for the other three Shoreline Council positions on the November ballot because incumbents Will Hall, Keith McGlashen and Shari Winstead are unopposed.

The League rated candidates in the cities of Bellevue, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kirkland, Renton, Sammamish, Seattle and Shoreline, for King County offices, for the Seattle Port Commission and for the Seattle School Board.

The League says that it bases its ratings on candidates’ knowledge, effectiveness, involvement and character but that it doesn’t consider political affiliation or stand on issues.

For Port Commission Position 3 on the primary ballot, the League gave “good” ratings to candidates Stephanie Bowman and Andrew Pilloud, while rating Michael Wolfe “adequate.”  It will be the only position on the primary ballot because the other positions have only two candidates each.

For position 4 on the November ballot, the League rated Tom Albro “outstanding” and opponent Richard Pope “not qualified.” For Position 2, the League rated Courtney Gregoire “outstanding,” while saying it had insufficient information on opponent John Naubert. For Position 1, the League rated Peter Lewis “very good” and John Creighton “good.”