Your starting this ritual early Mr Graves.

Mr. Graves and your fellow wordsmiths storm troopers stop this persistent blanket call for folks to throw their proverbial hat in the ring of running for public office.

Only the integrity weak, blind who choose not to see, crippled with an axe to grind, and or the crazy with frustration will apply.  For the curse of Ed Morrow as I see it, we citizens have become a nation of sheep for excessive criticism has chased the good capable sheep dogs to run off or a the least stay off the field of play.

 To illustrate my viewpoint look no farther than the Island County Commissioner's grant denial decision  or more recently the little big man mayor publicity stunt which you folks aided and abetted by declaring it a newsworthy event. 

We must find a way to get quality rather than quantity in our representative applicants Mr Graves.