{"id":17425,"date":"2011-10-18T10:24:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T17:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=17425"},"modified":"2011-10-18T10:25:44","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T17:25:44","slug":"confused-about-politics-let-realtors%c2%ae-think-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/18\/confused-about-politics-let-realtors%c2%ae-think-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Confused about politics? Let REALTORS\u00ae think for you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Realtor-Voting-Guide_2011.jpg\" title=\"REALTOR Voting Guide 2011\" rel=\"lightbox[17425]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Realtor-Voting-Guide_2011-tn.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float:left; margin:0 10px 0 0;\" title=\"REALTOR Voting Guide 2011 - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"REALTOR Voting Guide 2011\" width=\"251\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a>A friend of mine that happens to be a member of the National Ass. of REALTORS\u00ae shared this gem with me.  It&#8217;s the Seattle \/ King County REALTORS\u00ae 2011 Voting Guide.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly designed to look and feel just like the official voter&#8217;s guides (same paper stock, same layout styles), this local REALTOR\u00ae publication contains a list of every REALTOR\u00ae-endorsed candidate for offices in King County and the various cities in the county.<\/p>\n<p>You might think that you would get to see both candidates for each office, read a little about each one, and learn the justification for why one candidate earned the REALTOR\u00ae endorsement over the other.  You would be wrong.  Instead, all you get is the name, photo, and a brief pro-REALTOR\u00ae statement from each endorsed candidate, and that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>Why are the REALTORS\u00ae endorsing <a href=\"http:\/\/your.kingcounty.gov\/elections\/pamphlet\/pamphlet.aspx?candid=16133&#038;cid=39873&#038;eid=1249#c16133\" title=\"King County Voter Guide: Jane Hague\">Jane Hague<\/a> over <a href=\"http:\/\/your.kingcounty.gov\/elections\/pamphlet\/pamphlet.aspx?candid=16132&#038;cid=39873&#038;eid=1249#c16132\" title=\"King County Voter Guide: Richard E. Mitchell\">Richard E. Mitchell<\/a> for King County Council in District 6?  Who knows!  All the REALTOR\u00ae Voting Guide tells us is that Jane is &#8220;proud to have received the early endorsement of the SEATTLE <em>KingCounty<\/em> REALTORS\u00ae.&#8221;  Wow, that is really useful information.<\/p>\n<p>The guide does have the questionnaire pictured below on the last page, which they explain that they gave to candidates to determine a &#8220;rating&#8221; that a handful of the candidates in the booklet have been given.  Apparently the most pressing political issue to local REALTORS\u00ae (judging by the length of each question) is the restriction of <em><strong>Open House Signs<\/strong><\/em> (question 6).<\/p>\n<p>Gotta protect that precious <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/06\/may-reporting-roundup-3\/\" title=\"May Reporting Roundup\">open house traffic<\/a>, after all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px auto; width: 600px; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Realtor-Candidate-Interview-Questionnaire_2011.jpg\" title=\"REALTOR 2011 Candidate Interview Questionnaire\" rel=\"lightbox[17425]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Realtor-Candidate-Interview-Questionnaire_2011-600x549.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" title=\"REALTOR 2011 Candidate Interview Questionnaire - Click to enlarge\" alt=\"REALTOR 2011 Candidate Interview Questionnaire\" width=\"600\" height=\"549\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine that happens to be a member of the National Ass. of REALTORS\u00ae shared this gem with me. 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