Article snippet: Posted at 1:30 am on May 10, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Amidst pressure from a swiftly escalating, decades-old sex abuse scandal, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced Tuesday that he was withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. As I wrote here previously, the sex abuse charges from first one, then three, then four men who allege Murray gave them money in exchange for sex acts when each alleged victim was a minor (and in Murray’s custody where he was a counselor at a group home in the 1980’s) did not look good. Murray has not stepped down as mayor, but the sex abuse scandal proved more than was manageable for re-election. Let me just say that as a conservative with libertarian tendancies, there is almost nothing politically that I like about Mayor Murray, and Seattle will simply elect another progressive, near-Socialist anyway. So, while I think Mayor Murray not seeking re-election is a wise move, there is a good, bad and ugly aspect to his stepping aside. The Good Many, myself included, wondered if identity politics would prove politically surmountable when the politician in question was an openly gay, married man. Particularly one who espouses all the politically correct, social justice warrior, progressive tripe Seattleites love to hear. As I wrote previously, the Seattle magazine The Stranger initially decided to go with the angle of attacking the law firm co-founder, Jack Connelly (a Democrat), representing the plaintiff. Even though Connelly wasn’t involved in t... Link to the full article to read more