Consider who you vote for

Justin Kover is opposing Sam Hunt for the legislative seat in the 22nd District. For the past two days, Kover has had supporters submit letters to the editor falsely attacking Hunt on an environmental issue. Interestingly enough Kover has a skeleton of his own....


From The Olympian -

Kover pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, a felony, and was sentenced to three months in jail and one year of supervision for pointing a shotgun at another driver in what the candidate said was a road-rage incident.
Kover said the other driver “tried to kill him with his car” by following too closely, swerving into this lane and braking suddenly in front of him on Interstate 5 on May 10, 1999. The driver got out of his car at a stoplight in downtown Olympia and approached Kover’s vehicle, he said. He said he loaded the shotgun but did not aim it at the driver. Kover said he did not know what caused the other driver to become angry.
Kover said he received inadequate legal representation from a public defender. His attorney, S. Don Phelps, was disbarred in 2004 after he was convicted of two counts of second-degree child molestation and for unwanted sexual contact with a client after Phelps encouraged that client to violate the terms of his pretrial release, according to information on the bar association’s Web site.
Kover provided The Olympian with a copy of his certificate of discharge, dated Feb. 14, 2005, that restored his voting rights. He registered to vote in Thurston County on Sept. 16, 2008, according to the auditor’s office. Under state law, felons lose their right to vote until they finish their sentences. A new law took effect last week to simplify the process of restoring voting and other civil rights to felons.Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2009/08/07/v-print/933110_five-run-for-tumwater-mayor.html#ixzz0rAR669Aw

My impression is that Kover got off on a technicality. Regardless, the important part of this is his actions. Why are you carrying a shotgun in the first place? Is this how he solves challenges? Do we need another Pam Roach in the Legislature?

Since Kover just got back his voting rights in 2008, is he the person to be throwing stones at a candidate with a long history of positive work in the community, not to mention a stellar record as an educator?