Who is this guy?
I'm Shaun Dale, the guy behind the blog, and I'm a lot of things - husband, dad, grandpa, Vietnam vet, writer, bartender, musician - but what gives me the right to spout off about politics all over the internets?
Well, there's forty some years of Democratic Party activism (I walked my first precinct for JFK when I was 9 years old - yeah, I'm old. You do the math). Here's a summary of the last 20 or so...
1984 - Candidate, Washington State House of Representatives
LD, County and State Convention Delegate
1985 - Executive V.P., Young Democrats Of Washington
1985/86 - Governmental Affairs Programming Manager, WA State Junior Chamber of Commerce
LD, County and State Convention Delegate
1986 - Chair, Young Democrats Of Washington
1988 - Jackson For President, Legislative District Coordinator, State Convention Floor Leader
LD, County and State Convention Delegate
1992 - Brown For President, State Delegate Coordinator
LD, County, State and National Convention Delegate
Clinton/Gore State Steering Committee
1993 - Brownstein For King County Council, Political Director
1994 - Wineberry For U.S. Senate, State Campaign Manager
LD, County and State Convention Delegate
1995 - Wineberry For Seattle City Council, Campaign Manager
1996 - Richards For Seattle City Council, Campaign Manager
LD, County and State Convention Delegate
1996-98 - Chair, 32nd District Legislative District Democratic Organization
1998 - LD, County and State Convention Delegate
2002 - LD and County Convention Delegate
2003-04 - John Kerry Meetup Host, John Kerry volunteer, LD Delegate for Kerry, etc., etc.
Provided management and general consultant services as a contractor to a variety of city council and legislative candidates, 1992-2002
Precinct Committee Officer, 1984-present
And of course, there's the blog...
So there it is. I figure I've learned something along the way. And aren't you lucky I'm willing to share?