Too bad… and bad circumstances…
“I’ve put my family second most of my career. (This is) the right thing to do,” he said. “There will be people who are disappointed, but I think they will understand.”
Semler’s wife, Ginny, 64, a retired teacher, just learned that one of her kidneys has stopped functioning. Doctors are planning more tests.
Semler already had a good go at it in the fundraising department and was a strong candidate for the position and while I thought his “Building Bridges” video was a bit dorky, its also one of those silly things that’s endearing. I don’t know why so don’t ask me to explain. While I didn’t know if I would have support him yet, there aren’t many candidates out there with his qualifications.
4 responses so far ↓
1 hoody // May 24, 2008 at 11:40 am
Depressing. Utterly depressing.
2 David Blomstrom // May 24, 2008 at 11:42 am
Wow, the SPI campaign seems to be self-destructing, doesn’t it? The media and their three favored candidates have been focusing on the WASL and corrupt teachers unions, leaving me to discuss all the issues they ignore.
Then it’s revealed that Randy Dorn tried to influence the legislature to pad his retirement pension. Yeah, that’s just the kind of guy we need looking out after children. Sheez, does this clown even have a campaign website?
Just two days later, we learn that Rich Semler has dropped out of the race.
A series of coincidences or some sort of conspiracy? You can read my initial thoughts at http://2008.seattle-mafia.org/News/May_24/
Check back again, as I’ll be adding more details to that page.
David Blomstrom
The SPI candidate who discusses the issues and has a track record…
3 hoody // May 30, 2008 at 5:57 am
Blomstrom appears to be a lunatic. I’ve visited his website. Suggests that Semler quit for reasons other than his wife’s health, and he has not one whit of evidence to back it up.
4 Jimmy // May 30, 2008 at 6:49 am
The more I know, the worse it gets. Semler was a very good candidate.