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(In last week’s article, <\/em>$656,158.84 + millions more<\/em><\/a>, we wrote about how PSE spent millions against the Thurston Public Power Initiative. In this we show how they spend on PUD Commissioner races.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSE\u2019s hatred of democracy and active work at undermining it and destroying the legitimacy of the electoral process didn\u2019t start or stop with their abuse during the 2012 Thurston Public Power Initiative. It actually goes far back in time not just in Thurston County but across the state and likely other states and countries. The breadth and depth of their hatred of democracy is hard to calculate. However because of the Public Disclosure Commission we can see into a tiny window of its deceitful corruption of our elections. Here in Thurston County we can see it in their interference in multiple Public Utility District Commissioner election campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before 2012, PUD Commissioner elections were a sleepy affair. Only political wonks here paid much attention because the PUD only ran a few rural water districts and it was seen as a dead end for most looking for entry into the world of politics. Generally speaking those that ran were interested in running a great public utility district for water and moderately expanding in helping small communities by taking over their burden of water system management. It was a position for an experienced and public service minded individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, every\ncampaign before 2012 used the PDC mini reporting, which meant that\nthey raised less than $5,000 for their campaign, in most cases much\nless. It was word of mouth campaigning, getting endorsements from\ncommunity groups, political parties, unions and individuals who could\nvouch for your experience. Then in 2012 the Thurston Public Power\nInitiative launched and the election of PUD Commissioner became\ndiligently watched with money pouring in. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012 there was a PUD Commissioner race on the same ballot as the Thurston Public Power Initiative. Candidates Steven Fossum, who supported the Public Power Initiative, running against Linda Oosterman, who claimed neutrality, for an open seat. The claim of neutrality was the first lie apparent of PSE\u2019s chosen political hack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda Oosterman was the perfect political stooge for PSE to run. She was the newbie political volunteer, getting involved in politics after retirement, having plenty of time and the banal politics of someone who spent their whole career as a bland bureaucrat in some state government agency. She easily made the right friends amongst the corporate party insiders, knowing how to not ruffle any feathers. She was never going to rock the boat, why should she? As a mid level manager in government for decades life was good for her as she moved into her guaranteed pension. She had no complaints and enjoyed hob nobbing at the fancy political fundraising dinners. She was a capable bureaucrat who could evade answering complicated questions and give the necessary smiling platitudes. Her morality was based in the idea that the status quo was great and good for everyone. Well, at least everyone she knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let there be no doubt that she is pro PSE and against public power. Her campaign claiming neutrality was a calculative move. When one candidate declares support, the other candidate can claim neutrality. Many supposed progressives would use that claim as the political cover they needed in supporting her as a way of not sounding like corporate stooges themselves. There are many wolves in sheep\u2019s clothing in our local politics all too willing to speak in duplicitous ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money talks. Linda\nOosterman got all the money she needed from PSE. Her campaign raised\n$8,606.56. Of that at least $2,466 was directly contributed by PSE\nVP\u2019s and Directors or the employees of the political firm they\nhired, Strategies 360. Many other contributions came from people like\nformer State Senator Karen Fraser, who gave $375, who has taken\nmassive amounts from PSE her entire political career. Then there is\nState Representative Chris Reykdal who, along with his wife, gave a\ncombined $500 and has received massively more than that from PSE over\nthe years of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we went down the\nlist of Oosterman supporters we would probably find many more\nconnections to PSE. However, despite this huge support from PSE\u2019s\nlackies to their stooge, Linda wasn\u2019t able to raise enough from\nreal human beings to run a good enough campaign to win on her own. \nHer opponent, Steven Fossum, just barely out-raised her with his pro\npublic power position. He raised $9,371.63 from real people, not paid\nguns and corrupt politicians. It looked like it would be a tight race\nwith Steven Fossum looking the likely winner, he definitely had more\nvolunteers and a bit extra cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSE wouldn\u2019t leave\nsomething like an election to chance. Their hatred of democracy and\ntheir love of our money flowing into their pockets, meant that they\nhad to do something. So that\u2019s what they did. As an \u201cindependent\nexpenditure\u201d PSE\u2019s astroturf (fake grassroots) group gave\nOosterman\u2019s stagnant campaign a huge boost. They more than doubled\nthe amount she raised with a mailer to every voter in the county that\ncost $8,993.80. That was enough to seal the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linda Oosterman\nbecame PSE\u2019s PUD Comissioner on the Thurston Public Utility\nDistrict. She was purchased by PSE to serve a second term in 2018.\nOosterman tried even less in that election, raising less than her\nopponent again with $5,565.29 and oddly none of it seemed to come\nfrom PSE. Many progressives pointed to that and said, \u201cSee she\u2019s\nnot PSE\u2019s stooge, they aren\u2019t even supporting her this time\naround!\u201d It was good political cover once again for duplicitous\ntreachery. Once again everyone was wrong, PSE wasn\u2019t going to let\ntheir stooge have even the chance of losing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again at the\nend of the campaign, as the ballots were being mailed out, a glossy\nmailer was delivered to every voter in Thurston County in support of\nOosterman. The mailer was from an \u201cindependent contributor\u201d that\nwas funded by PSE and spent $9,952.49. It more than double how much\nwas spent on her campaign and allowed her to win again, although\nwhich a lower victory margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This illustrates the depth of PSE\u2019s determination to destroy our democracy. Large corporations hate democracy. They hate that their greed could be corralled by the simpletons that they feed off of. They are afraid of the power of the people fighting for public ownership of their monopoly electric utility. And there are plenty of spineless shills willing to be their lapdogs like Oosterman. Together we can unmask them for their duplicity. Together we can overcome the power of PSE at corrupting our democracy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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