Adele Ferguson - Oct. 22, 2009

“INITIATIVE 1033 SLASHES funding for nursing homes, in-home services and other senior services.” Shelby Gilje says in an ad that runs over and over again on television. “That’s why I’m voting no on Initiative 1033.”

You remember Shelby? The ad just lists her as a senior citizen, but she used to be the Seattle Times trouble shooter or reader ombudsman for many years, at least I think it was the Times and not the P-I. I worked with her when she was a reporter on the Bremerton Sun, and she was a good one.

Which is why she is being used in this ad, I figure. She gives off an aura of integrity so y...