No matter where a candidate is coming from, inside or outside, there is one measure by which they all can be evaluated as serious and aware persons.
Voting history.
The 27 year-old King has lived in Greensboro for five years and yet has never voted in the ten elections during that time. In fact, he did not even register until March of this year. While voters across North Carolina may rightly feel apathetic towards the preordained outcomes of our gerrymandered congressional districts, plenty of other important decision are made at the ballot box and King, for all his passionate concern, has consistently left it to others to decide.
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| Devin King, mayoral candidate |
Republican King passed on participating in elections that had Robbie Perkins unseat Bill Knight for mayor and, two years later, had Perkins lose to current mayor and King's opponent Nancy Vaughan. King was silent on the race that had his incumbent district two council representative Jim Kee toppled by upstart Jamal Fox.
King was missing in action in 2011 as two fellow Republican candidates, challenger Chris Lawyer and incumbent Danny Thompson, each aiming for one of three council at-large seats, finished fourth and fifth respectively—just out of the money and leaving all at-large seats in the hands of Democrats. King sat on his hands in 2013 when Lawyer tried again and, again, came in fourth.
Those are just local races of note. During King's time in Greensboro, he passed on voting between Pat MCrory and Walter Dalton for governor, Elaine Marshal and Richard Burr for U.S. senator and between Barak Obama and Mitt Romney.
In his congressional district, King failed to weigh in on the race between Democrat Alma Adams and Republican activist Olga Wright and left it to others to decide a slew of judges, school board members and county officials.
King doesn't like the way thing are. He may have some good points. He's right about the need for greater transparency, for example. But is he part of the solution or part of the problem? One wonders.
