Not Everybody
And that is the real shame. Even if a good person runs by the time they have sold their soul to raise that kind of money they are no longer the person they were. The special interests win either way.
When I ran for office, I never offered any special intrest group anything but fair and impartial leadership with some commomn sense mixed in. Although I came in second I left the election process with a clear conscience. It was the people who approched me during the election that had no ethics, lots of corruption and undue influence appeared to run rampant. Had I known and spent time with Bob Hudson prior to our both running for the district, I would have bowed out as I believe in my heart that ethier one of us would have exposed any unlawful practices.
What we need is honesty, guts and leadership in our county and my opinion our current commission doesn't offer any of that, just the same ole good ole network. You just won't know the truth until you run for office and look like you might win, then you'll find out how politricks work in this county.