Saturday, June 05, 2021
Where is Gary Locke now?
Locke, who is half Chinese, was governor of Wash in the '90s. He did a pretty decent job, but clearly didn't like politics and seemed happy to get out. His first replacement was Christine Gregoire, who did an excellent job and also seemed happy to get the hell out. She was replaced by Superdemon Inslee, who LOVES ruining and burning and harming and KILLING AND KILLING AND KILLING.
Gregoire vs Inslee is a perfect comparison. Gregoire was a specialist in handling emergencies and saving lives. Inslee is a specialist in CREATING emergencies and KILLING AND KILLING AND KILLING.
Politics doesn't exist. Ideology doesn't exist. Personality is the only thing that counts.
I've halfway wondered what happened to Locke. Wolf fills it in today:
AMC ended Friday in afterhours trading at $43.72. So Locke had timed his sale very well. Locke knew what he was doing. The former Governor of Washington State served as Ambassador to China from 2011-2014, the time frame during which Dalian Wanda Group, a Chinese conglomerate, bought a controlling stake in AMC. And Locke became Wanda’s man inside AMC in 2016. But he is up for reelection next month, and with Wanda out of the picture – it had sold nearly its entire stake earlier this year – he is likely outa there.In other words, Locke found a home in the classic Chinese form of corruption, betting and gambling. Chinese immigrants have never been prominent in political corruption, even in cities like Seattle where they dominate everything else. ¶ 10:37 PM
