The Palm Beach Post endorses Steve Perman over Kevin Rader in the Democratic primary coming up next month. This is for the State House seat that represents West Boca. The winner will face Republican James Ryan O’Hara.
The editorial is short on substance, accusing Rader of “seat-shopping,” a popular criticism among insiders that matters little to regular voters. They also criticize Rader for a past conflict of interest while acknowledging Perman suffers a similar conflict.
For our part, we’re waiting for Mr. Rader to respond to our issue questions. Mr. Perman has been gracious enough to answer the first and it seems likely he’ll also answer the second. I have personally seen Perman and O’Hara at events but have yet to meet Rader.
It also seems like Rader’s campaign is disorganized. His campaign website is still, as of this writing less than a month before the primary, titled Kevin Rader for State Senate. The code behind the page has that as the page “title.” That’s not going to help him defuse the seat-shopping charge.
