Spokane County Commissioner Mary Kuney has a primary election challenge this month from county Treasurer Rob Chase. The two Republicans have competed twice before for public office. In the 2014 primary, Chase defeated Kuney in his re-election bid for treasurer. And then, last year, Governor Jay Inslee chose Kuney over Chase for a vacant county commission seat. Chase says the county Republican Party picked him as the preferred candidate and he blames current Commissioner Al French for throwing his support to Kuney instead. Now they face each other again. Last week, we talked with Mary Kuney about her views on the issues. It’s Rob Chase’s turn. I asked him about his most important accomplishments as treasurer.
Chase’s political views sometimes run to the Libertarian minimal government model. He was a supporter of Ron Paul, former Libertarian candidate for president. I asked whether his views of government had changed since he’s now an elected official.