Megan Thompson, 14, from Tacoma, picks up litter along Highway 16 near Gig Harbor with Ecology Youth Corps.

I am Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg, a former 14-year elected prosecutor currently challenging Republican incumbent Rob McKenna for Attorney General.

The current debate over whether the top-two primary violates party rights, confuses voters, or props up the secretary of state as the restorer of the blanket primary misses the real point.