What a load of partisan sexism. Ari Ioannides’ recent commentary, “Seems like a logical next step for the Democrats,” is so full of self-serving negative biases that I cannot take his premise seriously. His column pokes fun to refute a letter to the editor that basically asked women to at least consider running for an office this year, ”A call to women.”  Ari tries to suggest there is a Democratic Party strategy to eliminate all men from any elected position within the county. It would be a laughable piece if it was not so serious in some of its allegations.   As an elected and appointed public servant, I find it repulsive that someone would try to belittle the female representation on our local boards, councils and commissions as merely gender equalization. As a registered independent, I did not read anything in the first letter that spoke of any sort of partisan Democratic Party strategy. The letter simply asked for women to become involved and run for public office.   It has been my professional experience that the encouragement letter was spot on.  I do believe that men will consider themselves qualified knowing approximately 10% of a subject, and will feel themselves fully qualified to speak from a position of authority.  Whereas women generally feel they need to know 110% of a subject before they feel comfortable speaking to a subject.  The same goes for applying for a position. Men feel they can make up for their lack of expertise by on-the-job training, whereas a woman tend to wait until they feel fully qualified before applying.  Most recently, I appreciate my interactions with women council members on the Kamas City Council and Eastern Summit County Planning Commission. Their expertise and insight were refreshing and powerful. I will miss working with former council member Jessica Bateman and commission member Marion Wheaton.   There is currently an open seat on the Eastern Summit County Planning Commission, and I hope that a woman considers herself qualified and applies. I do agree that competence does matter more than any set quota or bias. I consider the women that I work with to be highly competent and the best “wo-man” for the job.   David Darcey Kamas   The post Letter was spot on appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less