The editorial board of the Everett Herald newspaper rescinded the endorsement of a state legislative candidate after the paper said it found “serious misrepresentations” in the candidate’s work history. On Tuesday, the board changed the paper’s endorsement from Democratic candidate Clyde Shavers, to current Rep. Greg Gilday, a Republican. Gilday is running for re-election to represent the state’s 10th Legislative District, which includes Whidbey Island, Camano Island and Stanwood. The board said it determined in campaign filings Shavers claimed he worked as an attorney, despite never passing the state’s bar exam. The Herald also questioned postings on Shavers’ campaign website, citing an earlier claim that he served as a Naval Submarine Officer. The paper found Shavers did not complete the training to serve on a submarine, instead served as a public affairs officer. The website currently reads Shavers' "commissioned into the nuclear submarine community" before taking a job as a public affairs officer. Shavers' own father, Brett Shavers, wrote a letter to his son’s opponent about those claims, and others. In the letter, which Brett Shavers said was the “most difficult” thing he’d ever written, said he wanted to correct his son’s record “factually and personally” as a “matter of integrity.” “Clyde was never a submarine officer, not even for a day,” Brett Shavers wrote, adding his son only has “disdain for the military.” Brett Shavers said his son failed the bar exam and should not represent himself as an attorney while making other false statements about his upbringing and family. “He has abused it, embellished it, and at times, misled people about it,” Brett Shavers wrote. READ THE FULL STORY: https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/elections/everett-herald-rescinds-candidate-endorsement-serious-misrepesentations-clyde-shavers/281-f2bcc7bf-ccc0-49b6-bb0d-7d189a622955