June 30, 2009
By Erica C. Barnett at 5:55 pm
From the latest campaign filings: The receipts are in from city council Position 8 candidate Jordan Royer’s June 23 fundraiser—it was held on a yacht owned by cargo terminal management company SSA Marine (I wrote about here). From the looks of the disclosure reports, Royer’s guest list included a number of high-powered lobbyists for the [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 5:00 pm
If the phrase “multifamily land use code amendments” gets you as hot and bothered as it does us, then you need to hightail it RIGHT NOW to West Seattle, where council member Sally Clark’s land use committee will be talking about how to revise zoning requirements in low-rise zones. Among the issues on the table: [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 4:59 pm
The third in a series of Q&As with the candidates for Seattle City Council. (Position 2 challenger David Ginsberg here; Position 8 candidate David Miller here). Today we talk with Jordan Royer, a former staffer for Mayor Greg Nickels who worked on a nightlife license proposal that was reviled among bar and club owners, and [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 4:49 pm
Last week in Morning Fizz, we reported this: You may see Hollywood director Stephen Gyllenhaal—Maggie and Jake’s dad—around town next month. Gyllenhaal will be on location scouting out the scene for a film he’s shooting here about Grant Cogswell’s odd 2001 campaign for Seattle City Council. Today—we hear from a council source— Gyllenhaal was at City Hall meeting [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 4:06 pm
The press corps in Olympia is about to lose another reporter. The Olympian’s Adam Wilson has taken a job as Governor Chris Gregoire’s speech writer. Wilson tells PubliCola: “I’ll still be able to do what I like to do—talk to the public about public policy—in a job that has a future in it. We all [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 4:00 pm
Good manners prevent us giving “Best Comment of the Day” to Erica (although, do check out her response in the comment thread on her post about last night’s King County Executive candidate’s forum when she’s asked to summarize what GoodspaceGuy had to say—it involves “spaceship earth”). However, we liked Emmett O’Connell best today for telling our [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 3:44 pm
Morning Fizz commenter Asa asks, “Is there a list of the 24 ‘spaces open to the public’ anywhere?” (Council member Nick Licata has identified two dozen privately owned parks and plazas in downtown that are technically open to the public, but are often hidden on the upper floors of buildings or otherwise hard to find.) [...] read more →
By SoundersNerd at 3:07 pm
While I’m reserving most of my energy for MLS games, I should note that the Sounders are playing the Portland Timbers Wednesday night at PGE Park in Portland in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The winners advance to the quarterfinal round of the Open Cup on July 7, playing either the Kansas City Wizards [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 1:21 pm
Despite all the hype surrounding mayoral candidate James Donaldson’s recent “surge” in the polls (from 9 to 14 percent, with 26 percent still undecided), the former Sonic is still trailing badly in fundraising, with just $4,700 raised so far this month (a haul that still leaves Donaldson’s bank account in the red). Meanwhile, Jan Drago [...] read more →
By ObamaNerd at 12:59 pm
Today is an official holiday in Iraq: National Sovereignty Day. Today marks the “official withdrawal” deadline of US troops from Iraqi cities and streets. Since January, when an agreement between Iraq and Washington DC went into effect to gradually withdraw troops from Iraq, over 150 bases have closed. Didn’t know that? Stop following Michael Jackson [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 12:43 pm
Last night, in front of a mostly elderly audience at the League of Women voters-sponsored forum at Horizon House, a senior housing facility, King County executive candidate Susan Hutchison made a rare Seattle appearance. (She’s skipping tonight’s big environmental forum at Town Hall, which her four Democratic opponents are all attending.) However, the odd format [...] read more →
By FilmNerd at 11:59 am
If you’re feeling adventurous–like, going-to-the-movies-on-a-weeknight adventurous–I’ve got a recommendation for you. Treeless Mountain is a quiet film about what happens to little kids when their parents can’t support them anymore. Followed by cinematographer Anne Misawa’s handheld camera, tiny Jin and her younger sister Bin may just break your heart as they navigate a world that [...] read more →
