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Mallahan to Get Police and Firefighters Endorsements

News   August 29, 2009 at 7:19 am Josh Feit

The Seattle Times reports :

Seattle’s firefighter and police unions will announce their endorsement of Joe Mallahan for mayor at a news conference Tuesday.

Seattle Fire Fighters Union Local 27 president Kenny Stuart said his union’s leaders interviewed both Mallahan and his opponent Mike McGinn and found Mallahan "was far and away the best candidate for labor and public safety." He said Mallahan quickly grasped the issues important to firefighters and promised to ensure they have the resources needed to do their jobs.


  • grass rooter

    This is why Murray taking two weeks to mull it over is a disastrous decision.

    In this two week period Mallahan will call up every single Nickels endorser and donor, so Murray’s really missing his window of opportunity. Murray did the poll; the rest is a huge gut check for him; what data or information could he possibly get in two weeks that would outweigh the disadvantage of not being in the game?

    Prediction: he’s a no go.

  • grass rooter

    This is why Murray taking two weeks to mull it over is a disastrous decision.

    In this two week period Mallahan will call up every single Nickels endorser and donor, so Murray’s really missing his window of opportunity. Murray did the poll; the rest is a huge gut check for him; what data or information could he possibly get in two weeks that would outweigh the disadvantage of not being in the game?

    Prediction: he’s a no go.

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker

    Or, Murray is contacting the sane groups and this announcement is that group giving their answer.
    I went to the union web site, they are planning endorsements September 10, 2009, not next Tuesday.
    Maybe Murray is forcing the issue with these groups.

    http://www.iaff27.org/

    Political Endorsement Meeting
    NOTICE OF POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT 
    Meeting Date:                       September 10th, 2009
    Meeting Time:                       0900
    Location:                                Local 27
    The Political Action Committee may recommend endorsement(s) at this meeting. You may contact Local 27 prior to the meeting to confirm whether or not endorsement recommendations will be made. 

    These might be a good questions for a reporter to ask on Tuesday, did they include Murray in their possible candidates? If not, why not? If so, your site says 9/10/09 is when you planned to announce endorsements, did Murray’s potential run contribute to the timing of this announcement?

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker

    Or, Murray is contacting the sane groups and this announcement is that group giving their answer.
    I went to the union web site, they are planning endorsements September 10, 2009, not next Tuesday.
    Maybe Murray is forcing the issue with these groups.

    http://www.iaff27.org/

    Political Endorsement Meeting
    NOTICE OF POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT 
    Meeting Date:                       September 10th, 2009
    Meeting Time:                       0900
    Location:                                Local 27
    The Political Action Committee may recommend endorsement(s) at this meeting. You may contact Local 27 prior to the meeting to confirm whether or not endorsement recommendations will be made. 

    These might be a good questions for a reporter to ask on Tuesday, did they include Murray in their possible candidates? If not, why not? If so, your site says 9/10/09 is when you planned to announce endorsements, did Murray’s potential run contribute to the timing of this announcement?

  • capHillGirl

    Murray has screwed labor repeatedly in Olympia. it is no surprise that police and fire unions are backing Mallahan. Murray pays lip service to everyone, but in the end he ALWAYS just does what is best for himself. He has an enormous ego and is a political opportunist. Why would we want Murray– a career politicain with no executive experience– trying to run our city!

  • capHillGirl

    Murray has screwed labor repeatedly in Olympia. it is no surprise that police and fire unions are backing Mallahan. Murray pays lip service to everyone, but in the end he ALWAYS just does what is best for himself. He has an enormous ego and is a political opportunist. Why would we want Murray– a career politicain with no executive experience– trying to run our city!

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker

    Yep, that would explain why labor funded a Murray poll and is asking him to run.

    WTF

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr. Baker

    Yep, that would explain why labor funded a Murray poll and is asking him to run.

    WTF

  • tpn

    Accepting an endorsement from the SPOG is an admission that one will let the SPD continue with their rougue policies without criticism.

  • tpn

    Accepting an endorsement from the SPOG is an admission that one will let the SPD continue with their rougue policies without criticism.

  • Susan B.

    @ 5: More important is who SPOG endorses for City Attorney. If you want a check on rogue officers, vote Pete Holmes. A mayoral candidate would be a fool to turn down an endorsement from the police guild.

  • Susan B.

    @ 5: More important is who SPOG endorses for City Attorney. If you want a check on rogue officers, vote Pete Holmes. A mayoral candidate would be a fool to turn down an endorsement from the police guild.

  • tsher

    The Political Endorsement Meeting notification on the Local 27 website is an annnouncement for an internal meeting for members of the Local only. If you review the Local 27 calendar you will find that these union meetings happen twice a month.

  • tsher

    The Political Endorsement Meeting notification on the Local 27 website is an annnouncement for an internal meeting for members of the Local only. If you review the Local 27 calendar you will find that these union meetings happen twice a month.