September 30, 2009
By Josh Feit at 8:05 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RShTpQg_JI[/youtube] 1) It came in too late to note in yesterday’s roundup, but we’ve got to give a shoutout (and an A+) to the press release Joe Mallahan sent out yesterday afternoon. Responding to a press release his opponent Mike McGinn sent out earlier on Tuesday that slammed the council for “rushing” into the waterfront [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 6:23 pm
Stop laughing at tech as yuppie shit. We better get ourselves together. PubliCola reader Kate Stetson wins today’s “Comment of the Day” for her serious business comment on Glenn Fleishman’s (TechNerd’s) story about broadband: 8. Kate Stetson says: @6 I am a telecommuter for a tech company in San Jose, CA. The current highest speed [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 4:13 pm
Linda Derschang, head of the mini-bar and restaurant empire that includes Linda’s, Oddfellows, and King’s Hardware, has donated $250 to Pete Holmes, who’s challenging City Attorney Tom Carr in November. Derschang rarely gives money to political candidates—her last local contribution was to Tim Burgess, in 2007—so I called to ask her why she’s backing Holmes. [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 3:41 pm
State Sen. Ed Murray (D-43), who decided earlier this month that he would not run for mayor of Seattle, now says it’s “highly unlikely” that he’ll support either candidate, although he confirms that Mike McGinn has asked for his support. “It’s highly unlikely that I would, but there is a chance” he’ll endorse McGinn, Murray [...] read more →
By Glenn Fleishman at 3:28 pm
Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn revived the notion of a city-wide bond-financed fiber-optic network that would bring optical cables directly to homes—so-called fiber to the premises (FTTP) or fiber to the home (FTTH). Last week, I spoke with McGinn about broadband and he leaned heavily of the idea’s utility and feasibility on a 2005 committee report [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 3:02 pm
The Seattle Times editorializes today against SHARE/WHEEL’s strategy of sleeping out in front of elected officials’ homes to protest the city’s refusal to provide the groups with $50,000 for bus passes to get to shelters. (We’ve covered it here and here, but the Seattle PostGlobe has been doing the best coverage with on-the-ground updates.) Calling [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 2:59 pm
Prices for tonight’s Mike McGinn, Pete Holmes, and Dow Constantine fundraiser at the Crocodile have been lowered to as little as $25 (down from the previous $200 minimum). The McGinn camp says the price was cut to allow campaign volunteers and others without a lot of money to attend. Promoter Dave Meinert, however, says the [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 11:59 am
SHARE/WHEEL, the homeless activist groups that operate Tent City, will sleep outside City Council member Tim Burgess’ house for a second night tonight, the groups announced in a press release. “I don’t understand why they can’t target some of my colleagues,” Burgess jokes. So far, the group has camped outside Mayor Greg Nickels’ and Burgess’ [...] read more →
By Alexandra Bush at 11:58 am
…to submit a film for SIFF 2010. More information, including submission guidelines and forms, here. Deadline is November 2nd. Tomorrow’s October. Snooze and lose. read more →
By Morning Fizz at 5:58 am
1. A new SurveyUSA poll shows mayoral candidate Mike McGinn in a statistical tie with his opponent, T-Mobile executive Joe Mallahan—a good sign for McGinn, who’s showing momentum with each successive poll. Possible bad news for McGinn: Mallahan does much better with older voters, who tend to vote more reliably; McGinn does better with young [...] read more →
September 29, 2009
By Josh Feit at 5:12 pm
Yesterday’s “Comment of the Day” dug into the fine print details on health care reform, so today we’ll keep it simple. Re: posting Sally Bagshaw’s “quirky” new YouTube video, take it away PubliCola reader Trevor: 2. Trevor says: Please stop encouraging campaigns to do this. 09/29/09 AT 1:42 PM read more →
By Josh Feit at 4:58 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjtR3BYdqXc[/youtube] 1) Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn sent out a press release today in response to the city’s vote to sign a memorandum of agreement with the state, locking the city into the $4.2 billion tunnel project. The press release is titled: “City rushing to assume unprecedented financial risk.” Trashing the council for signing off on [...] read more →
