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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Model Candidate

Posted by JOSH FEIT on January 12 at 17:25 PM

Maybe it’s because she was a professional model in the mid-70s, but I want to say Candidate #91, Denise “Cookie” Bouldin, is another surprise hit who should make the cut. She’s worked for the SPD since 1981, and judging from her three minutes, the view of Seattle she’s gotten working the beat has politicized her in a badass way. She laid it down: density, mass transit, low-income housing.

A lot of people today have talked that game, but her SPD status gave her a gravitas that this lightweight council could use.

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OMG! Somebody just said "queer theory"! Is that even a thing?

Posted by Belltowner | January 12, 2006 5:27 PM

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are you serious...you've never heard of "queer theory?"

on another note, i loved it when Alice Woldt said that unless you're visually impaired, you'll notice that women are under-represented on the council. so...someone who's blind can't figure that out?

Posted by head in ground? | January 12, 2006 5:36 PM

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read eve kosofsky sedgwick. read judith butler.

Posted by annie | January 12, 2006 5:40 PM

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Queer Theory exists.
But having a degree in it, as Candidate #97 I think, boasted she did, is hardly a qualification for city council.

Posted by Josh Feit | January 12, 2006 5:52 PM

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I believe it is: this city is *so* gay.

Posted by Dan Savage | January 12, 2006 6:18 PM

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* Steinbrueck's Preliminary Choices for Appointment to the City Council*

Stranger friends: here is my preliminary "short" list of confirmed nominees to fill the city council position recently vacated by Jim Compton. I will forward this names to the full council on Tuesday morning. I am reviewing candidates' resumes all weekend, and will post more names as I make my decisions. I am also alerting my candidates as early as possible so they can hopefully benefit from my endorsement and get to work on obtaining support from other councilmembers over the weekend:

My choices are as follows:

# 2 Juan "hellraiser" Bocanegra
#16 Robert Zaponne
#18 Javier Valdez
#20 Gail Chiarello
#34 Stella Chao
#58 Roger Valdez
#59 Mark Henshaw
#79 Ross Baker
#87 Alice Woldt
#91 Denise "Cookie" Bouldin

Fortunately, we have some very good candidates to choose from. I am seeking the best and the brightest, who possess great personal interity, a proven record of commitment to community and the common good, and are willing to work hard and collegially (something lacking right now) on the council and run for election in the fall of '06. As I have eight additional choices to make between now and Tuesday, I welcome your comments and suggestions. Please email me at peter@petersteinbrueck.net. More to come later in the weekend.

cheers, peter

Posted by peter steinbrueck | January 14, 2006 3:20 PM

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