http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/06/licking_the_mayors_e Yesterday, I bitched about Team Nickels for sending out an anti-I-87 press release from their office. You can't campaign from a public office. Under the guise of supporting City Attorney Tom Carr's announcement—Carr is challenging the initiative in King County Superior court because he believes it violates state law by giving line item budgeting authority to the public (he's got a good argument)—Team Nickels press release attacked the merits of the initiative itself. That's a no-no. I talked to Seattle Ethics and Elections director Wayne Barnett about this today. He said the Nickels release "pushed the envelope" and "if they... Copyright 2007 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:37:10 -0800 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:00:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I think Ethics and Elections has gotten much more pro-active lately - ruling against Nickels, for example, when he sent out a glossy brochure from his city office touting his accomplishments to voters prior to the November 2005 election - but I do agree that they could do more. A much bigger concern is that "Citizens for Big Ugly Things" video, which should have been paid for by Nickels's pro-tunnel campaign, not the city.

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