Slog - Comments on Inside Politics Gossip: Shelton Out. Shelton In. http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss 25-year-old Viet Shelton was the state Democratic Party's spokesman—until he got demoted to assistant when the paranoid Cantwell campaign (which relies on the state party to do its sound-biting) decided he didn't have enough experience. Well, in a loss to the Dem party, Shelton—a rising star in local politics until his weird demotion—left his assistant position this week to take a hefty job as a senior staffer for Team Nickels. Shelton is going to be Nickels's political outreach director. Congrats to Shelton. Although, he's inherited quite a mess: Nickels's costly, environmentally uncool tunnel plan; Nickels's clunky clampdown on music venues;... Copyright 2007 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:11:21 -0800 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:53:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Shelton and Eyman sitting in a tree.
Wishing it was legal to get married.

Sigh.

Some days it feels like we live in Alice & Wonderland, and the rabbit hole gets deeper and deeper and deeper.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450690 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:31:12 -0800 Comment by Zander I thought Viet was Nickels' campaign manager in the last election?
Seems to me, he is already familiar with a lot of City Hall issues.

]]> Zander http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450710 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450710 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:44:19 -0800 Comment by cressona I'm curious, whom is Shelton replacing?

As for the "environmentally uncool tunnel plan," compare that to the popular alternative, another viaduct.

For an environmentalist to focus their criticism on the tunnel plan is a bit like supporting Ralph Nader in 2000 because you felt Al Gore wasn't progressive enough. The result? Eight years of the most regressive presidency since... since... Reagan? Nixon? Hoover? Ever?

Well, if there's anything you learn about Seattle environmentalists, it's that the most effective forces at undermining their cause are not Tim Eyman or Kemper Freeman or the Finkbeiner/Rossi crowd or talk radio -- the most effective forces at undermining the cause of Seattle environmentalists are Seattle environmentalists.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450712 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:48:51 -0800 Comment by Ginger where did Marco Lowe go?

]]> Ginger http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450741 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:24:09 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit Ginger,
Marco, from Lacey, WA, got all fancy on us went to study public policy at Harvard.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450761 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:43:52 -0800 Comment by Ginger fuck him--he's a tubby asshole, and seattle (or lacey) is better off w/out.

]]> Ginger http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450797 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:29:30 -0800 Comment by The Real LeBron James Huh? Ginger, that's was totally weird.

And, btw, Marco is downright gaunt.

]]> The Real LeBron James http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450833 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:21:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I wouldn't have said gaunt.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c450856 Politics Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:45:11 -0800 Comment by erosive-esophagitis <a href=http://erosive-esophagitis.net>erosive esophagitis</a> all about

]]> erosive-esophagitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c455277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c455277 Politics Sun, 03 Sep 2006 06:27:50 -0800 Comment by LN I'm looking for Marco's contact (email) info. anyone have it?

LN

]]> LN http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c462680 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/inside_politics_goss#c462680 Politics Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:53:29 -0800