Slog - Comments on Nickels Will Not Retract Unfounded Allegations http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret Last month, Mayor Greg Nickels made a splash in the press with apparently unfounded allegations linking Rick's strip club to organized crime. The allegations came as Nickels was pushing for his proposal to create a strip-club zone south of downtown on a local cable call-in show. Nickels said he believed Rick's, which was implicated in the "Strippergate" campaign-contribution scandal, was engaged in "an organized attempt to buy influence on the council." Some people would call that "lobbying", but Nickels said it's how he "defines organized crime." Two weeks ago, Rick's attorney Gil Levy struck back, urging Nickels to "reconsider and... Copyright 2007 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:35:13 -0800 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:29:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle He's probably correct, but as you say, unless he has proof, he shouldn't say that.

Heard the latest underwater tunnel reason: it's for "port security" ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444816 City Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:42:53 -0800 Comment by PosterBoy Levy's wrong on one point: Big Greg spent $1million plus TOTAL for his election AND re-election - around a half mil in 05.

]]> PosterBoy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444820 City Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:45:03 -0800 Comment by Popoff Hate to agree with Nickels but, even though the criminal case was tossed on a technicality, the Colacurcios clearly bundled cash through family and friends, in a very organized criminal manner - and that wasn't lobbying, it was an attempted payoff. You'll also remember they at one point were willing to settle the city ethics case, but the board wanted more than a cash settlement.

]]> Popoff http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444835 City Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:53:02 -0800 Comment by GoodGrief Free the strippers!!! HOW can it be that there are not more important things to deal with in a city of this size?!!? On a side note, when will I be able to take toothpaste on a plane again?

]]> GoodGrief http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444902 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444902 City Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:10:06 -0800 Comment by Phenics Maybe it is because the Mayor "WASP" Nickels feels that it isn't a racial slur to suggest that an Italian-American family which owns a legally operating entertainment business (albeit one were the ladies get naked) must have Mafia connections. I am not going as far as to say Nickels is a bigot (but, what if they were an African-American family and instead of a strip club, it was a hip-hop club and he stated that family were connected to the Crips or Bloods street gangs? would that be different? or as "forgivable" as he thinks it is), but since he had no facts, it is obvious that he is pissed (or embarassed) that they caught him talking out his ass.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444943 City Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:48:43 -0800 Comment by longball Ricks is totally the bada bing of Seattle.

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c444969 City Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:20:16 -0800 Comment by Seattle Man The Mayor is out of line. If he has facts which might lead to a conviction he should turn them over to the FBI. If he doesn't have the goods he should shut up.

]]> Seattle Man http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c445228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c445228 City Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:23:33 -0800 Comment by J Edgar Hey Will in Seattle, if we used the standard that you need proof before you say it the Stranger could bnever put out a paper.

]]> J Edgar http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c445284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c445284 City Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:04:50 -0800 Comment by J Edgar Hey Will in Seattle, if we used the standard that you need proof before you say it the Stranger could never put out a paper.

]]> J Edgar http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c445285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c445285 City Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:05:13 -0800 Comment by ftmhx cifxo bdox hpirozfw cmhn cyvk tsokzfl kosibdwu wtluxqczo

]]> ftmhx cifxo http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c447089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/08/ricks_asks_for_a_ret#c447089 City Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:29:29 -0800