Slog - Comments on Sonics Initiative. Election Cheat Sheet http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el I got a voice mail this morning from a befuddled voter who was confused about City of Seattle Initiative 91 (the Sonics subsidy initiative). He was against subsidizing the Sonics, but he said the wording was confusing, and he didn't know how to vote. And he added: "Where is your guys' voter guide?" I apologize. Our endorsement issue (with our acclaimed Stranger Election Control Board Cheat Sheet) ran last week. But I forgot to re-run the cheat sheet this week. We have had it up on-line ever since our endorsements hit two weeks ago, though. And it will be in... Copyright 2008 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:12:08 -0800 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:39:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle So, are you saying you were for it before you were agin' it? Or that the Times was for it before they were agin' it?

Someone's flip-flopping ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484137 Politics Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:12:48 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit Will,
Cute. And I was waiting for someone to point that out.
So, if you're actually being serious, here's the obvious response.

1) I exlpain my flip flop...that is: I fully say why I support the initiative. (Seattle Times on McGavick...not so much...except to say he has good leadership skills.

2) I own up to it... that is: I'm the one who brought my previous opinion to your attention. (Seattle Times on all the editorials they wrote that contradict their McGavick endorsement...Silent.

3) No one on the Stranger ed board has a family/financial interest in the Sonics initiative. That's not the case with the Seattle Times' McGavick endorsement, which seemed to adhere to Frank Blethen's estate tax repeal crusade.

If you weren't being serious... I say: "Hold me closer tiny dancer. Count the headlights on the highway."

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484150 Politics Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:24:38 -0800 Comment by Gomez Here's my issue with I-91: how do you enforce it? And do the proprietors of said initiative attempt to retroactively enforce it? If so, could it force the other two teams out of Seattle as well?

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484176 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484176 Politics Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:55:41 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Actually, enforcement is easy. You let people like me sue them. It's in the text of I-91.

And we should be so blessed. I'd love to see the Seahawks move to Mercer Island.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c484319 Politics Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:28:26 -0800 Comment by Jason Avinger i'm sorry josh. i like you but i-91 just pisses me off.
imagine if boston never had the celtics or the red sox. the teams add so much to the experience of the people who live in the city and in the whole region around it.
to me, i-91 is equivalent to saying that the city can't build a public park unless the park will turn a profit.
i am amazed that so many liberals are supporting such an extremely right-wing stance.

]]> Jason Avinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c486228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/sonics_initiative_el#c486228 Politics Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:39:35 -0800