News Nickels’s Web Site Violates City Code
posted by on January 22 at 15:35 PM
Now that there’s an election, the Mayor is required to stop
campaigning on the public’s dime.
Currently, Nickels’s web site, which proclaims, “The right choice for Seattle & the region…The Alaskan Way Tunnel” and links to an anti-rebuild ad and pro-tunnel propoganda, is a bona fide campaign headquarters.
“It’s not kosher,” says Seattle Ethics and Elecions Director Wayne Barnett. “If this doesn’t change soon we’ll be looking at enforcement action.”
You can’t use city resources to promote the tunnel (or the rebuild). Although, you certainly won’t find any rebuild propoaganda on Nickels’s web site.
Next thing the underwater tunnel will have a big cost page at the state site ... showing how little in real funds is set aside for it, compared to what Greg says.
um, who's Wayne Barnett? is he the guy that enforces these kind of things?
#2,
Sorry about that. He's the Director of Seattle Ethics and Elections.
come to think of it, I saw a thing on Seattle Channel from Sound Transit last night discussing the ST2 options. Is that election (in Nov.) far enough off that it isn't an problem to spend public money on that kind of advertising?
#4 - It is not a problem for Sound Transit to be communicating with the public at this time - in fact they have a responsibility to do so. The Sound Transit Board has yet to take the legislative action necessary to place ST2 on the ballot - they may even decide not to. The City of Seattle, however, has crossed the Rubicon of placing the future of the viaduct on the ballot. At that point, informing becomes campaign advocacy, especially when it is one-sided and filled with subjective statements designed to influence - like "the right choice."
@4 - what about the RTID?
Yo, No. Four:
Sound Transit is required, by statute (RCW 81.112.030) to put ST2 on the November ballot. It is mandatory. ST has no option of NOT putting ST2 up for the vote.
Will: The State PDC should prohibit both ST and RTID from continuing to expend public funds touting all the benefits of the upcoming transportation ballot measure.
But if Bush can use the White House to lie to us about why we should spend more money and lives in Iraq just because his wee ego is bruised and he doesn't wanna talk to the other kids on the block, doesn't that make it ok?
Hmmm?
Who tunneled through I90?
Will someone put a dick in this guy's mouth?
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