-the media

" It's time for somebody somewhere to do a story on Sally Clark. It doesn't have to be a long story. Something you just threw together at the last minute would be fine. Ideally with a photo. She's such a fascinating figure I just wish someone would get on that as quickly and superficially as possible. Anyone in the media out there want to step up?"

when the Stranger had just done a story on Sally that week in the May 3 paper.

Seattle nice? How trite. Weekly story reads like someone who just got a paint-by-numbers crash course in understanding Seattle politics.

Heh. How embarrassing

oh.

Sally is great, and will still be Sally after 4 terms on the Council and she is running for mayor or congress.

New political leaders do not use an axe for action in their first term/months. No where, no city, bad idea. They learn, bide their time, get connected and pick several issues.

So far she has simply played it exactly right.

And quoting all the experts on Seattle politics who are paid consultants is stupid. Paid guns perform for their paying clients, not much else.

Sally's photo in the Weekly is great - and - amazingly they manage to not mention she is a lesbian, although as all know - she is totally cool about the whole matter, as out as out can be.
She used to write and edit for the Lesbian Resource Center Newspaper and the Seattle Gay News, pretty out there.

Go Sally, go Sally to Congress.

I think is interesting that her former boss Diers is lukewarm on her. I get the feeling he held back.

And finally, Podlodowski has a lot of nerve asking Clark to lead the five. Maybe she should have ended the quote, "My challenge to her is to lead the five, cuz I damn sure didnt."

PS When I met Nick in Central America 20 years ago, he had the same hat.

Sally Clark only has a City Council seat because she is a well-liked tool of the other council members.

It was interesting to read Jim Diers and Tina Podlowdowski's quotes on Sally. Tina didn't exactly light up the council during her stay there. And Jim Diers should run for council himself instead of taking potshots from the sidelines at those with the courage to run. His neighborhood pandering style is part of the reason certain neighborhoods in Seattle have far too much power.

"The Stranger rarely prints anything longer than 300 words on city issues."

Are you high?

We print at least 500 words on city hall issues every week in ECB's column.

And the whole news section is about citywide issues.

Erica also wrote an 1,000 word story on Clark a couple of weeks ago... and she's also done a 1000-worder on the Steinbrueck's open seat and on and on...like her 3000 plus on the Viaduct.

Rosalita jump a little higher.

It reminds me of NFL players who do elaborate sack dances each time they simply do their job.

Don't get me wrong, I think you do a solid job on news coverage. I just don't need the endless self promotion.

I would guess that there is a bit of braggadocio to it but, the rest is some sort of tongue in cheek(or wherever) attempt at something like: "hey look at us we're so past hip, we make fun of ourselves by making fun of ourselves, in spite of ourselves"
or something...

the stanger: awash with the cheeky satire and self-importance/abasement of the stereotypical 8th grader.

still a fun read, now and again.

-- Jensen

I am a lesbian business woman, and I can sure as hell tell you Sally Clark represents me.

Of course to such hoity toity males as yourself, that representation has no merit. Oh, what, keeping women on the council, that little strike at sexism. And, as all admit, Sally is very bright.

These expectations of a women in politics in her first year or so is consistent with sexism - she MUST out achieve all males - make her mark in months, please every sector of the body politic, and just DO IT ALL, very well of course.

Sally is a pip, a winner in one election, second coming up and the competition in the first round. As she catches her stride she will continue to win - sorry whiners.

I hope some big time male bad ass/civic leader/attorney files against her, and she tromps him. Of course in that event the mantra of the whiners would be the voters are stupid and blah blah blah.

Love Sally, sending a check, tomorrow.

Does that mean Sally Clark hates men?

The Council does need to set the public policy agenda a little more clearly. Please tell me how any of the other Councilmembers who have been in their jobs for years have set a vision or made a mark? Peter is the closest to actually having a vision unfortunately he acts like a petulant child throwing a tantrum most of the time. A guy like Nick Licata is just not going to do that. His philosophy as President of the Council is to be a leader by not leading anything and promoting individual councilmembers in doing what they want to do (very 60’s live and let live philosophy of leadership). Sometimes it bugs me but basically our city is going in the right direction.

I don't doubt Sally's ability to rise to the top and actually bring a fresh GEN X perspective to the Council. Right now she is the only non baby boomer on the Council who did not take their page from the various 60/70’s movements.

I have a lot of faith in her. Go Sally!