Tim Killian, a longtime player in city and state politics, has filed to run for Seattle city council. The first name on Killian’s Board of Advisors is former City Attorney Mark Sidran, who was reviled during his 12-year tenure by civil-liberties advocates for pushing laws that banned sitting on sidewalks and allowed police to impound cars driven by people with suspended licenses. Killian ran Sidran’s unsuccessful campaign for attorney general in 2004—a position for which The Stranger endorsed Sidran.

“From Mark I take a strong commitment to efficient and effective governance,” says Killian. But Sidran’s support seems philosophically incongruent for Killian, who has championed several measures to expand civil-liberties protections. Killian ran the city referendum to repeal the four-foot rule at strip clubs, coordinated the statewide medical-marijuana initiative, and sits on Washington’s sentencing guidelines commission, which "promotes accountability and equity" in criminal sentencing.

“The fact that anyone is listed as an advisor doesn’t suggest we see eye to eye on every issue,” says Killian. “They represent … divergent viewpoints and I think my ability to bridge that gap is vital in moving this city forward.”

Killian’s second advisor? Cary Moon, co-founder of the People’s Waterfront Coalition and an advocate for the surface/transit alternative for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Killian has been an advisor to the PWC.

Killian is reticent about his platform’s specifics—he supports increasing urban density, and, not surprisingly, favors replacing the viaduct with a surface/transit option—and says he’s planning community forums. He hasn’t announced which position he seeks on the council, but plans to decide by June. “I’m sort of waiting to see what all of the incumbents decide to do,” he says. Council Member Richard McIver, for instance, is not seeking reelection.

Eight other council candidates have filed: Sally Bagshaw, James Donaldson, Jessie Israel, David Miller, Dorsol Plants, Robert Rosencrantz, Jordan Royer, and Robert Sondheim. For mayor, David Wolbeck has filed to run against Nickels. City Attorney Tom Carr has filed unopposed.