Jan Drago is asked the likability question.

TO JAN DRAGO: This question's a bit vague, but it's important. You've been on the city council for nearly 16 years now, and a lot of people don't necessarily feel like they had a chance to get to know you, despite the fact that you’re in a very prominent position. The warmth and charisma that you have in one-on-one interactions isn't something we see at your speaking engagements, or when you're on TV, or on the radio. One of the challenges Greg Nickels has had is that he has not been able to be a charismatic communicator of vision. What would make you a charismatic leader and visionary for the city, so that it doesn’t come off the same way as a top-down approach from city hall?
DRAGO: Well, I'll start out by saying that my speaking style is characterized as being plainspoken but honest, and my supporters actually really, really appreciate that, because I can't spin. So let's just, that's a given. I do believe that I have a great deal of compassion, and I think that that comes out at certain times, and it especially comes out when I talk about family, children, education, homeless, and I have a great deal of experience there. In terms of why, maybe why don't people know me better, it's because I'm a behind-the-scenes player, and what most people…

You’re a player?
DRAGO: OK, behind the scenes leader. And, you know, the joke in the business community and around town for years has been, I was the only one who knew how to count to five.

Can you prove that right now?
DRAGO: And, I mean, there’s a lot of truth to that. So, I mean, to be a legislator, and I would consider myself to be a skilled legislator, that's what you have to do.

And are you going to be that way as a mayor? Are you gonna be a 'behind the scenes player' as a mayor?
DRAGO: No, it's a completely, completely different role. So…

How do we know that you can do that, or how would you do that? Players only love you when they’re playing.
DRAGO: I think that's one of the reasons that maybe you don’t know me as well publicly. Plus, the role of a council member is very, very different, that role…

The Times just endorsed Joe [Mallahan] and Greg [Nickels], and they said that you are cut out for the council, and you're sort of reinforcing that. Is there anything you can say to indicate to us that you're ready to be the…
DRAGO: Well, I didn't get to the mayor. So the role of the mayor is very different. And the mayor can absolutely be the leader, not only of the city, but of the region. And let's just take a few issues, for instance Boeing. This mayor has been missing in action in the regional coalition to keep Boeing in Seattle or in the region. And the mayor should have been out there as a very public spokesperson on that issue.

Would you be that person?
DRAGO: I would be. Absolutely. And, the other area that I have been talking about is, the question is, 'What can the city do for the school district?' And I go right back to John Stanford. And he was a charismatic leader, and what he did was he brought the people, the businesses, the corporations in Seattle to the public schools, with a very very optimistic public message. And that's missing today, and my guess is that people sitting around this table don't have a very positive view of Seattle Public Schools, because there's nobody out there talking about it. So there's a lot of things that can be done. And let's talk about a leader that might ask for sacrifice. Ask the people to sacrifice for something really important.

Previously: Part 1 (Nickels and McGinn debate the tunnel); part 2 (Nickels is asked about his unpopularity); part 3 (Mallahan names the one thing he's done for the environment: he's eaten it).