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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Politics Q & A with Bagshaw and Bloom

Posted by Dominic Holden on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM

The Electionland face-off between city council candidates Sally Bagshaw and David Bloom begins at 1:00 p.m. You can still ask them a question HERE.

Here's what we wrote about them in our primary endorsements:

The current front-runner and top fundraiser in the race, Sally Bagshaw, hasn't demonstrated that she's more progressive than [City Council Member Jan] Drago. Bagshaw, who worked as an attorney and prosecutor for King County for over a decade, has contributed to only the council's more conservative members in election years. And Bagshaw's campaign-contribution filing reports read like a roster of Rainier Club members—and those people have enough friends at City Hall already.

We wanted to like David Bloom, a cofounder of the Seattle Displacement Coalition, but his anti-density activism made us fear he would be an advocate against sensible development. Bloom also told the SECB that he wants to rebuild or retrofit the viaduct, which is a mind-fuckingly atrocious idea.

Bloom and Bagshaw edged out Dorsol Plants in the primary election, so now you can watch them duke it out for your vote.

(Tomorrow's Electionland features the NO on 1033 campaign. Ask them about how Tim Eyman's latest initiative wold affect the state, county, city, and you over here. Eyman has refused to participate.)

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I received my absentee ballot last Friday up here in Vancouver. When might I expect The Board's recommendations?

Posted by Bauhaus I on October 13, 2009 at 12:44 PM

"Bloom and Bagshaw edged out Dorsol Plants in the primary election . . . . " has got to be SLOG's understatement of the year. Bagshaw got 51% to Plants' 14%. Even Bloom got 18% to Plants' 14%. A difference of 28% or 300% is a little more than "edging out."

And just when did someone (notably, Bagshaw) who supports marriage equality and the legalization of marijuana get dubbed a "conservative"?

Posted by Sandman on October 13, 2009 at 12:51 PM

@ 1) In the paper that hits streets Wednesday/Thursday, depending on your location. Should be online tomorrow in the early afternoon.

Posted by Dominic Holden on October 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM

"Edged out" Dorsol Plants, Dom?

If 91% of the cumulative vote goes to someone else, that's not "edging out" your preferred candidate, or even "eking out" a loss.

Posted by NapoleonXIV on October 13, 2009 at 1:21 PM

Edit: I guess Dorsol got 12.27% of the vote.

P.S. Your Rainier Club nomination is now tabled before the Membership Committee. . .

Posted by NapoleonXIV on October 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM

@ 2, 4, 5) We endorsed Dorsol Plants in the primary, you see, so he was clearly the most likely winner (except for that "Sally Bagshaw is the front runner business" that we mentioned in our endorsement), so victory was viciously ripped from his grasp.

Posted by Dominic Holden on October 13, 2009 at 1:28 PM

Retrofitting the existing Viaduct is the only idea out there that makes sense - though replacing it in-kind still isn't as mind-bogglingly stupid as tearing it down and not replacing it (says the man who has who has to drive to West Seattle later today)

Posted by Mr. X on October 13, 2009 at 3:01 PM

I agree w/7. The Stranger's ugliness about Bloom on this issue is why I voted for him.

Posted by Dinky Adams on October 13, 2009 at 8:56 PM