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News & ArtsTuesday, November 10, 2009
Election 5,335 Votes
Posted by Eli Sanders on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Not that it matters as much now that the conceding and victory speechifying is over, but today Mike McGinn's lead over Joe Mallahan grew even further.
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Interesting how Jesse Israel, even though she lost, picked up quite a bit in the late ballot counting and is now the closest (down by 13) of all the challengers for city council. Maybe next time she could run against someone who isn't a progressive ...
And that Sue Rahr had more than 2 percent write-ins - that's really high.
But great results for 71 and 1033 in this county!
And that Sue Rahr had more than 2 percent write-ins - that's really high.
But great results for 71 and 1033 in this county!
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You still don't get it, do you!? McGinn will keep increasing his lead. That's what he does. It's all he does. You can't stop him.
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#1: Uh, Nick Licata is the least progressive member of the council. He'll be the Joe Lieberman to McGinn's Obama. He's been the only council member to fight tooth and nail against streetcar and light rail expansion as well as surface/transit and mercer, and I'll be SHOCKED if he doesn't try to sabotage public broadband. He's a classic small-government conservative whose closest ally is the auditor. Just because he reads poetry doesn't make him "progressive."
The only hope is that Mike O'Brien will balance out Licata's rabid conservatism with some rabid progressivism.
The only hope is that Mike O'Brien will balance out Licata's rabid conservatism with some rabid progressivism.
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elenchos @2 for the win. @3 for the Soviet Socialist Republic Party of No America Hating Cluster with Tea Bags
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Actually you have that backwards. The votes are the things that count, concessions and victory claiming are simply symbolic.
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Squandering public dollars on a development company's Mercer beautification scheme to the exclusion of a lot of other more worthy projects is in no way "progressive." And neither was the SLUT.
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#8: Look up what "progressive" and "conservative" mean. It doesn't mean "I like it" or "I don't." Licata opposes almost all government spending on capital projects, except the ones you absolutely need to support to have any chance of getting elected in Seattle (like the housing levy).
He even tried to get the voter-approved and fully-funded First Hill/Capitol Hill streetcar scrapped until the media started giving him hell for it.
He even tried to get the voter-approved and fully-funded First Hill/Capitol Hill streetcar scrapped until the media started giving him hell for it.
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It is so ironic that the most 'progressive' politicians are the ones who vote for the biggest corporate welfare giveaways!
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@9,
Licata supported the Monorail, replacing the 16th Ave S and Magnolia Bridges, the Parks and Library levies, and a host of other proposals that sure sound like government capital projects to me.
@10 - yup. They call that greenwashing.
Licata supported the Monorail, replacing the 16th Ave S and Magnolia Bridges, the Parks and Library levies, and a host of other proposals that sure sound like government capital projects to me.
@10 - yup. They call that greenwashing.
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@8 "He even tried to get the voter-approved and fully-funded First Hill/Capitol Hill streetcar scrapped until the media started giving him hell for it."
This is not true. Licata: 1) voted in 2007 to request funding for the First Hill Streetcar in the Sound Transit ballot measure; 2) co-sponsored a resolution against endorsing a streetcar network that explicitly stated support for the First Hill Streetcar (2008), and in 2009 3) voted in favor of an agreement to build the First Hill Streetcar.
This is not true. Licata: 1) voted in 2007 to request funding for the First Hill Streetcar in the Sound Transit ballot measure; 2) co-sponsored a resolution against endorsing a streetcar network that explicitly stated support for the First Hill Streetcar (2008), and in 2009 3) voted in favor of an agreement to build the First Hill Streetcar.
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