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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Politics Dow Constantine: "If You Shop at Bellevue Square, You Contribute" to Eyman's I-1125

Posted by Goldy on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:21 PM

So apparently there was something or other of interest on the first hour of KUOW's Weekday this morning that I assume somebody here will Slog about eventually (they leave this sorta thing up to the "tactful" writers, so it certainly isn't my beat). But me being the wonk that I am, I tuned in for the scintillating hour that followed with flame-throwing King County Executive Dow "The Impaler" Constantine. And I wasn't disappointed.

Talking about Tim Eyman's incredibly stupid I-1125 and the million-plus dollars Bellevue Square owner Kemper Freeman Jr. spent to put this light-rail-killing/520-bridge-sinking initiative onto the ballot, Constantine took direct aim at Bellevue's rich, crazy uncle, attempting to hit him right where it hurts. "If you shop at Bellevue Square," Constantine told KUOW's educated and affluent audience, "you contribute to that campaign."

Ouch. But, you know, it's absolutely true.

Now, I'm not a big fan of boycotts for a number of reasons, but I do believe in spending my dollars responsibly, and for that reason I've long refused to shop at Freeman's Bellevue Square. Granted, I'm not the sort of clientele Freeman wants—my daughter wears flip-flops and all that—but my dollars are as green as anyone else's, and hell if I'm going to hand them over to Freeman and his wacky, light-rail-equals-communism agenda.

So thank you, Dow, for speaking truth to power, and at least suggesting the obvious way we can all respond to Freeman and his special interest meddling.

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dow is pro-tunnel as well. double agenda makes boycotts.... problematic.

Posted by meanie

on July 21, 2011 at 12:30 PM

well, there's no danger of my contributing.

Posted by Max Solomon on July 21, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Funny how you accuse this Kemper Freeman Jerkwad on wanting to sink the 520 bridge, when it was a month or two ago that SLOG editors were complaining about how funding would run out and that WSDOT wouldnt be able to complete the Seattle side of the bridge. Well most people commenting were on the "Screw them, Seattle first!" side of the fence, when in reality, the pontoons are vulnerable to sinking during a major windstorm. We had one 5-6 years ago and they had to open up a section just to relieve stress, otherwise it would have sunk. The odds of a 100mph windstorm sinking the bridge are higher than the odds of an earthquake taking down the Seattle side.

Posted by Kinison

on July 21, 2011 at 1:11 PM

the funny thing is the only people who this boycott of your's and dow's will hurt is the workers at the mall. that being said is it responsible for the county executive to be trying to hurt the regions economic productivity?

Posted by blue state failing on July 21, 2011 at 2:30 PM

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Constantine for governor.

Posted by sarah68 on July 21, 2011 at 3:23 PM

@4 - The region's productivity won't be impacted if the people who would've shopped at Bell Square shop somewhere else in the region.

Here's a question for you Anonytroll - why is this business "leader" trying to cripple the competitiveness of the region by supporting Tim Eyman and attempting to buy the Bellevue City Council?

Posted by Donolectic on July 21, 2011 at 4:05 PM