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Charles Royer

  • News

    January 19, 2011

    Westside Connections

    How West Seattle became the city's most powerful political enclave.

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Was Jordan Royer a Victim of Anti-Nickels Sentiment?

    Maybe he should have gone for a Peter move and denied knowing his father.​Charles Royer, Seattle's only three-term mayor, was welcomed into his final four years with open arms by voters. Like Nickels, he faced a broad swath of challengers in 1985 when running for his final term. But in the fie ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2009

    Does the City Have Too Many “Advisors”?

    They’ve grown in number under Nickels, and that’s become a campaign issue—even outside the mayor’s race.

  • News

    July 22, 2009

    Greg Nickels: Chicago-Style Bully?

    Opponents who paint Nickels as an employer of Windy City machine tactics clearly have never been there.

  • News

    June 24, 2009

    Friends, Breakfast, and the Mayor's Race

    OMG, you'll never guess who sat next to Richard Conlin!

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    What Anti-Nickels Sentiment?

    A fundraising crowd to die for listens to Charles Royer wax eloquent about Greg Nickels.People might be willing to put off pontoon maintenance on their bridges with Mayor Greg Nickels, but they aren't about to burn them. The incumbent's $75-a-plate breakfast fundraiser at the Westin Monday was a rem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Dow Gets Cold Shoulder from Seattle Biz

    The Alki Foundation is the fundraising arm of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and a pretty good gauge for what Seattle's corporate types want from their leadership. The Foundation holds an annual breakfast forum for candidates but doesn't officially do endorsements, it's called recommendatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Sources: Council Caved to Union Pressure to Name Triplett Sims' Replacement

    Kurt Triplett, King County ExecutiveIt's official, Kurt Triplett was promoted to interim King County executive, replacing Ron Sims until voters pick a new guy for the job. According to several sources up at the court house, Triplett spent the weeks since Sims was first nominated to a federal post lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Animal Advocates Let Slip the Dogs of War on Kurt Triplett

    When Ron Sims got called up to the majors, the council decided that rather than give his seat to someone who wants to run for a full term in the fall, it would appoint a caretaker. That's a shift in the way it's been done in the past, both Sims and his predecessor Gary Locke ran for full terms after ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2009

    This Horse Race Is a Stampede

    New faces in city council races include sons of past Seattle politicos.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    The County Exec Short List

    Place your bets!The names being forwarded to that Blue Ribbon Panel selecting the next exec (think people who decide the top prize at the county fair only with a multi-million dollar budget at stake) haven't changed since Friday. But today it's official, the panel will be considering former Republic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Seattle Council Race Getting Crowded

    Council Member Richard McIver will have to fight for his seat come November. Jordan Royer, son of former mayor Charles Royer, officially announced his intention to run against him. Royer's entry brings the total number of candidates to 14, though many have yet to announce which seat they'll seek.Roy ... More >>

  • News

    July 23, 2008

    NBA to City Hall?

    A former Sonic is running on his experience as a team player. Get it?!?!?

  • News

    July 16, 2008

    Sage Goes Soft Over New Developer Tax Breaks

    An e-mail advisory not to protest.

  • News

    July 16, 2008

    Taller For Transit

    Advocates say density should be increased, and height restrictions lifted, on development around light rail stations.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Put Me In, Coach!

    Advocates say density should be increased, and height restrictions lifted, on development around light rail stations.

  • Diversions

    September 13, 2006

    KING's Camelot

    Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    P-I 21, Times 10

    Also: Seattle Center's longtime director quits.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Don McGaffin's Lists

    He broadcast the news and raised hell.

  • News

    March 30, 2005

    Village Idiots

    How's reinventing Seattle doing? Just ask the kids, if you can find one.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2004

    How's reinventing Seattle doing? Just ask the kids, if you can find one.

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Monorail Q&A

    The people's train has people hollering at each other. It's that big a deal.

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Here Comes the Bum

    The people's train has people hollering at each other. It's that big a deal.

  • News

    November 19, 2003

    Insider vs. Outsider

    City Council members Jan Drago and Nick Licata eye the presidency.

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    Between closed libraries, closed community centers, and closed parks, I am beginning to wonder why I bother to live in the city at all.

    City Council members Jan Drago and Nick Licata eye the presidency.

  • News

    November 6, 2002

    Clinical Illness

    City Council members Jan Drago and Nick Licata eye the presidency.

  • News

    August 7, 2002

    Opponents and Ethics

    Have monorail opponents run afoul of ethics codes?

  • News

    April 10, 2002

    This ain't softball

    In his first 100 days, the mayor has aimed high and thrown hard at the City Council. They're not ducking for cover.

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    Three becomes two

    Nickels, Schell, or Sidran face elimination in mayoral primary

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    Power Lesbians

    Queer women on top in the Emerald City.

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    News Clips— The money chase

    Queer women on top in the Emerald City.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Wet & wild

    Queer women on top in the Emerald City.

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    That other source of campaign cash

    Queer women on top in the Emerald City.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Kids and violence

    Queer women on top in the Emerald City.

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    Dogging the city

    Queer women on top in the Emerald City.

  • News

    March 3, 1999

    The tracks of their fears

    Sound Transit jettisons Northgate, Southcenter, and North Capitol Hill, and passes a cautious rail plan. Maybe we don't have to give up so much...

  • News

    February 17, 1999

    Not your average Joe

    Sound Transit jettisons Northgate, Southcenter, and North Capitol Hill, and passes a cautious rail plan. Maybe we don't have to give up so much...

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Childproof Seattle

    Sound Transit jettisons Northgate, Southcenter, and North Capitol Hill, and passes a cautious rail plan. Maybe we don't have to give up so much...

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Here's Paul

    A year after election, a leader in spite of himself.

  • News

    September 23, 1998

    Letters

    Wisdom from the cells

  • News

    September 16, 1998

    The Times' 'mission'

    Wisdom from the cells

  • News

    September 9, 1998

    For the news that gives you fits...

    Wisdom from the cells

  • News

    September 9, 1998

    Supreme showdown

    Some seek judicial harmony, and others sound strident notes in this year's battles for the state's high court seats.

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    The debutant

    Our new mayor unveils a wonkish, well-balanced staff, an upbeat agenda—and his first trial balloon.

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