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Greg Nickels

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Greg Nickels Makes It Official: He's in the Race for Secretary of State

    ​Doomed in large measure to his lackluster response to a winter snowstorm, Greg Nickels got the boot three years ago when he couldn't survive a primary challenge in seeking a third term as Seattle mayor. Today he announced he's out of the wilderness and back in the game he so sorely missed. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Seattle Gun Ban Challenge Moves to Olympia, Where Pro-Gunners Predict Another Victory

    Gottlieb​With release of a state Appeals Court ruling this week, gun-rights activists have, as expected, won their legal battle to knock down Seattle's ban on carrying guns in city parks. And as expected they're crowing about it. "We told former Mayor Greg Nickels he was wrong," says Alan Gott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Greg Nickels Should Find Solace in the Fate of New York City Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith

    ​Greg Nickels, take heart: You're not the only public official to be buried alive by a snowstorm. It may be the dog days of summer, but the memory of last winter's blizzard in New York City still lives on, as does City Hall's lame response. The just-announced result: deputy mayor Stephen Golds ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2010

    Mayor McGinn's Many Green Returns

    His anti-car approach has paid off—at least when it comes to spending by his own office.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Mike's Bikes: Mayor McGinn Peddles a Green Image; So Far it's for Real as Limo Costs Drop

    ​Seattle's bicycling mayor - OK, the one who also sometimes parks his SUV in front of fire hydrants - has so far lived up to his civic image as an anti-combustion, two-wheeling public official. At the least, Mike McGinn has out-greened his predecessor Greg Nickels, a professed though not alway ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Greg Nickels Misses His Big Day in OK City

    KOMOGreg Nickels has kid hold sign for him​Former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, now the White House Drug Czar, will be there, talking about Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap while widening his stance against legalization. But, for the first time in at least a decade, Seattle won't ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Target Practice: Greg Nickels Trips During Light Rail Victory Lap

    Hey everyone, did you forget about that thing I only sort of screwed up? Well let me remind you!​Target Practice is our daily aim at a hypocritical politician, worthless law or random nincompoop who deserves a bit of buckshot in the backside. It's common practice for the guy who used to run t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Greg Nickels Has a New Part-Time Gig, But How Will He Spend the Rest of His Hours?

    Greg Nickels and his wife enjoying New England.​Greg Nickels returned from Harvard this weekend with a new beard, a workout routine, and, as of this morning, a new job. He's a "Distinguished Urban Fellow" at Living Cities, a DC-based non-profit that connects foundations and guilt-ridden billio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Former Mayor Greg Nickels To Stalk Peter Steinbrueck Around Harvard Yard

    Harvard: where old mayors get put out to stud?​If those who can't do, teach, does it also follow that those who can't win a second re-election bid, fellow? For the answer, see Greg Nickels. Harvard University today confirmed the rumor that former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, the man who famous ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    End of the Line

    Nickels’ mission may be over, but “accomplished” is a stretch.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Seattle May Not Love Greg Nickels, But Copenhagen Does

    Greg Nickels is spending four days in Copenhagen to chair panel discussions between city mayors on what they are doing to reduce green house gas emissions. He's there in his role as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, a position he won in no small part thanks to his call for cities across ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Greg Nickels on Sound Transit: Mission Accomplished!

    FacebookNickels is finally getting off the Sound Transit train.​Greg Nickels has sat through 378 Sound Transit Board meetings. At this afternoon's--his last--everyone seemed especially deferential. They politely smiled when he declared--noting the passage of a Sound Transit 2 funding package ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Greens Honor Greg Nickels in Front of a School of Fish and One Shark

    Li'l ScoopEven though he failed to be taxed, the Bagmonster still loves Mayor Nickels.​Can we throw the bum back in? That was the message sent by a staggeringly pro-Greg Nickels crowd at a Seattle Climate Partnership-sponsored event at the Aquarium last night. There, the outgoing mayor was fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Greg Nickels Slips Quietly Into That Good Night

    Greg Nickels is done rocking the boat.​During Bill Clinton's final days at the White House, he pushed through a series of controversial pardons. In 2004 Utah Governor Olene Walker took advantage of being forced out in the Republican primary to push the state out of a deadlock over protecting w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Don't Call It a Crackdown: Mayor Nickels Comments on Aurora Motels

    ​In the increasing hullaballoo over McGinn vs. Mallahan, it might be easy to forget that Greg Nickels is, for the time being anyway, still the guy making and enforcing city policy, and also the guy who has to respond to residents' gripes. For instance, despite a preponderance of criminal activ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Big Mayor on Campus

    ​What next for our lame-duck mayor? After spending his entire adult life in politics, Greg Nickels can't join a downtown law firm because he isn't a lawyer. Nor, in fact, does he even have a college degree. He's stigmatized as a loser, a guy who can't shovel snow, a champion of costly, unpopul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    You Won't Have Greg Nickels to Kick Around Anymore

    ​Where was this guy during the last eight years? Greg Nickels' concession speech at City Hall today was filled with self-deprecation and one-liners, the sort of thing we haven't seen a lot of during the mayor's disciplined, access-stingy tenure at City Hall, when spokespeople did more of the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    It's Worse Than We Thought: City Forecasts $72.5 Million Deficit for 2010

    Actually, guys, it's 'less money, mo problems.'​Greg Nickels is lucky this didn't happen during the primary--though he'll be lucky to get to address it during the general. As he's often noted on the campaign trail, Seattle's been lauded for keeping its budget in order in tough times. But despi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Nickels Down Again, But Even if He Loses, the Battle of the Tunnel Still Continues

    ​With today's election count, incumbent Greg Nickels continued to sink against his top challengers. Of the 107,167 votes counted so far, Nickels has received 26,416 (25.56 percent). Joe Mallahan expanded his lead to 28,126 (27.22 percent). And Mike McGinn is still in second at 27,586 votes (26 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Don't Bite Your Nails Too Much, It May Be a While Before We Know On Mayor's Race

    ​Less than 1,000 votes separate third place incumbent Greg Nickels from current leader Mike McGinn in the mayor's race. This of course, has everyone on pins and needles. Last night, Nickels spokesperson Sandeep Kaushik said they have polls showing later voters will break their way, but that re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Nickels' New Strategy Same as the Old Strategy

    With early returns indicating the possibility of a loss, Mayor Greg Nickels strode to the podium inside the UFCW's local monument to collective bargaining in Georgetown and did what any sensible two-term incumbent would do in his situation: he stayed on message. "Tomorrow is when the real campaign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Mallahan Pulls Ahead in the Countdown to the Mayoral Recount

    Mallahan takes the lead, more counting to come.​Mallahan is up with a total of 81,725 votes counted thus far in Seattle. King County elections is predicting 35 percent turnout for Seattle, which would mean an additional 51,000 votes have yet to be counted. Here's where the three front-runners ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    One Last Poll Before the Polls Close: McGinn, Mallahan in Dead Heat for 2nd

    Click to enlarge​ You have until today's last mail pickup or until 8 PM at the ballot drop boxes to cast your vote in the primary. If you're curious about where things stand in the mayoral race and/or looking to game the vote somehow--e.g. to vote for someone other than who you'll vote for in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Backatcha: Nickels Campaign Finds More Missed Votes From Mallahan

    ​Let's review: Joe Mallahan spent several months attacking Greg Nickels (occasionally ineptly, occasionally quite cleverly) while Nickels ignored him. Then Mallahan shot up in the polls, so Nickels hit him hard (and well) with a TV attack ad recounting Mallahan's lack of knowledge on city issu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Nickels Sides With Sick Kids Over Whiny Neighbors

    ​It's hardly a shocker of a campaign move, even in a city where nothing is more sacred than single-family neighborhoods, but Greg Nickels announced today his support for the planned Children's Hospital expansion, which the City Examiner ruled against, citing inconvenience to the hospital's Lau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Robo Wars!

    Nice mustache, guy​In the last few days, the mayoral race has gotten decidedly nastier, more Spaghetti Western, and more deep-voice narrated than any time previously. Now it's about to get a lot more automated. With Joe Mallahan climbing the polls and Greg Nickels looking vulnerable, Nickels ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    The Volleys Continue: Mallahan's Video Response to Nickels' Video Attack

    It's gettin' hot in here.​Joe Mallahan has his own video up now, attacking Greg Nickels' attack video. There was a time when this would have been costing everyone untold thousands of dollars--retooling ads for television on a daily basis. But thanks to the internets, attacking opponents is now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Bo Knows Bo, But Greg Says Joe Don't Know Jack

    Fisticuffs!​For a while, it felt like this mayoral race would never produce a deep-voiced attack ad with a melodramatic, ominous piano soundtrack. It also felt like Greg Nickels thought he was above responding to the challengers who were constantly taking shots at him. But now that we're halfw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    He's Had Enough: Nickels Strikes Back

    Cameron Frye says this is what happens when you go too long without sticking up for yourself.​You know you've got a race on your hands when the incumbent finally starts shooting back at his challengers. Perhaps emboldened by his ABDC shout-out (who'd have thought a clip of Greg Nickels would r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Is It Showdown Time? McGinn and Nickels Seem to Think So

    ​A survey of the last two days in my inbox finds nine mass-missives from the Mike McGinn and Greg Nickels campaigns, all about the deep-bore tunnel. McGinn calls the tunnel irresponsible, especially in light of a bad budget. He points out that Nickels said he wouldn't pursue a tunnel. Nickels ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Could Nickels Get Knocked Out in the Primary? The Plot Thickens...

    ​A new poll from KING-5/SurveyUSA has Greg Nickels' lead dropping and Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn closing fast--raising the possibility, however slim, that Nickels could do the Paul Schell and get knocked out before the general. (Nickels' outlook was a lot better in this week's Washington Pol ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    Mayor Approves Contracts, Donor Signs Checks

    Nickels’ top business donor gives generously after scoring some lucrative Sound Transit contracts.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    New Poll: Nickels vs. Seven Dwarves (Four of Whom Have a Chance)

    ​It's poll results time! In the latest set, brought to you by the UW's Washington Poll, Greg Nickels is comfortably in the lead with 23% of the vote, and his nearest four challengers are uncomfortably bunched together. Joe Mallahan--whose campaign is profiled by Laura Onstot in this week's iss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Love-In: The Mayor and His Top Campaign Donor

    ​What is HDR Engineering, and why is it suddenly the top-ranking business donor to Mayor Greg Nickels' re-election campaign? Simple, says David Cobb of the international architectural, consulting and engineering firm: "We were impressed with his national leadership role on climate change and s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Nickels' Dollars: Ho Hum, Another $500,000 Campaign

    It has been two months since Mayor Greg Nickels' re-election campaign filed its last contributions summary report, adding up the money so far given towards a third mayoral term. Thus his total campaign donations have remained something of a mystery. The May summary showed Nickels had already receive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Chalk Outlines: Police Release Sketch of South Park Stabbing Suspect

    Click to enlargePolice brass and Mayor Greg Nickels held a community meeting last night in South Park to discuss Saturday night's double-stabbing, in which one woman, 36-year-old Teresa Butz, was killed and her partner badly injured. (The P-I has audio of the meeting and West Seattle Blog video of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Mallahan Plays the Clever Card

    Saturday's Sounders/Chelsea game provided plenty of opportunities for mayoral campaigning. Norman Sigler offered tickets for donations, and Joe Mallahan had the clever idea to distribute not flyers that no one wants, but rather yellow cards that fans could wave to show their displeasure with Chelsea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Inch by Inch, Row by Row, I'm Going to Make My Poll Lead Grow

    Soon it'll be up to my knees!Endorsed by many but approved by few, and with light rail about to go live, Greg Nickels remains the top dog in the mayoral race--albeit with only 26% of surveyed voters intending to vote for him. (This in the latest SurveyUSA/King-5 poll.) Still, that's two points bette ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Few Like Him, But Many Endorse Him: Nickels Snags Another Nod

    At last check, Greg Nickels' approval rating was 31%, but you'd never know it from the way he racks up endorsements--at least endorsements of organizations other than District Democrats. He picked up another biggie last night when the King County Labor Council--a group representing about 150 unions- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Nickels Apologizes to Seattle

    The softer, gentler Nickels.Jan Drago has been attempting to make the mayoral campaign all about style, emphasizing things like her willingness to work collaboratively (and saying that incumbent Greg Nickels doesn't). Nickels released his first campaign ad this week and he seems to be accepting Dr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Mallahan: SDOT Uses Toxic Paint! (Oh, and Fire Crunican)

    www.seattle.govNo grace for Crunican.The mayoral candidates are having a field day attacking incumbent Greg Nickels and sitting council member Jan Drago (who is running in second in mayoral primary polls) along with Transportation Director Grace Crunican. Two so far have issued dramatic press releas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Self-Proclaimed Above-the-Fray Nickels Makes Case for Why More of the Same Will Be New and Improved

    Nickels says...clap your hands! Greg Nickels is the man in the crosshairs these days. With an approval rating at 30%, he's got every candidate in the field running against his administration's perceived failures, be they in building sidewalks or shoveling snow or replacing the viaduct. He's kept a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    This Week in Commercials: Greg Nickels and Sound Transit

    Both Greg Nickels and the agency whose board he chairs, Sound Transit, released TV ads yesterday. Let's have a look:

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Mayoral Razzle-Dazzle, Thanks to Taxpayers

    Mayor Greg Nickels' taxpayer-supported government homepage is looking more and more like a personal re-election website these days, with one exception: His static campaign homepage doesn't have near the dazzle factor of the improved city site, now with flash graphics and more elaborate self-pats-on- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    The Mayoral Campaign Scrum, in Bullet Points

    * Remember the $25-a-year head tax on people who drive to work alone? The one that Greg Nickels originally supported, then didn't support recently, leading James Donaldson and Joe Mallahan to say I told you so and Michael McGinn to call bullshit? It's proposed repeal is likely postponed until at l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Youth Violence Prevention Starts...Now

    After nearly a year of planning, Mayor Greg Nickels and various members of the City Council officially kicked off the city's $8 million Youth Violence Prevention Initiative yesterday at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club in Rainier Beach. Nickels, who managed to work in a plug for the soon to ope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    The Picture-Perfect Mayor

    This picture (right) is one of six on Mayor Greg Nickels' re-election website, under the heading "Senator Barack Obama Visits Seattle." Obama's face is in two of the pictures - Nickels' face is in six. There are, we guess, several hundred photos of the mayor on his site - at least seven on every pag ... More >>

  • News

    June 24, 2009

    Friends, Breakfast, and the Mayor's Race

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

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Nickels Donates to Himself - Twice

    Whether it's confidence or concern, Greg Nickels has contributed to his current re-election campaign, something he didn't do in 2005. He donated the maximum $700 this month - in fact, according to filing reports, he gave the money twice, which would be a campaign violation. Seattle Ethics and Electi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Nickels, Councilmembers Propose Ending Head Tax; Mallahan Says Cut Mercer Project, Too

    Fortunately for the boss of this Eddie Murphy, the head tax doesn't take head size into account.Let the recovery begin--and the Mercer debate begin anew. Greg Nickels, Tim Burgess, and Richard Conlin announced a proposal today to eliminate the city's two-year-old head tax, which was originally desig ... More >>

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