Subject:

Jim Compton

  • 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.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2007

    Third Time's a Charm

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

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    A Shift to the Left

    Nick Licata becomes the new Seattle City Council president, and six female finalists for a vacant seat are picked.

  • News

    December 21, 2005

    City Council Uncertainty

    The resignation of second-term member Jim Compton sets off a scramble for his seat and reopens the presidency.

  • News

    December 21, 2005

    A Questionable Year

    Tough questions—but no torture—for Jim Compton, Dale Chihuly, Christine Gregoire, and others in 2006.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    City Council and Crime

    Tough questions—but no torture—for Jim Compton, Dale Chihuly, Christine Gregoire, and others in 2006.

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    A Lapdog Lap Dance

    The rezone from hell is finally approved as the Strippergate ethics investigation looks outside City Hall, focusing on donors.

  • News

    October 29, 2003

    City Hall, Fire Department, and Media

    The rezone from hell is finally approved as the Strippergate ethics investigation looks outside City Hall, focusing on donors.

  • News

    October 29, 2003

    Make It a Mandate

    Take advantage of this opportunity to improve the School Board, the City Council, and the Port Commission.

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Run, Someone, Run

    Take advantage of this opportunity to improve the School Board, the City Council, and the Port Commission.

  • News

    September 3, 2003

    City Hall, Media, and the Drug War

    Take advantage of this opportunity to improve the School Board, the City Council, and the Port Commission.

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Jim's Styled Ride

    Compton reveals he flew on a Vulcan jet to see the Allen-owned Trail Blazers play in Portland.

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Vulcan Mind Meld

    How one of the richest men in the world lobbies the Seattle City Council.

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Rick's rezone will be repealed, Peter Steinbrueck predicts

    Council president says six council members have now admitted to rules violations.

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Is Strippergate Over?

    Hardly. The rezone is nixed, but theres fallout ahead.

  • News

    August 6, 2003

    City Council

    Hardly. The rezone is nixed, but theres fallout ahead.

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    The Rainmaker

    Thirty-eight years after Albert D. Rosellini left the governor's mansion, he's still working all the angles. And his latest moves, at Seattle City Hall, have landed him back in the news.

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Poll Dancing

    Sex-industry-connected contributions to City Council members are on the rise.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Pike Place Market, City Hall

    Sex-industry-connected contributions to City Council members are on the rise.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    The Mayor's Machine

    Greg Nickels has solidified power in the City Hall bureaucracy and among special interests. Now he wants to mold the City Council.

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Buzz

    Greg Nickels has solidified power in the City Hall bureaucracy and among special interests. Now he wants to mold the City Council.

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Substance and Sideshow

    Greg Nickels has solidified power in the City Hall bureaucracy and among special interests. Now he wants to mold the City Council.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    All Politics Is Local

    The Nickels Machine

  • News

    June 19, 2002

    One step forward . . .

    The Nickels Machine

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    Low profile

    Years of work on racial profiling are in jeopardy.

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    News Clips— Mardi law

    Years of work on racial profiling are in jeopardy.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    Clubbing trouble

    The music industry fights City Hall.

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    News Clips— Saints/Sinners

    The music industry fights City Hall.

  • News

    July 18, 2001

    News Clips— Council backs cop-cams

    The music industry fights City Hall.

  • News

    March 14, 2001

    Mayoral campaign heats up

    The music industry fights City Hall.

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Boom and bust

    Shaking earth bails out shaken mayor.

  • News

    January 31, 2001

    News Clips— Upside and Downside

    Shaking earth bails out shaken mayor.

  • News

    November 8, 2000

    More cash, says Council

    Shaking earth bails out shaken mayor.

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    The formality

    A politically savvy cop rides to the top.

  • News

    July 12, 2000

    The Grey Poupon crowd

    City officials' new filings disclose the bank-account size of $chell, $idran, and Ni¢astro.

  • News

    April 12, 2000

    Law and disorder

    Will city government ignore the lessons from police abuse during the WTO?

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    Clean sweep or cover-up?

    WTO investigations by the City Council and the mayor give off mixed signals.

  • News

    February 2, 2000

    The incredible shrinking investigation

    It isn't Watergate. It isn't the Warren Commission. Hell, looking into the WTO isn't even an investigation.

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    Back to the voting board

    It isn't Watergate. It isn't the Warren Commission. Hell, looking into the WTO isn't even an investigation.

  • News

    January 5, 2000

    Our new council: Get used to it

    It isn't Watergate. It isn't the Warren Commission. Hell, looking into the WTO isn't even an investigation.

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    Island Seattle

    The city elects moderates and backs civility while in the state, a tax rebellion burns.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Candidate blues

    The City Council candidates have few suggestions to make the police more accountable.

  • News

    October 20, 1999

    Sense and sensibility

    Studious Compton challenges charismatic Mason in City Council dustup.

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Election blues

    Studious Compton challenges charismatic Mason in City Council dustup.

  • News

    September 15, 1999

    The name ain't Seattle County

    Studious Compton challenges charismatic Mason in City Council dustup.

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    His values are your values

    Studious Compton challenges charismatic Mason in City Council dustup.

  • News

    August 18, 1999

    Four in, two out

    Seattle City Council's hottest race.

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Filing frenzy

    Dam bursts, candidates flood Seattle City Council races.

  • News

    July 28, 1999

    Seattle's teleprompter politics

    Dam bursts, candidates flood Seattle City Council races.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Paul's finest hour

    Dam bursts, candidates flood Seattle City Council races.

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