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February 12, 2010
Joe Mallahan Pays Off Campaign Debt, Tries to Make Voting Record Non-Issue for Next Campaign
Prepping for his next run?Joe Mallahan finally settled his campaign debts. He also took a step towards silencing a particularly noisy dog that hounded him during his unsuccessful run for mayor. By writing a check for $34,516, Mallahan's campaign is no longer in the red. Meaning he spent more ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Seattle Politics in 2009: The Year of the Underfunded Candidate
No one can accuse mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan of not putting his money where his mouth was.Those who raised less won more. That's the gist of today's report from an election watchdog (Warning: PDF) chronicling the cash that flowed into campaign coffers during Seattle's 2009 elections. Unl ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2009
Seattle Times Investigation Reveals That Christine Gregoire Really Wants That Tunnel
E-mails show Christine Gregoire conspired to get the tunnel elected mayor of Seattle.The Seattle Times took 1,500 words in a front-page, above-the-fold story to tell us that Christine Gregoire didn't violate state election laws, but her office really, really did not want the Seattle mayoral e ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2009
Seattle Blogs: Bill Gates Thinks Wall Street Is Overpaid
Gordon Gecko: Not fan of the World's Richest Man.The best of the Seattle blogosphere. - Bill Gates thinks Wall Street bankers make too much money, says TechFlash. Billionaire fight! - PubliCola takes a look back at T-Mobile executive Joe Mallahan's campaign for mayor and dubs it "atrocious. ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2009
Mike McGinn Is Seattle's Next Mayor
It's official: This adorable little tyke just got an early Christmas present. More details from the Joe Mallahan concession speech to come. Details from Laura Onstot, at Mallahan's final stand: Mallahan seemed as disappointed in losing as he was excited about being mayor in the first place ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2009
Mike McGinn, Joe Mallahan - Greg Nickels? Who'd We Really Elect?
Either Mike McGinn, with his 462-vote lead, or Joe Mallahan, still gaining, will be Seattle's next mayor. But did we elect the winner? We'll never know. While every vote counts, not every vote is counted. It's one of the reasons incumbent mayor Greg Nickels isn't in the race today. He might ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2009
Election Night Coverage: It Goes to Eleven, Probably Later
Election '09: Let's hope the McGinn rally has some non-alcoholic options.Normally the Daily Weekly shuts off the lights around the same time as you, dear reader. But not tomorrow.
Blogs
November 3, 2009
Election Night '09: Mayor's a Toss-Up; Dow Wins; I-71 Passing, 1033 Failing; Holmes, Bagshaw, O'Brien Lead
Dow Constantine jumped out front early tonight over Susan Hutchison in the King County executive contest and almost immediately declared victory, as initial Election 2009 results were released. "I'm preparing to be your new executive," said Constantine (right). Hutchison, fighting back a sne ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2009
Election Night '09: At the Mallahan Party, an Unclear Picture
Party: Mallahan for Mayor Location: The Edgewater Mood: Forced Optimism; Excitement mostly at the results of the other races Drink of Choice: Anything in a flask, since bottled beer was 7 bucks. Even a Port of Seattle Commissioner in attendance--never ones to bat an eye at high prices--was ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2009
Drinking With Politicians (And Is Dow Constantine Stepping Out on Mike McGinn?)
Like watching politicos do shots? Hit the election parties tomorrow night!Mail-in ballots are pouring in to the King County Elections office. (Get yours post-marked by tomorrow if you want it to count!) So far, the office has received about 20 percent of the ballots that went out here in Seat ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2009
Study Says Kill the Dog to Save the Environment
Sorry Seattle: In order to save the earth you're going to have to off this dog.The Seattle Times is having all sorts of fun with a New Zealand report that claims a medium-size dog leaves a larger eco-footprint than an SUV. The study, called "Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable ... More >>
Calendar
October 28, 2009
Trick or Vote
Sorry Seattle: In order to save the earth you're going to have to off this dog.The Seattle Times is having all sorts of fun with a New Zealand report that claims a medium-size dog leaves a larger eco-footprint than an SUV. The study, called "Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable ... More >>
News
October 28, 2009
Are Tuesday's Issues More Important Than Your Obama Vote?
A year after Seattleites danced for their "Change" candidate, a Republican may take over the county, the state could vote anti-gay, and local governments could go broke.
Blogs
October 27, 2009
Seattle Blogs: You Probably Shouldn't Trust a Poll that Misspells "Greg Nickels"
"It's N-I-C-K..."A daily look at the best of the Seattle blogosphere. - Strange Bedfellows finds that a University of Washington poll that shows Mike McGinn trailing Joe Mallahan also misspelled the mayor's name. Whoops. - SunBreak gives us even more reasons to get freaked out about the flu ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2009
Seattle Firefighter's Joe Mallahan Tribute Video
If ever there were a campaign tribute video designed to get you to vote against a candidate, this would be it. Seattle Firefighter's Union member David Churchill sends us his ode to mayoral hopeful Joe Mallahan, set to the ridiculously infectious "The Candyman Can" from Mel Stuart's 1971 classic W ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2009
Guns in Parks: Nickels Bans 'em, Suits Threatened, Candidates Stand Where on the Issue?
Guns in parks: Because this furry little guy might get trigger-happy.Seattle PostGlobe reports that Mayor Greg Nickels is moving forward with his (editorializing: very f'ing sensible) promise to ban guns in city parks by Friday. Second Amendment nuts advocates, START YOUR LITIGATING!Alan Gott ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2009
Gregoire Endorses Mallahan. We'll Give You One Guess as to Why.
If you stare at this long enough, the answer to why Gov. Gregoire chose Mallahan will appear.Mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan's campaign announced a big get this morning: The endorsement of Governor Chris Gregoire. The press release is full of vagaries about why Gregoire chose Mallahan. But i ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2009
Not Every Member of Mallahan's Advisory Committee Has Endorsed Him for Mayor
Ready to build housing with his own bare hands?When Joe Mallahan announced the formation of his new Advisory Committee two weeks ago, one name that seemed especially noteworthy was Bill Block, Project Director for the King County Commission to End Homelessness. The Commission is an intergov ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2009
Your Morning Campaign Round-Up
- Unlike his underfunded competitor, Mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan has raised a lot of money this campaign season. Over $140,000 in the last month alone. But he's still $95,000 in the red. - A new poll shows Susan Hutchison widening her lead over Dow Constantine for King County Executive. ... More >>
News
October 14, 2009
The City Spends $1,075 a Head on a Weekend Conference
Some departing City Hall staffers chill at a Roslyn resort on your dime.
Blogs
October 13, 2009
City Decides Answer to Money Problems Is Spending
Need to feel better about the terrible city budget? Pound a pint with Corbett.Thanks to a $72 million deficit facing city government, Mayor Greg Nickels has proposed eliminating 310 positions, draining most of the city's rainy day fund, and cutting back on library hours. But that's not stoppi ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2009
McGinn's Campaign: Successfully Underfunded
Money can't buy everthing, as soon-to-be-former Mayor Greg Nickels can tell you. According to recently filed campaign reports, he will leave office as the all-time City Hall fund raiser, $1.8 million in four elections. Despite the haul, he departs batting .500 - good in baseball, lousy in pol ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2009
Seattle's Mayoral Candidates, Unplugged
The following videos come courtesy of the Seattle video voters guide outtake reel. Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn are in empty rooms, waiting for their chance to take their mics off. It's a rare opportunity to see the Guys Who Would Be Mayor in unguarded moments (or as unguarded as you can be when ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2009
Publicola Poll: Mallahan Leads. Undecided a Close Second.
At this point, more people are liable to vote in the handsome man on the left than these two guys.PubliCola polled 700 likely voters about their choice for next month's mayoral election. What did they find out? A ton of people still have no clue who they'll be voting for. Joe Mallahan leads ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
Who's Politicizing What? McGinn, Mallahan Squabble Over Police Chief
This morning, Seattle mayoral hopeful Mike McGinn held a press conference in front of the Philly Cheese Steak restaurant on 23rd & Union -- vacant since a brutal murder nearly two years ago -- in order to criticize opponent Joe Mallahan's proposal to postpone the search for a new police chief ... More >>
News
October 7, 2009
Peter Jackson Joins Mallahan Campaign
Elijah Wood and Sean Astin are still in play.
Blogs
October 7, 2009
Seattle Transit Blog Endorses McGinn
Acknowledging that they expected to offer a "tepid" endorsement of Mike McGinn after the primary, the Seattle Transit Blog writes that they've been slightly won over by the candidates priorities: More bus lanes, light rail instead of streetcars and no tunnel. A little further reading, however ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2009
Quiet Joe Mallahan's Curious Campaign Strategy Continues to Win Him Endorsements
It hasn't been a banner month of campaigning for Joe Mallahan. He's spent much of his time in seclusion, learning about the city. Meanwhile, his campaign manager has done most of the talking. (Call it the Weekend at Bernie's strategy.) When he's come out, he's put his foot in his mouth, like ... More >>
Arts
September 16, 2009
Seattle Weekly Fall Arts Guide 2009
Six Seattle artists tell us what they’d do if they ran the city.
Blogs
September 10, 2009
It's Debate Day!
Safeco Field's Microsoft bonanza won't be the only event of playoff-caliber intensity today: It's debate day in the mayoral race! Right now, Joe Mallahan is probably reviewing his newly acquired knowledge of city issues (thanks for covering, Charla), while Mike McGinn is readying his barbs as ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2009
McMallahan for Mayor: Take Away the Tunnel Spat and We're Practically the Same Guy
Mayoral candidates Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn, both election novices, went head-to-head for the first time on the Vulcan-owned Cinerama floor. "I was just trying to remember, the last two movies would have been the last Harry Potter and the last Bond film," said Moderator Steve Scher. "Let' ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2009
Remember the Mayoral Race? It Reawakens--With a New Transportation Debate
With no Greg Nickels to kick around, and with Joe Mallahan on a policy-cram sabbatical, the mayoral campaign has been a bit quiet of late, despite the occasional event by Mike McGinn. This week will revive it, though. McGinn and Mallahan are slated to debate on Thursday, and they got started ... More >>
News
August 26, 2009
Post-Race Beers
With no Greg Nickels to kick around, and with Joe Mallahan on a policy-cram sabbatical, the mayoral campaign has been a bit quiet of late, despite the occasional event by Mike McGinn. This week will revive it, though. McGinn and Mallahan are slated to debate on Thursday, and they got started ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2009
And After Chicago Greg...?
Chicago Greg is gone, but who will take his place? As attention turns to the November 3 general election, those who tried to ignore the outgoing mayor must now sort out his would-be replacements. Problem is, the top two vote-getting candidates don't have much flavor to distinguish them. They' ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2009
Drinking Beer With Political Victors and a Cheery Norman Sigler
Most of the losers from last Tuesday went quietly underground for a few days. Understandably, they need some time to lick their wounds before choosing a campaign to get behind before the November general election. So most of the people drinking beer and munching on banh mi and mini cheesecake ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2009
This Year's Primary, Brought to You by Flomax and Your 40th High-School Reunion
Going into the primary, there was much talk about how the vote would skew old, thus benefitting, for example, mayoral challenger Joe Mallahan, whom old folks love. Early voters in particular tend to be older--the younger set procrastinates until the deadline. Well, the Seattle Times crunched ... 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 12, 2009
Nickels v. Mallahan: Joe's Retort
Things are getting ugly.Joe Mallahan's campaign spokesperson Charla Neuman had this to say about the Nickels YouTube video attacking her candidate: It's the weakest attack ad I've ever seen. They have spent good money on a tracker camera guy to follow us around, hoping to get bad footage of ... 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 >>
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 >>
News
July 29, 2009
“Regular Joe” Mallahan’s Stuck in the Bike Lane
Despite a thick wallet, the mayoral candidate’s campaign remains a mystery.
Blogs
July 22, 2009
The Primary Must Be Coming: Yard Sign Wars Are On!
One of the offending signs.City law doesn't allow campaign signs on public property, so when one vigilant Seattleite saw one for Joe Mallahan on a median, he e-mailed a complaint to the city Department of Transportation. Mallahan spokesperson Charla Neuman says they didn't know the signs had been ... 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 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
June 19, 2009
46th District Dems Would Rather Endorse No One Than Co-Endorse Nickels
The endorsement train continued North last night, visiting the 46th District Democrats, whose turf spans from the rolling hills of Laurelhurst past the sparkling waters of Bitter Lake all the way to the city limits at 145th. They were just as indecisive as their predecessors (the 37th and 43rd have ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2009
Mallahan's Overly Broad Support
Geographically that is. Yesterday, Joe Mallahan's campaign announced that he raised $70,000 in May. He's only reported $45,000 so far to the Secretary of State's office, but based on that it looks like Mallahan should be running for an office that covers a little more territory than just the city. ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2009
"Regular" Joe Mallahan Isn't Familiar With Stadium Tax, Is Concerned With Basic Services
In the second of a series of interviews with mayoral candidates, The P-I's Chris Grygiel interviews former T-Mobile exec Joe Mallahan, who recently donated $200,000 to his own campaign. Much like Mike McGinn focused on the tunnel and transportation issues, Mallahan continually said that he's a "Regu ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2009
If You Were Wondering About That Discrimination at SDOT...
After yesterday's announcement of an SDOT shake-up, the Times had a great piece this morning on the messes of Paul Jackson's tenure as street maintenance director. Among the problems were a number of discrimination claims, some of which were upheld. The article, howerer, didn't specify what type of ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2009
How to Unofficially Run for Mayor
If it walks like a candidate and quacks like a candidate and ducks into closets with prominent business leaders and campaigners to speak in whispered tones like a candidate, is it running for office? Jan Drago is phone-testing her viability against Nickels, the Seattle Times reported yesterday. Thi ... More >>
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