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Political Lobbyists

  • News

    February 1, 2012

    Howard Schultz's Broken Promise

    How Starbucks' campaign cash is making its CEO look bad.

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Howard Schultz Won't Give to Politicians, While Starbucks Shells Out $860K to Influence Them

    The pledge by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to no longer contribute to presidential or congressional campaigns drew a lot of sympathetic publicly for him and his corporation last year. But while Schultz's money boycott was aimed at persuading pols to tackle the deficit, his company was quietly spend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Jack Abramoff, Ex-Preston Gates Super Lobbyist, Peddles His New Crook Book

    Bribery, call it.​You might remember Jack Abramoff, the D.C. super lobbyist who began his rise to the top with Seattle's Preston Gates Ellis (now K&L Gates) law and lobbying firm. Nailed by the feds as the key figure in last decade's Lobbygate scandal, he claimed his innocence all the way to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Sen. Patty Murray's Staff Retreat Brought to You by Your Local Lobbying Firm

    ​I just checked and "tone deaf" is two words, not one. I just want to make sure I'm grammatically correct in case I need to reference the aforementioned auditory condition.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Bill Gates Tops Steve Jobs in Political Donations; Microsoft Outspends Apple Inside the Beltway

    ​There was a time when Bill Gates wouldn't deign to politick. He was a successful software salesman who didn't need to grease palms or seek government largesse. His company and employees donated a mere $251,474 during the 1996 federal election cycle, for example. Then came 1998, the beginning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    The Top Ten Political Scandals of 2010 In And Around Seattle: Sex, Lies, and Even Videotape

    Sar & Did​Like Clint Diddier's crops, it was a bountiful year for political scandals and screwballs. Pam Roach and Matt Richardson showed us why ballots really should include that line, "None of the above," while Seattle consulting firm Moxie Media got so caught in the election frenzy it began ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Sen. Jean Berkey's Re-Election Thwarted in Part by Opposition Ads Her Opponents Didn't Pay for

    Berkey​Danny Westneat revisits the topic of hijacked elections in today's Seattle Times, recounting how big business and out of state money have turned the people's initiative process into a corporate takeover of the public vote, with little transparency about who, exactly, is funding the effo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Defining the "New" New Journalism

    For the first time individual "bloggers" are receiving credentials while covering state politics in Olympia. Curt Woodward, who is president of the Capitol Correspondents Association, said members of the group had gotten together before this legislative session began, to revisit the rules governing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Mayor Nickels Moving Forward With Gun Ban

    Mayor Greg Nickels is going forward with a controversial executive order which would ban "dangerous weapons" - including firearms - on Seattle owned parks and properties. An exact date has not been set yet for when the ban will go into effect. However, a spokesman for the Mayor's office said the ban ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2008

    Should We Tax Our Way Out of Recession?

    A small, vocal chorus thinks we should.

  • News

    December 10, 2008

    Port of Seattle on the Rocks

    McKay's findings could add fuel to the Justice Department's investigation.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Port's New Storm

    The special investigation team probing the spending at the Port of Seattle has turned up at least ten acts of fraud but "did not identify any embezzlement or [deal-making for] personal gain." Nonetheless, yesterday's findings released by team leader and former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay clearly indica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    What If They Held a Gay Rights Protest and Nobody Came?

    Last weekend’s self-described Gay Civil Rights protests, pitting the LGBT community against the Mormons and black church leaders, was certainly South Park-esque. It is always fascinating to watch one narrow-minded special interest group try to gore another narrow-minded special interest group’ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    The Bridge From Capitalism to Socialism

    Last weekend’s self-described Gay Civil Rights protests, pitting the LGBT community against the Mormons and black church leaders, was certainly South Park-esque. It is always fascinating to watch one narrow-minded special interest group try to gore another narrow-minded special interest group’ ... More >>

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    Abramoff's Former Seattle-Based Lobbying Firm Is Mounting a Comeback

    Now known as K&L Gates, they've brought in more than $13 million in billings.

  • Diversions

    August 22, 2007

    Not All Mexican Women Are Out to Attract Hombres

    Now known as K&L Gates, they've brought in more than $13 million in billings.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2007

    Preston Gates' Comeback

    Now known as K&L Gates, they've brought in more than $13 million in billings.

  • News

    January 24, 2007

    All the President's Men

    Like the disgraced lobbyist himself, the latest Bush administration official to be fingered in the Abramoff scandal has strong Northwest ties.

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    All the President's Men

    Like the disgraced lobbyist himself, the latest Bush administration official to be fingered in the Abramoff scandal has strong Northwest ties.

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Midterm Muddle

    How can we feel good about the election results when all our old certainties have suddenly been cast into doubt?

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2006

    Lobbygate Tolls 7

    How can we feel good about the election results when all our old certainties have suddenly been cast into doubt?

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2006

    Lobbygate, Con't.

    How can we feel good about the election results when all our old certainties have suddenly been cast into doubt?

  • Food

    May 24, 2006

    But Is It Wine?

    How can we feel good about the election results when all our old certainties have suddenly been cast into doubt?

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    Microsoft's $1.6 Million Man

    He's righteous conservative consultant-turned-candidate Ralph Reed.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Lobbygate's Gateses

    The coincident D.C. connections of the lawyer father and the software-titan son.

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    Lobbying Grenade

    Jack Abramoff's guilty plea harkens back to his days with Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis.

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    Meet Mr. Valerie Plame

    With former Olympic Peninsula carpenter Joseph Wilson in town and news about to break in D.C., here's a rundown of blossoming GOP scandals and what he thinks.

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    A Bug in Windows GOP

    Microsoft is ending its relationship with choirboy-lobbyist Ralph Reed, but the company's ties to others in the seemingly infinite loop of the Republican lobbying scandal are deep—in D.C. and Seattle.

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    Following the Money

    The Seattle-based Preston Gates Ellis law firm is attracting more attention as the Tom DeLay investigations widen.

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    The Preston Gates Mates

    The venerable Seattle law firm launched key players in the Tom DeLay scandal.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    What the Big Boys Want

    The state's billionaires and corporate lobbyists want the taxpayers to give generously—again.

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Citizen Microsoft

    It's time we stopped acquiescing to the behemoth in Redmond, because what's good for big business isn't necessarily good for Washington.

  • News

    September 22, 2004

    How to Excel in D.C.

    Spread lots of money around. Microsoft is now the No. 3 corporate political donor.

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Pork-Pillow Politics

    Sen. Patty Murray has worked hard on Capitol Hill for port security funding, and her husband's Seattle employer, SSA Marine, has benefited.

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Vulcan Mind Meld

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

  • Music

    June 18, 2003

    The Great Escape

    Blur's musical diaspora: beyond the Waterloo sunset, Africa!

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    The House of Boeing

    Truths about power are revealed in Olympia's black humor.

  • News

    January 1, 2003

    Slade's Slate

    Is it clean enough for the lobbyist and former senator to serve on the president's 9/11 commission? You decide.

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Maria's debts

    Is Sen. Maria Cantwell an easy mark for lobbyists?

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Guilty, guilty, guilty

    Is Sen. Maria Cantwell an easy mark for lobbyists?

  • Music

    May 9, 2001

    2 Cents

    Is Sen. Maria Cantwell an easy mark for lobbyists?

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Weary watchdogs

    The Civic Foundation is plagued by debts and poor election prospects.

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    Let the games begin!

    Seattle Weekly's Guide to the Rules of the 2001 State Legislature.

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Queer politics

    Which way to liberation? Middle-class lobbyists and grassroots lefties debate.

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    Men with initiative

    Two privacy initiatives propose to do the job Olympia's lawmakers won't.

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    The new power buyers

    Microsoft greases the skids in a big way and becomes the state's top corporate donor to politicians.

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Techno-tyrants

    Led by renowned "visionary" George Gilder, Seattle's Discovery Institute is hard at work making sure the future stays in the hands of good ol' white boys.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    The Ruckelshaus connection

    What does a former Nixon/Reagan cabinet member have in common with Seattle's corporate and political establishment? Plenty.

  • News

    October 14, 1998

    The Beltway's Worst Nightmare

    A look at Linda Smith

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