Campbell’s proposed viaduct. And a giant sailboat.Elizabeth Campbell is having difficulty collecting signatures for her “Yes Viaduct!” campaign, but she nevertheless wants to run for mayor. (Perhaps to collect more signatures?). The 56-year-old Magnolian is best known for wanting to build a mega-mega-viaduct (“Seattle’s Newest Landmark,” the campaign tells us) and for opposing the Fort Lawton redevelopment plan, which would have put 216 units of housing (including 85 low-income/homeless ones) in Discovery Park. The low-income component, she noted to King-5, was not required by the deal with the Pentagon. “It’ll create another dense housing neighborhood,” she said. (She also told the Seattle Courant that Greg Nickels is “encouraging people to come here and he’s dismantling the city,” and that it’d be a good idea to bring a Wal-Mart to Rainier.)Despite the Fort Lawton episode, she advertises herself as a champion of homeless housing, among other things, on her campaign site. That site also features a fair number of photos of her posing with Greg Nickels–a strange choice. A student at the UW’s public administration program, Campbell will be starring in a documentary on her mayoral campaign. Which should be fun to watch, and hopefully will exceed the production value on display here.
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