Seattle City Council Member Sally Clark announced today that she will not seek reelection:
“After almost 10 years of service to the people of the greatest city in the country, and with tremendous and valued colleagues, it’s time for me to start a new chapter. I will not run for re-election to Seattle City Council this fall.”
The sudden availability of an open at-large seat is sure to create a bit of a commotion. Hmm. Tempting.
UPDATE: Did Mayor Ed Murray just engineer a council coup? Council member Nick Licata didn’t want to run against a colleague, and so he had waited for months for Clark to make up her mind about whether she would run again. Reportedly, Clark eventually told him she would, So Licata announced his retirement. Then today, Clark suddenly announces that she would not seek reelection, and a couple hours later Murray’s legal counsel, M. Lorena González, sends out a prepared press release announcing that she will be seeking Clark’s seat. The timing sure does make it look coordinated.
I don’t know anything about González, perhaps she’s great, and it’s about time Seattle elected its first Hispanic. And nothing against Ed. But I’m not so comfortable about the idea of the mayor attempting to pack the council with allies (and that goes for your continued efforts to recruit a candidate to challenge Kshama, Ed).
Who’s up for a Mountoure/Goldstein cage match?
Yes, please!
Not surprising; Murray’s also trying to take over the school district. Two bills in the Legislature – from Seattle legislators, Sharon Tomiko Santos and Eric Pettigrew – one would split the district in two and the other would allow Murray to appoint two Board members.
He also said yesterday that he wants to have an “educational summit.” Probably to trot out all the ed reformers and their ideas.
Keep on writing, Goldy, because there is not just smoke, there’s fire.
While I relish more new blood on the Council, I am sad that Nick Licata is not running. I hate to lose an experienced, progressive voice now that there will hopefully be more such voices on the Council. Can he change his mind?
I relish DUMMOCRETIN fighting. It’s obvious who Puddy supports! Can y’all figger it out?
We do have an excellent candidate who has filed for the at large seat Sally Clark was going for: Bill Bradburd. He is a voice of reason on density and neighborhoods. Check him out.
For those wishing that Seattle could have some New York style fun maybe you can get the former Oregon first lady to run. Perhaps she and the former Governor have a little love shack in Seattle. So get out the B52s album, some beer, love beads and Green Politics.
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She’s already running. From something, anyway.
Former Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes declared Wednesday that she will go to court to block a state order requiring her to turn over emails related to her public service.
Portland attorney Whitney Boise, representing Hayes, notified The Oregonian/OregonLive and the state Justice Department of her intent to sue in Marion County Circuit Court.
Hayes is under an order issued last week by Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to turn over to The Oregonian/OregonLive emails dating back three years pertaining to state business. Rosenblum concluded that Hayes was subject to the state public records law.
The records could shed light on allegations she used her position as an unpaid adviser to then-Gov. John Kitzhaber for personal benefit. Hayes doesn’t have a state email account.
http://www.oregonlive.com/#/0
I don’t know anything about González, perhaps she’s great, and it’s about time Seattle elected its first Hispanic.
What, you didn’t like it the last time
http://soundpolitics.com/archives/009245.html
http://seattletimes.com/html/p.....ee29m.html
you had the chance?
I suppose Mia Love’s election works for those on the left because it’s high time more black politicians represent Utah’s interests on the national level.