Posted: 8/19/2009 10:40:20 AM EDT
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http://www.examiner.com/x-14432-King-County-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Seattle-mayor-apparently-ousted-in-primary-Hutchison-Constantine-victorious
Summary: - Nichols out. - Hutchison ran away with the King County Exec votes. - "No" on the grocery bag tax. Sounds like a 3/3 victory for people of sound mind. It's about time. |
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Ballots could be dropped off until 8pm Tuesday night there are plenty of uncounted ballots remaining.
The next result report will be out at 4:30pm. * Mike McGinn - 16,891 votes (26.58%)
* Joe Mallahan - 16,376 votes (25.77%) * Greg Nickels - 15,921 votes (25.06%) Seattle has ~375,000 registered voters. I'd guess 30-40% will actually vote. It's encouraging to see Mayor mccheese taking a beating early on. The top two will go onto the November general election. The city of Edmonds skipped bag taxes and just had the city council council vote to ban single use retail bags. They have to do an environmental review and vote again to make it final. |
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In before the lawsuits and the recounts!  No shit, this could get comical and entertaining. Supposedly Seattle's broke, so it will also be interestig to see who pays for the lawsuits and recounts, and I dont even live close and were all watching for the calimity to begin 
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Here is your history of mayors for Seattle:
Allan Pomeroy 6/1/1952 Pomeroy 79,706, William F. Devin 76,922. Gordon S. Clinton 6/4/1956 Clinton 89,111, Allan Pomeroy 80,608. Gordon S. Clinton 4/6/1960 Clinton 84,274, Gordon Newell 37,897. J.D. (Dorm) Braman 4/6/1964 Braman 95,699, John A. Cherberg 83,205. Braman resigned March 23, 1969 to become Assistant Secretary of Urban Systems and Environment at the U.S. Department of Transporation. Floyd C. Miller 3/24/1969 Miller was appointed interim Mayor until a new Mayor could be elected at the November 1969 general election. Wesley C. Uhlman 12/1/1969 Uhlman 99,290, R. Mort Frayn 56,312. Uhlman took office early due to Braman’s resignation. Wesley C. Uhlman 1/1/1974 Uhlman 97,115, Liem Tuai 91,849. Charles Royer 1/1/1978 Royer 100,615, Paul Schell 75,649. Charles Royer 1/1/1982 Royer 106,642, Sam Smith 34,796. Charles Royer 1/1/1986 Royer 86,811, Norm Rice 49,700. Norman B. Rice 1/1/1990 Rice 99,699, Douglas Jewett 75,446. Norman B. Rice 1/1/1994 Rice 119,695, David Stern 63,461. Paul Schell 1/1/1998 Schell 106,414, Charlie Chong 81,683. Greg Nickels 1/1/2002 Nickels 86,403, Mark Sidran 83,245. Greg Nickels 1/1/2006 Nickels 115,257, Al Runte 62,591 |
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Don't get your hopes up, Mike McGinn is a Sierra Club activist. This.. No matter what, Seattle gets a new retard.. That is all. I don't live in Seattle. I can't affect the outcome of the voting. But really? I actually work with Joe Mallahan. He sits on the same floor of the same building as I do. Hell, he was the director of my workgroup before our re-org last year. He's one hell of a guy, very personable, and is always easy to chat with. I can't say that he would make a perfect mayor, but I know in his current position, he has plenty of opportunities to influence change and coordinate efforts and he does a good job. Having said that... it's not as if we discuss politics all the time, so I can't say whether or not his views align with mine. But at the same time, in this situation it doesn't matter. I'm just glad he's not a silly ass-clown jumping in the Puget Sound while wearing a suit like that one ass clown.
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And now it's my turn to eat crow about Mallahan. Not because he's a bad person, but because his politics obviously suck:
Look at this crap: http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/joseph-mallahan.asp?cycle=08 
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Quoted: And now it's my turn to eat crow about Mallahan. Not because he's a bad person, but because his politics obviously suck: Look at this crap: http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/joseph-mallahan.asp?cycle=08 If everyone switched to Verizon, maybe he couldn't afford to keep doing that. |
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Originally published Friday, August 21, 2009 at 12:15 AM from The Seattle Times
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' bid for a third term appeared all but over Thursday as he sagged further behind challengers Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn.
Nickels scheduled a City Hall news conference for 10 a.m. today to discuss the vote results. |
