King County Government shutdown: Home-turf anger has Reichert treading fine line U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-8) won big last election in rural Enumclaw and its surroundings. But the federal government shutdown and the drone of partisan bickering some 3,000 miles away are starting to grate among people there. The GOP’s resolve on linking government financing to defunding…
King County Seattle mayoral candidates: Who pays if tunnel goes over budget? What if Seattle gets stuck with cost overruns on the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project? That question sparked a lively exchange on KING-TV between the two candidates for mayor of Seattle during their first televised debate. During the hour long debate sponsored by KING-TV, KIRO-FM,…
(Daily Clips will not publish Thursday, October 10, so that the editor can attend the monthly meeting of the 34th District Democrats., Wednesday, October 9. See you there.) King County Murray dismisses talk of BNSF contributions; says he’s anti-coal train State Sen. Ed Murray has been feted at home and office fundraisers sponsored by those…
King County The desertion of Mike McGinn The dominoes keep falling. The base is shrinking and one-time loyalists are jumping ship. Trying times, indeed, for Mike McGinn. An ex-governor, two former Seattle mayors, the city attorney, a majority of the city council, the police guild and firefighters union, the Washington Conservation Voters, are rallying around…
King County Inslee says federal shutdown is ‘deranged,’ hurting state Calling the federal government shutdown “deranged,” Gov. Jay Inslee said the state’s economic recovery is being jeopardized by congressional Republicans who want to derail or delay health-care reforms that people here want and need. Inslee, a Democrat, told reporters at a news conference in Seattle on…
King County Ed Murray’s vision: Meat and potatoes, no greens State Sen. Ed Murray has, for months, campaigned for mayor of Seattle with a promise of “building togetherness” and “my way of governing — coalition building,” but has said very little about what, specifically, he would do once he is elected and brings everybody into…
King County Seattle nightlife leaders endorse Ed Murray for mayor Leaders of Seattle’s nightlife industry, many of whom backed Mike McGinn in his successful bid for mayor in 2009, today threw their support to his challenger, Sen. Ed Murray, saying Murray would be a more effective mayor. About 10 nightclub and restaurant owners joined Murray at…
King County Busted on video: FW Mayor Skip Priest under investigation for taking city-confiscated campaign signs Federal Way Mayor Skip Priest is under investigation for possible criminal theft after he was caught removing city-confiscated campaign signs late at night. The incident occurred just before 10 p.m. Sept. 24. A Federal Way police officer had stopped by the…
King County McGinn backers lob race-tinged allegations at Murray A group of two-dozen Seattle civil rights and minority community leaders appeared Monday at a Central Area senior center to plug Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn’s reelection campaign. The pastors, activists, and politicians praised McGinn for directing more money to minority contractors, preserving human services programs during hard…