Friends of Seattle is in the news.

Erica C. Barnett, "Afternoon Fizz: City Dismisses O'Brien's Complaint Against Rosencrantz Supporters," Publicola (November 30, 2009)

The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission has dismissed a complaintfiled by City Council member-elect Mike O’Brien in October. . . . Both Rosencrantz and Forward Seattle sent out thousands of mailers accusing O’Brien of wanting to “toll all city streets.” Both featured an unflattering image of O’Brien taken from the same Friends of Seattle video; both included images of toll booths on neighborhood streets; and both accused O’Brien of wanting tolls “everywhere.”

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Our take Robert Rosencrantz's actions is here.

Friends of Seattle is in the news.

Laura Onsot, "Nickels Down Again, But Even if He Loses, the Battle of the Tunnel Still Continues," Seattle Weekly(August 21, 2009)

McGinn's tunnel attacks pretty specifically targeted the Mayor in the primary, but Mallahan supports the plan for an underground tunnel too. So even if Nickels is knocked out, that fight lives on. As to the controversy over cost overruns, Mallahan says it won't be an issue thanks to his history of business management. He had this to say in response to a questionnaire from Friends of Seattle: "I have years of experience managing projects and working with contractors to bring projects in on time and on budget. Through rigorous oversight and constant communication, I do not anticipate cost overruns to be charged to the people or businesses in Seattle."

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Friends of Seattle is in the news.

Knute Burger, "Snores of a Summer Political Season," Crosscut (August 3, 2009)

The group Friends of Seattle has released its endorsements for the upcoming primary. FOS is a fairly new, quite green group. I wonder why greens always rally around "friendship." Wouldn't a group that really cared about Seattle want to be more than friends? Friends with benefits at least?

Kudos to FOS for taking politics seriously during a Seattle summer

As is Ravenna Nation, Mr. Berger is amused by our name. Anyway, read the whole thing to learn his thoughts on the summer campaign season.

Friends of Seattle is in the news.

Dominic Holden, "How His Garden Grows," The Stranger (July 22, 2009)

Mike McGinn, an environmentalist with bona fides that include heading up last year's park levy and chairing the local Sierra Club chapter, isn't just being contrary for contrary's sake. Quite the opposite. His positions are unexpected, smart, and progressive. At a mid-July mayor's-race forum organized by Friends of Seattle at the Spitfire, red-bearded McGinn filled out a giant flash card for a lightning round of questions. Does he support repealing the so-called head tax?

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Friends of Seattle is in the news.

Kery Murakami, "Watch Monday Night's Mayoral Debate," Seattle PostGlobe (July 14, 2009)

Friends of Seattle, a progressive group focused on the environment and urban transportation, sponsored a mayoral forum Monday night at Spitfire in Belltown. They made a video available in two parts.

Part one

Part two

Candidates Michael McGinn, James Donaldson, Jan Drago and Norman Sigler participated. But it lacked some of the fireworks without Mayor Greg Nickels and Joe Mallahan. They had good excuses. Nickels was in DC hanging out with Obama and therefore was unable to attend. On his behalf, Michael Mann of the city's Office of Sustainability and Environment gave opening and closing statements.

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