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.