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.

Read the whole thing.