On July 13, 2009, Friends of Seattle hosted a mayoral candidate forum, which was moderated by Erica C. Barnett, the News Editor of PubliCola. The event took place at Spitfire in Belltown, and approximately 100 people attended.

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Many news sites covered the event, and vigorous debates broke out in the comment threads of some of the posts.

Dominic Holden, "Mayoral Update: Who's Melting," Slog: The Stranger’s Blog (July 14, 2009)

Chris Grygiel, "Publicola: McGinn Stands Out in Mayoral Forum," Strange Bedfellows: SeattlePI.com (July 14, 2009)

Laura Onstot, "A Mayoral Forum in Whispered Asides and Heckling," Seattle Weekly (July 14, 2009)

Josh Feit, "Last Night’s Debate…," PubliCola (July 14, 2009)

Josh Feit, "I Misjudged Him," PubliCola (July 14, 2009)

Philip Dawdy, "1.2 Million New People In Seattle?" Seattle PostGlobe (July 14, 2009)

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