1) Last night's 36th District Democrats' endorsements lacked the fireworks of the preceding night's 34th District Dems meeting, lasting half as long and including approximately 100 percent fewer shenanigans. The group's endorsements—the 36th, which includes Ballard, Magnolia, and Queen Anne, almost always swings more liberal than the rest of the city—were predictable: Mike McGinn and Joe Mallahan for mayor; Larry Phillips for county exec; Pete Holmes for city attorney; Richard Conlin for Position 2; David Bloom for council Position 4; no endorsement for Position 6 (where Nick Licata is the incumbent);  and Bobby Forch for Position 8.

Also predictably, Sally Bagshaw—a Democrat who supported two of her Republican bosses, Norm Maleng and Dan Satterberg, for reelection, and also served as a transition team member for Republican AG Rob McKenna—continued to be shunned by the Democratic districts. So far, Bagshaw has only gotten one Democratic endorsement—a dual endorsement in the 34th.

2) The city's last remaining freestanding newsstand, which operated for years in a legal gray area, is being demolished this week. According to a worker who was tearing the small structure apart on Wednesday, the stand will be replaced by a "glass-and-steel museum to the labor industry in Seattle." The planned "museum," which, if built, would be slightly larger than the current structure, would also sell magazines; we're waiting to hear back from the Seattle Department of Transportation about the likelihood that the stand will be replaced.

3) Music-industry folks ar holding a fundraiser for KC Executive candidate Dow Constantine next Wednesday, July 15 at Neumos (925 East Pike St.), featuring Hey Marseilles, Born Anchors, and Final Spins, three bands Morning Fizz is way too uncool to have ever heard of.

4) The SeattlePI.com and more so the Post Globe have detailed reports on the dueling budget and economic plans released yesterday by state Senator Fred Jarrett and King County Council Member Larry Phillips—both candidates for King County Executive.

5) David Miller—the wonky, driven North End neighborhood activist who's running in the crowded field for city council position 8—emailed me last night (at 11:30 pm!) about yesterday's post on Mayor Nickels's endorsements from the local Democratic groups. (In short, although Nickels isn't getting many endorsements from the Dems, he is doing fairly well in the first rounds of votes by those groups, which more closey simulate a real primary because they include all the candidates).

Miller seized the analysis to point out that although he himself hasn't garnered any sole endorsements so far (he has dual endorsements in the 34th, 37th, 46th, and King County Dems), in the primary-like first vote, he's way ahead, with an average of 35 percent of initial votes. The second-place candidate in that count, Bobby Forch, trails distantly behind Miller with 16 percent.

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