Unfortunately, we didn't get footage of Larry Phillips spilling Diet Coke all over Ross Hunter. Our camera ran out at the one-hour mark, and our interview at the Virginia Inn in Belltown—with piped in restaurant blues music in the background (sorry)—ran more than 90 minutes.

But we did get footage of Phillips and Dow Constantine defending their performance at the county; Hunter defending his performance at the state legislature; Fred Jarrett being extremely quiet; and 45 minutes in, everybody getting weirdly and increasingly giddy on Diet Coke.

The video—a batch of highlights—starts as Hunter (currently a state Rep. from Medina) trashes the county for mishandling union contracts by doling  out cost-of-living increases. King County Council Member Phillips responds.

Next, King County Council Member Constantine talks about his plan to save money on health care costs, and Phillips and Constantine talk about cuts that are still to come. (Constantine has proposed cutting health care benefits to high-paid, non-union county employees, which would save about $200,000 a year.)

Hunter, who serves as chair of the state House's finance committee, then defends his efforts to get new taxing revenues for the county—which he kinda did (he lost his main fight for a utility tax)—and then things devolve into a fight between Hunter and Constantine over the wisdom of relying on property taxes. (Constantine is proud of his former work as a state legislator jump starting the Gates commission on tax reform, and he often grouses that the current legislature is failing to act. Hunter isn't impressed.)

Next, Larry Phillips gives a specific example to counter Fred Jarrett's repetitive (and generic) criticism that the county isn't accountable financially because it doesn't measure results. Phillips example?  The jail. (He's got good numbers, but it probably wasn't the best choice, and Jarrett, a state Senator from Mercer Island, gets the last word. Ouch.)

After more debate about the jail—"We all agree. Ron was moving in the wrong direction," says Phillips—things start to unravel as the discussion turns to former KIRO anchor, Susan Hutchison—the Republican and frontrunner in this top-two primary. The question on the floor: How do current council members Phillips and Constantine respond to Hutchison's claim that change cannot come from veteran council members?

Hunter, picks up the charge. Jarrett continues to keep quiet.

Enjoy. (And sorry about the low volume early on. It gets louder. Considerably!)

Video and edit by Erica C. Barnett.