1. Rumor is that mayoral candidate Mike McGinn is delivering his anti-waterfront tunnel mailings to many households twice—failing to notice when two people live in the same place, or not "householding," to use the political jargon. (In targeting mail, you want to figure out if a couple is married, for example, and just target the husband or the wife.)

The upshot could be that McGinn is wasting nearly half the money he's spending on mail—around $35,000 so far, according to his latest campaign-disclosure reports.

2. Speaking of political mail, if you've voted in a recent election, you're almost certain to receive one of more than 100,000 mail pieces being distributed by the plastics industry, which is fighting a 20-cent fee on plastic bags that's on the August 18 ballot.

The mail blitz, which is costing the Astroturf campaign more than $100,000, is being coordinated by a Seattle company that has worked  for pro-gambling groups in a half-dozen states, for tort reform, and against the labeling of genetically modified foods.

3. Wow: The Seattle Times endorses police-accountability watchdog Pete Holmes over incumbent City Attorney Tom Carr. They cite one issue: Carr's record on open government.

4. The report we posted right after our interview with mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan on Friday caused a mini-ruckus in the comments because Mallahan criticized Mayor Greg Nickels' decision to make the city's neighborhoods department focus on racial issues (he also criticized the lack of results.)

Comments about race can get tricky fast. But they also tend to drown out other stuff. One thing we found noteworthy about the Mallahan interview was this: He criticized the South Lake Union streetcar as a sop to Paul Allen and Vulcan, calling  it "a $50 million toy." But in May , Mallahan told PubliCola he thought the trolley was a good idea.

5. PubliCola will be rolling out our endorsements in the August 18 all-mail primary throughout the day today. For those who weren't reading over the weekend—judging from the lively comments threads, an awful lot of you were (nerds!)— check out our interviews with four of the mayoral candidates: Mallahan , Jan Drago , McGinn , and Nickels .