1. No one has returned our calls on this one, so file it under wild rumor, but Morning Fizz hears that David Doud, who's running for the Seattle Port Commission, is dropping his big-name political consultant Cathy Allen. Doud, an Eastside real-estate broker, is running against biofuels salesman Rob Holland.

Doud, who was backed by Eastside business interests and Port heavies like SSA Marine, came in distant second in the three-way primary election in August, getting 30.7 percent to Holland's 54.8.

2. Some results from last night's 36th District Democrats meeting where membership revisited a few of their primary election endorsements: City Council incumbent Nick Licata got the sole endorsement over challenger Jessie Israel (the district made no endorsement during the primary despite a board recommendation for Licata); City Council candidate Mike O'Brien got the sole endorsement over opponent Robert Rosencrantz (Bobby Forch got the sole endorsement during the primary); members overturned the board's recommendation for a sole endorsement of school board incumbent Mary Bass over Kay Smith-Blum, opting instead for no endorsement in that race; and in the oddly competitive contest for County Assessor, Bob Rosenberger, a former appraiser in the assessor's office, got the sole endorsement over current Port Commissioner Lloyd Hara—by one vote.

No big surprise: the Democrats switched their primary endorsement—a sole endorsement for King County Council Member Larry Phillips in the K.C. Executive's race—over to King County County  Council Member Dow Constantine. (Phillips, obviously, didn't make it through the primary.)

The district stuck with their endorsement of City Council candidate David Bloom over Sally Bagshaw.

3. A federal judge ruled yesterday that the names of the people who signed the petition to put Referendum 71 on the ballot should not be made public. R-71 lets voters say yes or no in November on legislation passed in Olympia earlier this year that expanded domestic partners rights. Gay rights activists wanted to out the names online.

The PI.com and The Stranger have the story.

4. And in weekend news: Josh will be a guest on The Stay Up Late Show Saturday night at ACT Theater. He's slated to give "a Civics lesson to remember!" Bar opens at 7:30. Show at 8:00.

Today's Morning Fizz is brought to you by Washington Conservation Voters.