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McGinn v. Conlin: The Fleece Vests Come Off!
1. If you didn't read PuliCola this weekend, you've got a lot of catching up to do.
We had some big news on the Mayor Mike McGinn vs. council president Richard Conlin story: City council members Sally Bagshaw and Tim Burgess told us the council plans to ratify Conlin's controversial EIS signature today.
(Meanwhile, McGinn's council ally, Mike O'Brien, told us he had no idea the council was planning to do anything about the Conlin flap today.)
To read our complete coverage of the McGinn vs. Conlin affair so far, here it is—all in one place.
2. Speaking of O'Brien, he hosted a lovely summer evening party at his Fremont home on Saturday night to thank the crew of folks who had written and presented the proposals at his September 14 carbon neutrality forum. (It was easy to find O'Brien's house: It was the one with the chickens waddling in the driveway.)
The crowd of 20-plus environmental activists gathered on O'Briens deck while O'Brien, speaking from his backyard below, thanked them for their work and pledged council action in early 2011 based on their proposals—if, and only if, they pledged to help him keep the pressure on his council colleagues.
3. File this one under "The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same."
Last week, the Seattle Times came out for I-1082, the initiative that opens up Washington state's workers' comp system to private insurers. Earlier in the month , the PI came out against the measure.
Well, 100 years ago, back in 1911, when the state legislature was debating creating the very state-run workers' comp program that is now being threatened by the likes of AIG, Seattle Times owner Colonel Blethen editorialized against state-run workers' comp. On March 12, 1911, Blethen wrote that, "[The Workers Compensation law] places a burden upon the industries of this Commonwealth that will break many of them—entirely destroy the profits of others and will prevent new capital entering the state at all."
Meanwhile, the PI was thrilled about the law, writing on October 2, 1911 that Washington was, "attempting to solve the problem of compensating injured workingmen and their dependents without the great cost and numerous delays that are now features of such actions."
4. There may be one more campaign spokeswoman at this week's PubliCola NerdHour.
We've already told you that the rival campaign spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Dino Rossi, Julie Edwards and Jennifer Morris respectively, will be on hand to mingle with Cola readers at the Five Point after work on Tuesday.
But we've gotten word that Clint Didier's spokeswoman, Kathryn Serkes, of F-bomb infamy, is also thinking about showing up.
We had some big news on the Mayor Mike McGinn vs. council president Richard Conlin story: City council members Sally Bagshaw and Tim Burgess told us the council plans to ratify Conlin's controversial EIS signature today.
(Meanwhile, McGinn's council ally, Mike O'Brien, told us he had no idea the council was planning to do anything about the Conlin flap today.)
To read our complete coverage of the McGinn vs. Conlin affair so far, here it is—all in one place.
2. Speaking of O'Brien, he hosted a lovely summer evening party at his Fremont home on Saturday night to thank the crew of folks who had written and presented the proposals at his September 14 carbon neutrality forum. (It was easy to find O'Brien's house: It was the one with the chickens waddling in the driveway.)
The crowd of 20-plus environmental activists gathered on O'Briens deck while O'Brien, speaking from his backyard below, thanked them for their work and pledged council action in early 2011 based on their proposals—if, and only if, they pledged to help him keep the pressure on his council colleagues.
3. File this one under "The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same."
Last week, the Seattle Times came out for I-1082, the initiative that opens up Washington state's workers' comp system to private insurers. Earlier in the month , the PI came out against the measure.
Well, 100 years ago, back in 1911, when the state legislature was debating creating the very state-run workers' comp program that is now being threatened by the likes of AIG, Seattle Times owner Colonel Blethen editorialized against state-run workers' comp. On March 12, 1911, Blethen wrote that, "[The Workers Compensation law] places a burden upon the industries of this Commonwealth that will break many of them—entirely destroy the profits of others and will prevent new capital entering the state at all."
Meanwhile, the PI was thrilled about the law, writing on October 2, 1911 that Washington was, "attempting to solve the problem of compensating injured workingmen and their dependents without the great cost and numerous delays that are now features of such actions."
4. There may be one more campaign spokeswoman at this week's PubliCola NerdHour.
We've already told you that the rival campaign spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Dino Rossi, Julie Edwards and Jennifer Morris respectively, will be on hand to mingle with Cola readers at the Five Point after work on Tuesday.
But we've gotten word that Clint Didier's spokeswoman, Kathryn Serkes, of F-bomb infamy, is also thinking about showing up.
