1. As we noted a couple days ago, a nascent (and presumably quixotic) effort to recall Mayor Mike McGinn is being headed up by Greenlake Community Council president Michael Cornell---a bitter irony for the mayor, given that McGinn got his political start as head of a community council himself, the nearby Greenwood Community Council.

Well, here's a bitter irony for Cornell: The Greenlake Community Council happens to be a member of Streets for All Seattle, a group with deep ties to McGinn that's pushing for more city investment in transit, bike, and pedestrian alternatives.

2. Speaking of McGinn: A little KOMO Cola for you today. Erica will be on at 12:00 (1000 AM) with Schram to talk about this .

3. We didn't publish our "ThinkTank Tuesday" debate until Wednesday this week ("Which-Side-Are-You-On-Wednesday???").

But it was worth the wait. Capitol Hill restaurant owner Freddy Rivas (Rancho Bravo at 10th and Pine), who got his start with the Wallingford taco stand that he still owns, makes the case against the pending street food legislation. Diane Skwiercz, owner of the roaming Street Treats truck (custom ice cream cookie sandwiches ) is all for it.

We published it later in the afternoon, so the debate—ThinkTank member Rep. Reuven Carlyle in the house—is just getting started. Join the discussion here .

(Two other articles that went up late in the day yesterday that are must reads: Andrew filed an excellent, 1300-word roundup of some Democratic-majority wins in Olympia this year. And we ran a special Bellevue City Council edition of Afternoon Jolt.)

4. Great minds think alike, "Nanny State" edition:

Just hours after cranky Not-In-My-Backyard activist Kent Kammerer posted a piece on Crosscut arguing that requiring companies to pay for sick leave is a "law that tips toward the nanny state" and "control of the people," Seattle Times columnist Joni Balter penned a piece arguing that Seattle's "nanny-ish government" wants to force people to "change their behavior" instead of letting them do it voluntarily.

5. The Chicago Tribune interviewed city council member Tom Rasmussen's partner, Clayton Lewis, this week, about his old college roommate and longtime colleague Rahm Emanuel. Lewis and Rasmussen traveled to Chicago this week to celebrate the former Obama chief of staff's inauguration as the city's mayor.

The Tribune reports :

Emanuel's nearly two years as the White House chief of staff were exhausting and took a toll on his soul, said Clayton Lewis, the best man at Emanuel's wedding. The desk job was isolating, Lewis said, especially as Emanuel dealt with weighty challenges.

Freed from his White House desk, Emanuel is once again able to engage in the kind of retail politics that energizes him, Lewis said.

"There's a sense of peace and solitude when you're in charge," Lewis said. "You're the final call."

Emanuel's relentlessness predates his years in Congress and the White House. He's not afraid of making decisions, said Lewis, who worked with Emanuel at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the 1980s.

The pair of 20-somethings were tasked with recruiting candidates to defeat Republican incumbents. Emanuel had a knack for cutting off those who didn't perform well, Lewis said.