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Campaign Fizz: "There Was No Suggestion That What She Said Was Not True."
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• Four Eastside firefighters' groups have endorsed King County Council incumbent Jane Hague, who's in the middle of a tough race for reelection against challenger Richard Mitchell, a Mercer Island attorney.
The Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island and Redmond firefighters announced they were endorsing Hague this afternoon. Hague got through the August 16 primary election with less than 38 percent of the vote (Mitchell got just over 30 percent in a field of four candidates)---a tough position for an incumbent going into the general election. Hague was arrested for drunk driving in 2007, an incident that has plagued her campaign.
• City council challenger David Schraer, who's running against well-funded incumbent Tim Burgess, reported spending $1,143 last month for his local election filing fee. Schraer, who has only raised $1,100 (including a $65 contribution from himself), charged the fee to his Visa card. Overall, he ended the month of August $1,457 in the red.
• The Seattle Times reports that Schraer is listed among Burgess' endorsers---and actually contributed $50 to his campaign in December.
• Although it currently seems unlikely that the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission will revisit a complaint involving focus groups conducted by Mayor Mike McGinn during the campaign against last month's referendum on the tunnel (referendum proponents claimed that McGinn shared the results of the focus groups, which cost $25,000, with the "no" campaign), commissioner Bill Sherman did raise some questions during this month's meeting, which took place a week ago. (On Tuesday, we reported that McGinn spent $25,000 on the June focus groups, which his campaign just reported in August). The commission dismissed the complaint on the grounds that campaign manager Esther Handy told them she did not receive any information from the mayor's campaign.
"There are certain situations where it makes sense for you to ask the question and to accept the answer on its face, and there are other times when you don't," Sherman said. Commission staffer Polly Grow replied: "What's important to me is to indicate in this case that we did not have any suggestion that what she said was not true." Contacted by email, Handy told PubliCola, "The campaign did not receive any information from the focus groups."
• Four Eastside firefighters' groups have endorsed King County Council incumbent Jane Hague, who's in the middle of a tough race for reelection against challenger Richard Mitchell, a Mercer Island attorney.
The Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island and Redmond firefighters announced they were endorsing Hague this afternoon. Hague got through the August 16 primary election with less than 38 percent of the vote (Mitchell got just over 30 percent in a field of four candidates)---a tough position for an incumbent going into the general election. Hague was arrested for drunk driving in 2007, an incident that has plagued her campaign.
• City council challenger David Schraer, who's running against well-funded incumbent Tim Burgess, reported spending $1,143 last month for his local election filing fee. Schraer, who has only raised $1,100 (including a $65 contribution from himself), charged the fee to his Visa card. Overall, he ended the month of August $1,457 in the red.
• The Seattle Times reports that Schraer is listed among Burgess' endorsers---and actually contributed $50 to his campaign in December.
• Although it currently seems unlikely that the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission will revisit a complaint involving focus groups conducted by Mayor Mike McGinn during the campaign against last month's referendum on the tunnel (referendum proponents claimed that McGinn shared the results of the focus groups, which cost $25,000, with the "no" campaign), commissioner Bill Sherman did raise some questions during this month's meeting, which took place a week ago. (On Tuesday, we reported that McGinn spent $25,000 on the June focus groups, which his campaign just reported in August). The commission dismissed the complaint on the grounds that campaign manager Esther Handy told them she did not receive any information from the mayor's campaign.
"There are certain situations where it makes sense for you to ask the question and to accept the answer on its face, and there are other times when you don't," Sherman said. Commission staffer Polly Grow replied: "What's important to me is to indicate in this case that we did not have any suggestion that what she said was not true." Contacted by email, Handy told PubliCola, "The campaign did not receive any information from the focus groups."
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