Isn't it Weird That:

1. The two candidates running in District 1 (West Seattle), supposedly the city's far flung rebel, secessionist district, are supreme government insiders.

Lisa Herbold has been at city hall for nearly 20 years as veteran council member Nick Licata's aide and Shannon Braddock works for King County Council member Joe McDermott (she's been his chief of staff for four years.)

 2.  The district that's supposed to represent urbanist values in our new district-by-district balanced council—District Three, featuring super dense, super eco Capitol Hill—is likely to reelect Kshama Sawant.

While Sawant certainly represents the agit-prop Paris '68 vibe on Capitol Hill, she does not represent the 21st Century app urbanism that makes Capitol Hill a model of future density, shared parking, and mixed-use living; she sides instead with single family property owners who align with her populist troops against development.

3. Conversely, the suburban-esque District Four—Sand Point, Wedgwood, Roosevelt—stars the election's premier urbanist (Rob Johnson), it's only gay (Michael Maddux), and it's only (non-incumbent) bike commuter (Maddux.)

4. District Five, supposedly Seattle's Queens (the white, working class, more conservative district) stars the only two (non-incumbent) people of color running for a districted seat—Sandy Brown (Mexican-American heritage) and Debora Juarez (Native American and Latina.)

(Actually, it's not that surprising, places such as Lake City are changing dramatically; more than 25 percent of Lake City is non-white as of 2010.)

 5. Isn't it Weird That...the Seattle Times endorsed Mike O'Brien challenger Catherine Weatbrook today because she's against the transportation levy when the Times's whole jag against adding density to the city is Seattle's lack of transportation infrastructure?

Oh wait, it's not that weird: The Seattle Times incongruously came out against the transportation levy too.

*By the way, O'Brien is the other bike commuter.

6. Incumbent Sally Bagshaw didn't draw a bona fide challenger from this downtown district?

7. The two angriest, down-with-the-man candidates, Jon Grant and Bill Bradburd, are running for the two at-large positions, Position Eight and Position Nine respectively, and not running from the newly created, populist districts.