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Does Seattle Have Too Many 'Advisors'?new

They've grown in number under Mayor Greg Nickels, and that's become a campaign issue -- even outside the mayor's race.
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  08-17-2009  |  Politics

Is Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels a Chicago-Style Bully?new

The idea of Nickels as a Daley wannabe is one of those ideas that has filtered down from the rhetoric of political insiders into general popular perception, even conventional wisdom. Trouble is, it's almost impossible to get any of Nickels' accusers to provide details about the mayor's supposedly Daleyesque behavior.
Seattle Weekly  |  Laura Onstot  |  07-27-2009  |  Politics

The Lifting of Seattle's Strip-Club Moratorium Makes Strange Bedfellowsnew

After almost two decades of staving off people seeking to open new strip clubs, Seattle finds itself in the awkward spot of defending them.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  03-23-2009  |  Politics

Election Reformer Raises Questions about Voting Softwarenew

Literary publicist Bev Harris sounded the alarm after she discovered that Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel had an ownership share in one of the big three companies that make electronic voting machines. The questions she's raised about the integrity of voting software have made her a media darling.
Seattle Weekly  |  George Howland Jr.  |  08-07-2004  |  Politics

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