Dow Constantine Named in Complaints to PDC
Politics by Evan on September 30th, 2009 with No Comments so far.King County Executive candidate Dow Constantine has been named in a complaint made to the state’s elections and campaign finance watchdog.
A second complaint has also reportedly been made. So, what’s the story?
Constantine’s Treasurer, Consultant Become Issue
Politics by Evan on September 10th, 2009 with No Comments so far.The public’s right to know about the financing of political activity in Washington State is embodied in our state’s strict campaign finance laws. The intent of the law as written is to assure that candidates operate campaigns in an open and honest way.
A local blogger in King County has done some interesting leg work that implicates the Dow Constantine for King County Executive campaign in a tangled we of relationships, that likely violate Washington’s campaign finance laws.
The blogger, Angie Vogt, suggests Constantine sharing a treasurer and consultant with groups spending big bucks to “independently” attack his opponents (first in the primary, and now in the general election), is likely a violation of our state’s campaign finance laws:
Bag Tax: Fail, Mayoral: Tie, KC Exec: 37 to 22
Politics by Andrew on August 19th, 2009 with No Comments so far.The Seattle Bag Tax, as earlier polling suggested, was dead on arrival. No word yet on whether the enviro-left campaigners who championed the measure believe this result will cause the world to end tomorrow.
The big city news, however, is that incumbent Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is currently sitting in third place. Nickels hasn’t thrown in the towel quite yet, but has a tough fight on his hands, even if he manages to eke out a second place, or first place finish–he’s essentially in a 3-way tie with the other two lead contenders, Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn.
Brewster: It’s a Susan Hutchison Kind of Year
Politics by NW Digest Team on July 15th, 2009 with 1 Comment so far.If you’ve been paying attention to the liberal blogs, or the local media, you might have wondered why Susan Hutchison–who continues to lead in all the polls–is often so quickly dismissed as just someone who once “read the news.” Perhaps that’s because Hutchison is strategically picking and choosing her media battles, and in so doing, managing to stay above the media fray of a knock-down drag out fight among other top contenders.
King County: The Campaign for Incompetence
Opinion by NW Digest Team on July 14th, 2009 with 1 Comment so far.In case you missed it, from yesterday’s SeattlePI.com:
There’s a fight within the fight for King County executive. It’s a tag team grudge match between the four high-profile Democrats running for the job that pits King County Councilmen Dow Constantine and Larry Phillips against state lawmakers Fred Jarrett and Ross Hunter. It boils down to this question – which budget is more busted, the state’s or the county’s?
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