This Mayor’s race is up for grabs and we need your help.
I am confident in my message of a better Seattle, and we’ve already seen how well this message resonates with voters across the city. Now I need your help. The primary is August 18th and we need to act now to reach critical primary voters who want to know more about the mayor’s race.
We started last night with a goal of 35 more donations in supporting change for Seattle–we need 21 more.
Donate today! $5, $50, $500: it will all make a difference.
Sincerely,
Michael McGinn
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There are two Seattles. One for the business elites and politicians they support, and one where the rest of us live. In their Seattle, it’s okay to eliminate a $25.00 head tax on business that pays for transit, sidewalks and street repairs because it is a “nuisance” and “inconvenient.” They say that the rest of us can just wait for overcrowded buses, dodge potholes, and wonder when we will ever get sidewalks.
Nickels and Mallahan have picked which Seattle they prefer. When the business elites says get rid of a business tax, Nickels and Mallahan listen.
And when the business elites say build a $4.2 billion dollar tunnel, with one billion in new Seattle taxes, fees and utility rate increases, and Seattle taxpayers on the hook for cost overruns, Nickels and Mallahan support that too. Even though seventy percent of Seattle voted against that tunnel.
There are two Seattles. This election is about which one gets a Mayor that represents them.
McGinn has a record of standing up for improvements in our communities — working to get the Parks Levy ballot measure passed when the Mayor and downtown said no; fighting to get light rail without wasting billions of dollars on new highways; and bringing sidewalks to neighborhoods without them. As Mayor, he would focus city resources on helping children succeed in school, upgrading internet infrastructure to provide economic opportunity, and dramatically improving local transit service. McGinn works for the rest of us.
Greg Nickels today announced he would eliminate the “head tax” on Seattle businesses, which currently collects $4.7 million a year for street repair and walking and biking improvements.
If Nickels really cared about taxes, transportation, and local businesses, he would stop championing the $4.2 billion tunnel project, which includes a $930 million commitment from Seattle residents in new taxes, utility rate increases, and local fees. Even worse, the state legislature has passed a law requiring Seattle to pay for all cost overruns, which on a project like this could run into billions of dollars. continue reading »
On Tuesday night, Michael McGinn won the most votes of any mayoral candidate at the 43rd District Democrats endorsements meeting.
“Once more, Seattle’s voters have said I am the progressive candidate of change,” Michael said.
Michael’s powerful showing comes after last week’s endorsements of him by the 37th District Democrats and the Sierra Club.
At the 43rd District, Michael was named on 38% of the ballots, compared with Nickels 28%, Mallahan 27%, Drago 11%, Donaldson 6%, and Sigler 3%.
The voters of Seattle are speaking clearly: They want a mayor who understands the $4.2 billion tunnel is a boondoggle. But more than that, they want a mayor who, instead of dedicating $1 billion of city money for a two-mile-long tunnel and leaving Seattle taxpayers on the hook for cost overruns, will allocate more resources to Seattle’s real priorities: reducing overcrowding on buses, improving our public schools, and preparing for a clean-energy economy.
A poll recently commissioned by the McGinn for Mayor campaign shows that voters don’t want the tunnel:
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