The 43rd District Democrats voted to endorse Mike McGinn Tuesday evening at their endorsement meeting and candidate forum. Crowded into a hot room at the University Heights Center, 69% of the enthusiastic membership cast ballots for Mike.

During the mayoral portion of the evening’s candidate forum, the discussion focused on public safety, transportation, and the deep-bore tunnel.

Mike has already won the support of the 34th, 36th, and 37th Legislative District Democrats.

The 46th Legislative District Democrats will vote on a Mayoral endorsement on Thursday.

Throughout this campaign, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about what I’m against.

Today is about what I’m for.

I believe the most important thing we can do for our city’s future is expand light rail service to more neighborhoods. If I’m fortunate enough to be elected mayor in November, I commit to the following course of action: Within two years of taking office, I will bring a plan before the voters of Seattle that gives them the choice of expanding light rail service within our city.

McGinn’s Light Rail Plan (.pdf) continue reading »

The annual Crank It Up Festival was today and campaign volunteers had a blast participating in a bike tour of South Park.  The tour started at Cesar Chavez Park and was made up of people of all ages.  Bicyclists were in attendance from all over Seattle, including Mike McGinn.

We had a great time decorating our bikes, eating some delicious mango chicken tacos from Los Agaves and enjoying the mid-September sun.  The two emcees did a super job organizing the action, in English and in Spanish, and it was pretty exciting as the tour rolled out onto S Cloverdale St.  continue reading »

Persistent summer weather greeted the hundreds of attendees at Seattle Tilth’s annual Harvest Fair Saturday afternoon, a celebration of the season’s urban bounty, community togetherness, and all things green. Though Mike couldn’t attend due to a scheduling conflict (so many events, so little time), he would be glad to know that interest in urban gardening and locally produced food has never been stronger. continue reading »

Here are some of the highlights of the reaction to yesterday’s debate:

SeattlePI:  McGinn impresssive in debate; Mallahan needs to do more

“McGinn is, increasingly, a known — and impressive — quantity.”

http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/410072_joel11.html?source=rss

The Stranger: McGinn Wins First Mayoral Debate, Calls for Vote on Tunnel

“Mallahan came off as snarky and under-informed.”

“McGinn demonstrated a high level of affability,” said Gary Strannigan, regional director of public affairs for Safeco Insurance who gave the welcoming address, walking down Fourth Avenue afterward. Although Strannigan doesn’t live in Seattle, he says, “Before today, I would have voted for Mallahan because of his business experience. But I have to say I was impressed with McGinn’s skill. He did a nice job from a public standpoint, and he was more knowledgeable.”

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/09/10/mcginn-wins-first-mayoral-debate-calls-for-vote-on-tunnel

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