Dorsol Plants, a neighborhood activist and homeless shelter counselor, ran for City Council this fall as an advocate for homeless Seattleites. He believes the City’s current plan to address homelessness just isn’t going far enough, so he joined the ranks of McGinn Campaign volunteers, believing that McGinn was the candidate who could bring the right kind of change to the policies that guide the City’s relationship with its homeless citizens.

“After spending time with Mike,” said Plants, “both as a candidate myself and while working with him, I have found him to be someone who understands that you just can’t treat the symptoms. You must get at the root causes of society’s ills. I have full confidence that Mike will address the issue of homelessness in such a manner, one that will put the needs of the people first and make strides towards providing a safe and stable environment for everyone.”

Read Mike McGinn’s homlessness and social services policy here.

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Saturday afternoon, the McGinn campaign celebrated the opening of its newest office in South Seattle. Citizens and volunteers alike packed into the new location to hear Mike speak briefly about the state of the campaign and field questions from concerned community members seeking answers to local challenges. (And to enjoy a big pile of Banh Mi from Tony’s Deli.) continue reading »

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 »

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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(Photo by Jen Nance)

In a debate today at the Cinerama, Michael McGinn showed that he has the knowledge, experience and temperament to be mayor of Seattle.

The topics ranged from incentive-zoning in the city and how our tax dollars are spent to ways for neighborhoods to have their voices heard in the conversation about the future of their community.

Michael said that “politicians love to talk about how they create jobs, but we also need to a create a place to attract and grow business.  The mayor’s job is to have a city that works.” continue reading »