Blogs Mar 9, 2012 at 11:36 am

O'Brien's Aide Considers Run for the 36th District Seat

Cienna Madrid
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There's no stopping that smile.
seandr on March 9, 2012 at 11:38 AM Report this
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O'Brien's office is full of great people, no doubt about that.
Baconcat on March 9, 2012 at 11:41 AM Report this
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It's 'aide', not aid.
Yours truly, the spelling nazi
Vadt on March 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM Report this
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"...and found the Middle Eastern Legal Association..."

She found it or founded it? Did it exist before her involvement?
TJ on March 9, 2012 at 12:11 PM Report this
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"...and found the Middle Eastern Legal Association..."

She found it or founded it? Did it exist prior to her involvement with the organization?
TJ on March 9, 2012 at 12:11 PM Report this
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I'll vote for her! It's nice to see an ambitious peer targeting work in government, instead of on the corporate track. We need more people like her!
arts&letters on March 9, 2012 at 12:12 PM Report this
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She's been my friend since elementary school. I can vouch: SAHAR IS THE FUCKING BEST.
jnmend on March 9, 2012 at 12:13 PM Report this
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@5 it was located at the back of the bottom filing drawer in a disused closet inside a sub-basement ...
Will in Seattle on March 9, 2012 at 12:16 PM Report this
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As an aide to Mike O'Brien, you haven't answered the most important question: What does she look like bike shorts? Only kidding. I would vote for her. This district could use some new blood.
Gern Blanston on March 9, 2012 at 12:21 PM Report this
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I once stuffed an entire sleeve of saltine crackers in my mouth at one time. I have wasted my life.
Rotten666 on March 9, 2012 at 12:21 PM Report this
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@3,5, thanks for the tweaks!
Cienna Madrid on March 9, 2012 at 12:29 PM Report this
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If I lived in Seattle, she would have my vote. For anything. Im so superficial, but that smile...wow.
Purocuyu on March 9, 2012 at 12:31 PM Report this
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She would be all kinds of awesome. Need more people like her in office.
junipero on March 9, 2012 at 12:32 PM Report this
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So 73% of the 36th aren't criminals?

How do we get John 'latte tax' Burbank on the ballot, if only for a good laugh.
on March 9, 2012 at 12:32 PM Report this
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@10- You're lucky to be alive after a stunt like that.

No one has addressed the elephant in the room here: Is it pronounced "Fat E?"
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on March 9, 2012 at 12:33 PM Report this
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I'll be thrilled to vote for her.
Fnarf on March 9, 2012 at 12:42 PM Report this
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Holly shit. I've tried to do good things in my life, but compared to her I'm a total slacker. I feel utterly humbled. And 28??!! Gah. I'm going to go cry now. My life is a waste.
Reverse Polarity on March 9, 2012 at 12:55 PM Report this
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She rocks! Take it from me... I'm her dad. :)
on March 9, 2012 at 1:30 PM Report this
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she's very attractive.
34x42 on March 9, 2012 at 1:56 PM Report this
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What about the bikini competition?????
The_Shaved_Bear on March 9, 2012 at 1:56 PM Report this
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Dear Ms. Fathi,

Whatever else you do, stay the hell away from Cathy Allen.
N in Seattle on March 9, 2012 at 2:25 PM Report this
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I love that we have to be reminded that she does, in fact, have a brain. Show me the dude running for any office who gets the same treatment. PUKE.
femwanderluster on March 9, 2012 at 2:37 PM Report this
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This is really quite interesting, because last weekend, I heard a rumor that another of his aides was considering it too.
TJ on March 9, 2012 at 2:48 PM Report this
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@23 I hate the way posters start comments with "I love the way...." Really, you need to come up with something.
The_Shaved_Bear on March 9, 2012 at 2:59 PM Report this
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#23 has a point.

Still: she's hot.
Quintus Slide on March 9, 2012 at 3:04 PM Report this
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@23 If it would make you happy, we can sexually objectify and laugh at the vacuousness of Dave Reichert.
on March 9, 2012 at 3:41 PM Report this
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Sahar is amazing. She is champion for human rights, slices through red tape, and finds real practical solutions for people in need. She's almost two years younger than me, and is totally my hero.
The Law Won on March 9, 2012 at 3:47 PM Report this
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OK, nothing against her at all, but she can't have done any of these many things for very long, right?
Guessing:
Graduates from college = 21
3 years UW law school = 24
1 year Sorbonne = 25
1(?) year UN tribunal = 26
2(?) years combined Mike O'Brien, MELAW and MELAW legal clinic, NWIRP, ACLU

right?
on March 9, 2012 at 10:25 PM Report this
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Her bio at MELAW says she worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda while she was in law school, which likely means she was a summer intern there, not a lawyer.
on March 9, 2012 at 10:41 PM Report this
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Sahar would be great in the Legislature, but I'm guessing you confused what she said about immigration and criminal law.

Reckless driving is a gross misdemeanor, not an infraction which is a civil matter. It doesn't result in mandatory jail time for anyone. Immigrants and refugees are not automatically deported over driving offenses. For starters, removal proceedings only begin against individuals that are not in the this country legally--many immigrants and refugees are here legally. No one is going to lose their green card over reckless driving. Also, immigration law is done at the Federal level, although State laws governing police work impacts how it is enforced. As a practical matter, it's hard to predict whether ICE will begin removal proceedings against someone over a misdemeanor, at least East of the mountains.
on March 10, 2012 at 11:36 AM Report this
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Iranians are hardly 'people of color,' hth. Minority yes, but not that other horrid phrase.
pioneer on March 10, 2012 at 6:54 PM Report this
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Don't get too set on her. The 36th District bench is very, very deep. And it is a lifetime job, not a stepping stone to anything. We consider Jim McDermott to be pretty conservative.
Ballard Pimp on March 11, 2012 at 11:20 AM Report this

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