Nov 5
David Miller commented on Fun with Numbers.
Seattle is forecasting turnout in this election of 57%
Nov 4
David Miller commented on How Many Ballots Are Left to Count?.
The numbers you give Eli are county wide.
Here's what I get for SEATTLE ballots...
Joe won this round of 9,675 mayoral ballots counted (not including write-in) 51%-49%. As near as I can tell...
KC Elections had 136,424 ballots in hand as of 8pm last night.
They have counted 109,874 as of 4:30pm today.
If the rough proportions of ballot deliveries are the same as in the primary, we should see about 67,000 ballots received today added to the Seattle totals at the 8pm tally tonight.
That's roughly 93,550 Seattle ballots left to count.
51% of that is 47,710
49% of that is 45,840
Difference is 1,870 in favor of Mallahan.
If the percentages seen today hold, Mallahan wins. McGinn gained ground in later counts in the primary, so it is not a foregone conclusion the percentages will hold.
Here's what I get for SEATTLE ballots...
Joe won this round of 9,675 mayoral ballots counted (not including write-in) 51%-49%. As near as I can tell...
KC Elections had 136,424 ballots in hand as of 8pm last night.
They have counted 109,874 as of 4:30pm today.
If the rough proportions of ballot deliveries are the same as in the primary, we should see about 67,000 ballots received today added to the Seattle totals at the 8pm tally tonight.
That's roughly 93,550 Seattle ballots left to count.
51% of that is 47,710
49% of that is 45,840
Difference is 1,870 in favor of Mallahan.
If the percentages seen today hold, Mallahan wins. McGinn gained ground in later counts in the primary, so it is not a foregone conclusion the percentages will hold.
Sep 1
David Miller commented on Miller Will Focus on R-71 This Fall.
@3, not that it matters but if you ask Brian from The Stranger he will tell you I said this is what I would be doing when we spoke on election night. In a letter mailed to supporters last week, I repeated it.
Maybe you're just sensitive that Mallahan beat your guy to the punch by hours?
Maybe you're just sensitive that Mallahan beat your guy to the punch by hours?
Aug 14
David Miller commented on One Canadian Wants to Jumps Into Our Health Care Debate.
I've doorbelled a few thousand doors over the last three months and I get a surprising (since I am a City Council candidate) number of questions about the national health care debate. I don't see the Dems' issue as one of debate framing, I see it as one where we are behind the curve in getting facts to people. Facts are always more difficult to get out there than the fiction from the teabaggers, if only because facts take longer to explain than a baldfaced lie, but we have to do a better job.
I chatted for about 30 minutes last week with a strong GOP family and the "facts" they were giving me were frighteningly backwards. Since the Dad has prostate cancer (PCa), he was particularly zeroing in on PCa-related nonsense he'd heard on TV. Since I have some expertise in this area (OK, more than "some" expertise http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=11…) it was an interesting conversation that ended with him promising to send me an e-mail (as soon as he could create a one-time account so I couldn't report him to the private insurance companies he was "working" so he could get full coverage) and me promising to send him peer-reviewed research data to show he was being lied to.
If we're going to win this one, we will have to do it one-on-one at our bars, dinner tables, coffee joints, and bus stops. We simply have to be consistently armed with REAL FACTS and know precisely where to send people for the right information.
David Miller
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I chatted for about 30 minutes last week with a strong GOP family and the "facts" they were giving me were frighteningly backwards. Since the Dad has prostate cancer (PCa), he was particularly zeroing in on PCa-related nonsense he'd heard on TV. Since I have some expertise in this area (OK, more than "some" expertise http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=11…) it was an interesting conversation that ended with him promising to send me an e-mail (as soon as he could create a one-time account so I couldn't report him to the private insurance companies he was "working" so he could get full coverage) and me promising to send him peer-reviewed research data to show he was being lied to.
If we're going to win this one, we will have to do it one-on-one at our bars, dinner tables, coffee joints, and bus stops. We simply have to be consistently armed with REAL FACTS and know precisely where to send people for the right information.
David Miller
Aug 13
David Miller commented on Defacing History.
This is a major problem with the landmark process, as is a requirement that the majority of the board agree on the same criterion (of the 7 possible). With Waldo Hospital, we had a majority agreeing the building was a landmark, but they did not agree on the same criterion so it failed.
Those from the community who choose to participate in the landmark process are often villified, sometimes in these pages. I'm glad Dominic notes buildings over 25 years old have to go to the Landmark Board regardless of whether anyone from the community is willing to play the role of building "defense counsel".
Defacing the building is a very common tactic by those who wish to create landfill instead of reuse perfectly good structures. It's not always as obvious as jackhammering architectural detail. More often it is allowing weeds and tagging to sprout.
That said, the Landmark Board is charged with judging whether the building ** in the original condition ** is worthy of landmarking. This point is not well understood by too many of the Board members. So, the 8th and Lenora building should be adjudicated based upon photos with the undamaged detail.
The City's Landmark STAFF is then charged with determining through their process whether they will condition development on the site to include restoration of the damage or if the building can be called historic and still torn down. The Staff's opinion is backstopped by Seattle City Council.
Frankly, the Board and Staff should revisit this building at the first opportunity if only to make a point to others who deface buildings to avoid landmark status.
Thanks, Dominic, for shining some light on this issue. Not all of us will agree on whether a building is worthy of designation, but we should be able to agree the process has some holes that need to be fixed.
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Those from the community who choose to participate in the landmark process are often villified, sometimes in these pages. I'm glad Dominic notes buildings over 25 years old have to go to the Landmark Board regardless of whether anyone from the community is willing to play the role of building "defense counsel".
Defacing the building is a very common tactic by those who wish to create landfill instead of reuse perfectly good structures. It's not always as obvious as jackhammering architectural detail. More often it is allowing weeds and tagging to sprout.
That said, the Landmark Board is charged with judging whether the building ** in the original condition ** is worthy of landmarking. This point is not well understood by too many of the Board members. So, the 8th and Lenora building should be adjudicated based upon photos with the undamaged detail.
The City's Landmark STAFF is then charged with determining through their process whether they will condition development on the site to include restoration of the damage or if the building can be called historic and still torn down. The Staff's opinion is backstopped by Seattle City Council.
Frankly, the Board and Staff should revisit this building at the first opportunity if only to make a point to others who deface buildings to avoid landmark status.
Thanks, Dominic, for shining some light on this issue. Not all of us will agree on whether a building is worthy of designation, but we should be able to agree the process has some holes that need to be fixed.
Aug 13
David Miller commented on Today in Humility.
"We pointed the most powerful telescope ever built by humans at absolutely nothing for no other reason than we are curious."
What a great line.
What a great line.
Jul 29
David Miller commented on One-Minute Miracle.
@3 - 500 fans available Friday 8am at Maple Leaf Ace Hardware - 90th NE and Roosevelt Way NE.
Block of ice, fan, and a turkey pan. Put it at the foot of the bed.
Block of ice, fan, and a turkey pan. Put it at the foot of the bed.
Jul 29
David Miller commented on Candidate Survivor Recap!.
Skinny dipping?
Lake Washington? No.
Yellowstone? Yup.
Humptulips River? Yup.
Mississippi? Yup, in the headwaters (though I was 5 months old so I'm not sure that counts!).
Lake Washington? No.
Yellowstone? Yup.
Humptulips River? Yup.
Mississippi? Yup, in the headwaters (though I was 5 months old so I'm not sure that counts!).
Jul 16
David Miller commented on We Came in Peace for All Mankind.
This is my earliest memory. Curled up on the couch with my blanket and stuffed animals (I was 2), the entire family glued to Cronkite on the TV.
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