http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/mike-mcginn-is-running-for-reelection/Content?oid=15707860 Comments On: Mike McGinn Is Running for Reelection by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
SPD official leaving reform job; replacement sparred with feds

To fill the position, Mayor Mike McGinn has chosen a former city official who clashed with federal attorneys during negotiations on police reforms.

A retired Seattle police captain hired to help the Police Department comply with federally mandated reforms is leaving the job after less than four months and has been replaced by a former city official who sparred with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the changes.

Steve Brown, who was recruited by Police Chief John Diaz to serve as compliance coordinator, a key position in the reform effort, gave his notice last week and plans to depart on Feb. 1.

His position has been filled by Bob Scales, who previously served as director of the Government Affairs Section of the Seattle City Attorney’s Office from January 2010 until July. He left to take a job as an attorney at Microsoft.

In the government-affairs position, Scales took a lead role in negotiating an agreement on police reforms with the Justice Department, although he left before the settlement was concluded in late July.

Before his departure, Scales joined with Mayor Mike McGinn and other city officials in strongly challenging the Justice Department’s findings that Seattle officers had engaged in a pattern of excessive force and displayed evidence of biased policing, according to sources familiar with the talks.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2…
Posted by tim koch]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:56:10 -0800 The Stranger
Cascadia for Cascadians!
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Posted by 5th Columnist]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:35:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mepriser666]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:43:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by harold]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:06:45 -0800 The Stranger
i don't really want to argue with anyone here that aint no fun. we should all go masturbate or fuck instead. im serious. dan will concur i think. this shit is all written up in tiny boxes and the shit it aint right for our brains anyway. ok.
Posted by tim koch]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:05:45 -0800 The Stranger
so f mister g and fu

im friends with the stranger folks too even though they are/were misled by tim keck. i still love them all even if we fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPYdm5Lhr…


Posted by tim koch]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:59:52 -0800 The Stranger
As for the rest of the comments here, would Mister G and tim koch please stfu or consolidate their pointless ranty posts, or are they Times shills desperate to argue their lifeless lives away? Find a way to be of use or gtfo.
Posted by Y'all forgot a$Shat Mayor Maynotdoadamnedthing Nickels?]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:12:50 -0800 The Stranger
"effective in quiet ways."

I recommend it for his campaign slogan. We need a little more humor in our local politics! I may have to buy some bumper stickers for Mike: "effective in quiet ways---so quiet you can't hear him when he is!"
Posted by howie in seattle]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:34:13 -0800 The Stranger
I cannot think of any other US city which is presently so willing to sacrifice so much of its livability on the altar of automobility. Even Houston and Oklahoma City have stopped tearing up urban parks for freeways.
Posted by Dendroc]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:08:18 -0800 The Stranger
Also, I like the "handful of yappers at the Seattle Times ... bray" reference in the article. Bray - a reference to none other than the incessantly critical and incessantly mediocre Joni Balter.
Posted by MacGruber]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:53:37 -0800 The Stranger Posted by beady-eyed troll w/a bike helmet]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:29:55 -0800 The Stranger
the way to tell if the stranger staff is lying about any of this mess is to ask any of them if any of it is true at all. they will all say no, none of it is true at all.

thats how you can tell when someone is lying to your face. %100 zero liability

fuck roll out some fucking car insurance ads man.
Posted by tim koch]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:18:47 -0800 The Stranger appearances. The real action is with the real estate developers. The Stranger, and McGinn, and the city council, are in their hip pocket.

"It's the corruption, stupid."
Posted by Mister G]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:53:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by menolikey]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:34:30 -0800 The Stranger
However, I wouldn't want any of the above agencies watching over me if they are carrying weapons (if you catch my drift). You think this is some paranoid fantasy? Watch the future unfold and behold the dissent into 3rd world status. If anything, this would make a great novel or movie?
Posted by Pluto in Capricorn]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:06:53 -0800 The Stranger
Whether he could have stopped the tunneling I don't know. But he sure could have fought a helluva lot harder.

Now he's sold out his citizens to the private interests. Building a stadium with tax dollars to support a bunch of billionaires is just one example of that.

To top it off, the City Council thinks he's a joke.

Oh sure, I live in Shoreline this election cycle. But if I were a Seattleite, I wouldn't give McGinn more than two seconds of thought.

Posted by David in Shoreline]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:41:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Reallynao]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:02:25 -0800 The Stranger
keck's been working with these right wing national chamber of commerce people since the beginning of the stranger, back in the late 80's. it goes all the way back to wisconsin.

dom,

"the role is vital.." = why mike mcginn always acts drunk

its all an act.

slog knew the washington restaurant association was a koch front back in june, and they still won't report on. they chose to run rob mckenna ads instead. doms rolling around with more bicycle shit today. rock on dude. ill post some baking videos later on line out.
Posted by tim koch]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:40:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by cattycat]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:35:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zippy0]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:06:33 -0800 The Stranger
mike mcginn knows the washington restaurant association is just a front for koch and alec, but he helps them out anyway, he goes way way back personally with some of them.

they all work in step with the cops too. you people are getting played.

http://warestaurant.org/


Posted by tim koch]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:23:10 -0800 The Stranger
mcginn just sucks and dominic knows it. he is just being misled by his right wing owner boss guy and the right wing bar owners and cops. look it all up.

did keck give c that raise yet?

fuck that cheap motherfucker..
Posted by tim koch]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:54:58 -0800 The Stranger
Top issues on my list, off the top of my head:
1. Positioning Seattle to make the most of Sound Transit 3. See Seattle Subway. Plus smaller transit infrastructure improvements.
2. Getting the best deal possible for Seattle out of the deep-bore tunnel project.
3. Continuing to attract business and development without writing a blank check.
Posted by cressona]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:58:18 -0800 The Stranger
Critical thinking skills are on the decline.
Posted by pinksoda]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:31:26 -0800 The Stranger