http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/21/new-sonics-a-big-win-for-mayor-mcginn Comments On: New Sonics a Big Win for Mayor McGinn by Goldy 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) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by hmmmmm]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:58:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MacCrocodile]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:13:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tim koch]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:02:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tim koch]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:58:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by don't believe the seattle times]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:54:05 -0800 The Stranger
And expect the cost overruns to be covered by the tax payers. And don't worry there are ALWAYS cost overruns on stadium projects.
Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:42:18 -0800 The Stranger McGinn, an apparent "idea man" nearly bungled this thing from the word go.

Regardless, having an opening night roughly a week before the election will make it difficult for Peter Steinbrueck to straddle that pre-election fence the way McGinn did with the tunnel

Steinbrueck's paid gigs will come back as a string of obstructionist positions supported by a lobbyist.
Posted by MrBaker]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:57:04 -0800 The Stranger
http://seattletimes.com/html/pacificnw/2…

Posted by tim koch]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:36:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Stewartia malacodendron.]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:21:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pfffter]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:13:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tim koch]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:06:49 -0800 The Stranger
But I agree with Goldy that the Sonics narrative will undoubtedly help him in the election. It will bump his approval rating up a few points, for sure. And even though I'm indifferent to the Sonics, I think the stadium deal was actually a pretty good deal for the city--certainly far better than the shitty deal the previous Sonics owners were trying to blackmail us with.
Posted by Reverse Polarity]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:56:24 -0800 The Stranger
I enjoy your writing most of the time, Goldy, but I would hope you learned something from your unconditional Darcy Burner shill days.
Posted by Teslick]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:56:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by bwouns]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:51:24 -0800 The Stranger
We should bear in mind, too, that this particular mayor has all the skills to be his own undoing on this. His self-righteousness remains keen, and it's always on the prowl for creative new ways to entice him into burning his political capital. Could be fun.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:42:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Frank Blethen's vodka distiller]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:35:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Kinison]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:30:34 -0800 The Stranger
So a guy who was supposedly the Mayor for the neighborhoods fails to achieve the goal of his single issue candidacy and instead throws his lot in with the Downtown Syndicate and the Billionerds with an even more congestion producing centrist project and calls it "success"?

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:23:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tim koch]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:01:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DOUG.]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:42:55 -0800 The Stranger
Best case scenario - he's knocked out of the primary with 11% of the vote compared to 8%. Ed Murray is going to be our next mayor.
Posted by seandr]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:38:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treehugger]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:27:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tim koch]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:22:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by The Stranger's in the bag]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:16:57 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tim koch]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:13:38 -0800 The Stranger