Don't you want to move forward, Seattle?

The ad, continuing the mayoral battle's rich tradition of negative campaigning, starts playing tonight and will run through election day, says Joe Mallahan's campaign. Here's the text:

Narrator: It’s sad really… Mike McGinn’s negative ads. After his flip-flop, McGinn is reduced to fear, distortion and lies. Why? Because McGinn has no management experience.

Mike McGinn: I’m not the guy you probably want to ask to make sure that all the columns add up.

Narrator: Because McGinn’s plan would put 70,000 more cars on I-5 and downtown streets. Joe Mallahan. A plan to grow our economy…moving forward with transportation projects that create jobs.

Joe Mallahan: It’s time to move forward and bring jobs to Seattle.

Narrator: Paid for by Mallahan for Mayor

The ad pretty effectively casts Mallahan as the pro-jobs guy—a particularly pertinent message following news of Boeing establishing a second 787 Dreamliner assembly line in South Carolina. But its attack is a little specious in quoting McGinn saying, "I’m not the guy you probably want to ask to make sure that all the columns add up." Uh, Joe, your campaign is $95,000 in debt. Let's talk about who's got a problem making sure all the columns ad up.