Well after all this is the mayor who publicly announced that he couldn't trust Gov. Gregoire. Political naivete may have been the charm that got him elected, but it's proved to be a fleeting charm.
I care who's right and who's wrong here. Sure, any political consultant would advise them to drop it. But I voted for them both, and if one of em's going to accuse the other of overstepping their elected authority I'm interested in whether it's true.
c, this embarrassing now you have barely covered this whole thing and you just don't want mike looking bad because it makes tim look bad too. but, your wineing about this has got to stop for the love of god ok, because mike mcginn is a big boy, and he is allowed to be stupid if he wants to, because it is a free country.
if one put accusations in writing and in public
the other is right to demand retraction in writing and in public
otherwise it's not retracted.
despite the verbal faux retraction.
Typical Seattle "everybody stop fighting" line. The common element much of the public infighting is McGinn. The city attorney is not fighting with council members, and vice versa. McGinn is fighting with both. Truth is the mayor likes to steamroller his agenda.
"Nobody cares who's right and who's wrong here" put me down as another who would like to learn who is wrong among my elected officials. (this reminds me of the whole "the other party must be equally guilty in some fashion" media philosophy)
the other is right to demand retraction in writing and in public
otherwise it's not retracted.
despite the verbal faux retraction.
What does this even mean? Are you saying that everyone in the city is an airhead?
One doesn't have to look too deeply to see this as just more incompetent floundering from a mayor's office that's in over its head.