Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Diversity, Seattle Style

The following is a complete list of every endorsement listed in the competitive races for Seattle City Council seats:
Position 1:
The Seattle Times
The Seattle PI
Washington Conservation Voters
King County Labor Council
King County Democrats
Allied Arts
National Women’s Political Caucus
Seattle Firefighters’ Union
Cascade Bicycle Club

The Stranger
Seattle Rainforest Action

Position 3:
Cascade Bicycle Club
Alki Foundation
King County Democrats
Seattle Police Management Association
Joint Council of Teamsters No. 28
Seattle Times and P.I.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Times
The Stranger
National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington
King County and 34th, 36th & 46th District Democrats

Position 7
Sierra Club
Washington Conservation Voters
Cascade Bicycle Club
our city’s police and firefighters.

King County Democrats
King County Labor Council
Seattle Police Management Association
The Alki Foundation
11th, 37th, 46th District Democrats

Position 9
The Seattle PI
The Seattle Times
Victory Fund
The National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington/King County Chapter
Seattle Firefighters, Local 27
Seattle Police Management Association
Washington Conservation Voters
Cascade Bicycle Club
Friends of Seattle
Allied Arts
King County Democrats
King County Young Democrats
46th District Democrats
37th District Democrats
34th District Democrats
36th District Democrats
11th District Democrats
43rd District Democrats
‘Mo Magazine
Seattle Gay News
UA Local 32 - Plumbers and Pipefitters
UFCW Local 21
IFPTE Local 17
ATU Local 587
Unite HERE Local 8
IBEW Local 46
IBEW Local 77
Teamsters Local 28
SEIU 775
SEIU 925
Laborers Local 1239 - Public Service & Industrial Employees
Seattle/King County Association of Realtors
Affordable Housing Council
Filipino Political Action Group of Washington

Citizens’Alliance for Property Rights
Citizens for an Elevated Solution


Here are the endoresments for the Seattle School District Board seats:
Poition 1
ML King County Labor Council
11th and 37th District Democrats
Green Party of Seattle
IUOE Local 609
Joint Council of Teamsters #28.

34th, 36th, and 37th District Democrats
Seattle Education Association
Alki Foundation

Poition 2
Seattle Education Association
Alki Foundation
46th District Democrats

Women’s Political Caucus
11th , 36th and 37th District Democrats
IUOE Local 609
Teamsters Local 174

Position 3
Seattle Education Association
The Alki Foundation
46th & 37th District Democrats
Joint Council of Teamsters No. 28
Women’s Political Caucus

Position 6
34th District Democrats
Alki Foundation

11th, 34th, and 37th District Democrats
Women’s Political Caucus
the Teamsters Labor Council 28
Operating Engineers Local 609.


We should probably make sure all citizens of Seattle are properly represented in the candidates endorsements. A real diversity of groups...

King County Democrats, Cascade Bicycle Club, King County Democrats, King County and 34th, 36th & 46th District Democrats, Cascade Bicycle Club, King County Democrats, King County Young Democrats, 46th District Democrats, 37th District Democrats, 34th District Democrats, 36th District Democrats, 11th District Democrats, 43rd District Democrats, 11th and 37th District Democrats, Green Party of Seattle, 34th, 36th, and 37th District Democrats, 46th District Democrats, 11th , 36th and 37th District Democrats, 46th & 37th District Democrats, 34th District Democrats, 11th, 34th, and 37th District Democrats

That should cover everyone. Who else could possibly be included in such an exhaustive list? Nobody I could think of.

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