I thought that this would be going in the right direction to show that we're concerned about the merchants in this town, and we're working to help them overcome the current inflationary rents.

There's a sense Jan will stand up to the mayor when she disagrees.

Given the treatment she received, she had no chance of survival.

Qualification and experience are the real issues; some are framing it as a race issue. Race didn't come up in our decision.

He has by far the most diverse group of supporters of almost any City Council or King County Council elected official that I can think of. It's really amazing; when you (attend) his (campaign) events there is just a great diversity of people -- races, classes, backgrounds, young and old and all different ethnicities.