mcginn’s piecora announcement party
Couldn’t make it over to Piecora’s for McGinn’s mysterious pizza party (in which he’s announcing a run for mayor)? Justin from Capitol Hill Seattle is live-twittering the occasion. All the info, without any of the delicious calories:
via justin's twitterverse
From yesterday’s press release, we learned that in addition to being a likely contender against Greg Nickels for Mayor, Michael McGinn is a former president of the Greenwood Community Council and former local chair of the Sierra Club. Before founding the Seattle Great City Initiative in 2006, he was a partner at Stokes Lawrence.
Latest TOP 10 most popular names for hizzoner so far:
1. MAYOR McCHEESE–by a huge margin
2. MAYOR McCONDO
3. MAYOR NOPLOW
4. MAYOR SNOWJOB
5. MAYOR 5-CENTS
6. MAJOR NOPLOW
7. MAYOR McSLEAZE
8. MAYOR FAILure
9. MAYOR GRIDLOCK
10. MAYOR QUIMBY
All the names that are just too mean to such a nice fellow, like MAYOR McFATTY, MAYOR PORK, MAJOR PORK, MAYOR BIGMAC, etc. will not be included in the Top 10 names for HIS HONOR. This is Seattle, a nice city, after all.
We are monitoring the TIMES, P-I, Weakly, Strangler, Crosscut, Publicola, and a few blogs for the most mentions in comments from the citizenry.
Newest contenders:
MAYOR DISASTER, MAJOR DISASTER, BOSS NICKELS, MAYOR NOSALT, MAYOR NICKELBAGS, MAYOR KNUCKLEHEAD, MAYOR FUDD, MAYOR FIVEPENNIES, MAYOR CHUMPCHANGE, MAYOR KNUCKLES