Slog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The SECB is having a perfectly lovely time at City Council candidate Mike O'Brien 's basement party at the Fremont Abbey, where a crowd of about 40 folks are milling around quaffing high-end microbrews and waiting for the 8:15 results dump. The crowd seems more hopeful than O'Brien is comfortable with, and when he addresses the group, he pointedly cools them down. "If it's...
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The race for City Council Position 8 has been particularly nasty, thanks to a well-financed campaign that outspent former Sierra Club chair Mike O'Brien three to one. The opposition campaign for Robert Rosencrantz , a conservative by Seattle standards, was bolstered by support from Forward Seattle, a PAC funded by landlords and realtors, which unleashed mailers an attempt to paint O'Brien...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In the city's most sharply-contested City Council race, Mike O'Brien, environmentalist and former chief financial officer of a law firm, was leading with 57.91 percent of votes in the ballot counts Tuesday night.
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Mayor Mike McGinn 50.03% Joe Mallahan 48.96% City Attorney Pete Holmes 61.56% Tom Carr 38.24% Council Position No. 2 Richard Conlin 75.40% David Ginsberg 24.31% Council Position No. 4 Sally Bagshaw 68.58% David Bloom 31.17% Council Position No. 6 Nick Licata 57.73% Jessie Israel 42.03% Council Position No. 8 Mike O'Brien 57.91% Robert Rosencrantz 41.86% Proposition No. 1 YES 63.33%...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I’m not much into the idea of publishing endorsements, because anybody who reads me regularly should already know where I stand on the races I cover, but I thought I’d make an exception to mention a race I haven’t written much about: the Seattle City Council contest between Robert Rosencrantz and Mike O’Brien. Vote for O’Brien. In the end, it really...
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
... question Dawn. Wait, is Dawn back from Europe yet? Uh oh. Ummm, in any case... on today's show Mike O'Brien from Zeus will speak to this amazing, European question! Please stay tuned! Are you too eagerly anticipating the new album by Zeus? Which independent music-type person would you most like to have a conversation with? If you could ask them one question, what would it be? Please...
The Jobbing Doctor (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have a suggestion for our latest health ministers. Now, let me see, who are the health ministers this month? Ah Yes, Mr Andrew 'Andy' Burnham MP and Mr Michael 'Mike' O'Brien MP. But before I reveal my suggestion, may I say that it is entirely in keeping with this current Government that the Secretary of State should 'suddenly' be unable to attend a conference at the last minute because...
NHS-THE OTHER SIDE (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... which has sought to portray Labour as the natural party of the health service. Health minister Mike O’Brien told Pulse last month: ‘Nothing better symbolises what Labour is about than the NHS.’ But even compared to recent surveys, the drop in support for the Government is striking. A poll of nearly 1,400 GPs in January found 15% would vote Labour, with 50% for the...
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
He's only 462 votes ahead of Mallahan. Mayor Mike McGinn 52238 49.77% Joe Mallahan 51776 49.33% Write-in 946 0.90% Referendum 71 is being approved by a nearly four-point margin (double its numbers from last night). It's leading 51.82 % approve to 48.18 % reject. City Attorney Pete Holmes 57251 62.17% Tom Carr 34661 37.64% Write-in 174 0.19% Council Position No. 2 Richard Conlin 70207 76.20%...
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... losing their seats next November. The Sierra Club : The green pedigree of former Sierra Club chair Mike O’Brien was a launching pad to win a seat on the city council. Despite being outspent three-to-one by the campaign of his opponent, Robert Rosencrantz, and Forward Seattle PAC, voters ignored the fear mongering that a green candidate would toll roads and promote congestion....
Local News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
CHICO — Based on a report from residents, Chico police and arson investigators are probing the possibility that burglars set or accidentally caused a fire inside a home on Alba Avenue Oct. 29, which took the life of a pet dog. Lt. Mike O'Brien said victims of the fire noticed items missing as they walked through the residence, not long after the blaze was put out. Flames did only minor...
What Is Wales And What Is It For? (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The NHS in Wales is to come under the scrutiny of management consultants McKinsey and Co, it was revealed today . This is the same company which early this year was employed by the UK government to find out what changes could be made to the NHS in England. McKinsey and Co recommended slashing 137,000 jobs in England – a suggestion that was then rejected out-right by the UK Health Minister Mike...
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... us forward. SECB Denied Face Time with Susan Hutchison The Mood: JJ McKay Early Returns In Maine Mike O'Brien Braces for the Results Red Meat Issues Republican Wins Virginia Governor Race... What the 43rd District Democrats Gathered at Purr Think Is Going to Happen In Other Gay News... At the Hutchison Party in Bellevue TV Stations Actually Prepared to Cover the McGinn Party This...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... – including Stephen Lucey, Mark O’Riordan, Niall Moran, Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Donie Ryan and Mike O’Brien, while Damien Reale has since left the panel in protest – were excluded from a general text message circulated by McCarthy for a meeting last Wednesday night in the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel. The 12 players were also not sought to attend a trial match last Friday.Older members of the...
West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Results are all on this page. City Attorney - West Seattle incumbent Tom Carr vs. Pete Holmes Council Position 2 - Incumbent Richard Conlin vs. West Seattle resident David Ginsberg Council Position 4 - Sally Bagshaw vs. David Bloom Council Position 6 - Jessie Israel vs. incumbent Nick Licata Council Position 8 - Mike O’Brien vs. Robert Rosencrantz
