Hit-and-Run by Cyclist in Seattle Raises Questions About Shared Roads

By Bryan Myrick | 11/19/09

The inequities that exist in road rules are applied to bicycles now sharing our roads in increasing numbers, and the lack of accountability and liability for cyclists generated quite a stir when made some suggestions for bicycle licensing and road law reforms earlier this year. (Click here and here for the articles.) Now, a real-life situation has given armchair advocates for common sense cycling responsibility a reason... read more »

Bombshell Hits Dow Constantine on Election Day with Release of Initial ‘Jane Doe’ Notes

By Bryan Myrick | 11/03/09

Attorneys for The Seattle Times were successful Monday in arguing for the lifting of a restraining order that had prevented King County from complying with the newspaper’s request for documents thought to contain information about possible inappropriate behavior by Councilman Dow Constantine toward a female County employee, now known as Jane Doe. Constantine is running for the office of King County Executive against opponent Susan... read more »

Hutchison vs. Constantine: Final SurveyUSA/KING5 Poll Is In

By Bryan Myrick | 11/03/09

With less than 24 hours left to go in the King County executive race between Susan Hutchison and Dow Constantine, the latest SurveyUSA poll commissioned by KING 5 showed Susan Hutchison trailing Dow Constantine, 53-43. A more detailed cross-tab of the responses, collected between October 30 and November 1 from 614 likely and actual voters in King County, can be viewed here on SurveyUSA’s Web site. SurveyUSA claims a plus or minus four... read more »

Have King Co Officials Already Violated ‘Jane Doe’ Court Order?

By Bryan Myrick | 10/31/09

The brush fire of tempered speculation increased in intensity Friday among bloggers and local talk radio about “Jane Doe” documents that reportedly were supplied to the Seattle Times in connection with its request to King County for all documents pertaining to allegations of “inappropriate comments or behavior” on the part of candidate for King County executive Dow Constantine. Times reporter Keith Ervin is alleged to... read more »

BREAKING: Seattle Times Files Legal Challenge to Restraining Order on “Jane Doe” Documents

By Bryan Myrick | 10/30/09

Red County has learned that the Seattle Times has filed a motion with King County Superior Court in challenge to the restraining order placed Wednesday on documents pursuant to a public records request by Keith Ervin of The Seattle Times in mid-October. Ervin’s request was for all documents that contained information about allegations made against current councilman and candidate for King County executive Dow Constantine of inappropriate... read more »

Did Constantine Behave Badly with Female Staff? Seattle Times Should Publish What It Knows

By Bryan Myrick | 10/30/09

  A hurricane force wind ripped through blogs and social media Thursday about allegations that the Seattle Times might be sitting on a story of critical interest to King County voters. A post at Sound Politics Wednesday night suggested that Times reporter Keith Ervin was failing to follow through on a public records request for documents relating to any allegations of inappropriate behavior by King County Councilman Dow Constantine toward... read more »

Does Constantine Have a Sexual Harassment Problem in His Recent Past?

By Bryan Myrick | 10/29/09

Wednesday evening Mark Griswold of the Sound Politics blog reported that he, along with Keith Ervin of the Seattle Times, received a tip that current candidate for King County executive Dow Constantine may have be involved in an incident of inappropriate behavior with a female county employee. On October 23, Ervin performed his journalistic duties with textbook precision, submitting a public records request for documents relating to any such... read more »

Silver lining for Hutchison in latest poll?

By Bryan Myrick | 10/28/09

The results of the most recent poll in the race for King County executive were released Tuesday morning by the Washington Poll. The results show current councilman Dow Constantine leading Susan Hutchison by a margin of 13 points, with 19 percent of the 400 likely voters surveyed in King County still undecided. The Washington Poll is sponsored by the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality (WISER) a research... read more »

Wash. Policy Center Calls for Constantine Campaign to Set Record Straight

By Bryan Myrick | 10/27/09

Todd Myers, environmental director at the Washington Policy Center, sent a letter Monday to King County Councilman Dow Constantine urging for a correction on a series of statements made by Constantine's campaign on the topic of climate change and global warming. The letter identifies claims made in Constantine's campaign materials and by spokesman Sandeep Kaushik alleging that the WPC are climate change "deniers," hijacking... read more »

GOP Support for Scozzafava Endangers Grassroots Efforts

By Bryan Myrick | 10/22/09

When, at the end of September, Rep. John McHugh (R) resigned as the congressman from New York’s 23rd District to become Secretary of the Army it represented an opportunity for the Republican party. The off-year special election to fill McHugh’s seat — set by New York Governor David Paterson to be held on November 3rd, to coincide with the scheduled general election – is the closest thing to a preseason game the GOP will... read more »