Seattlest: A Sure Sign of Campaign Season

Seth

Thu, 10 May 2007 15:12:12 -0800

Manning's side of the story, from the same Josh Feit piece (google "John Manning stranger" to find it) Manning has his rap down on this ugly subject too. He says his 18-month, court-mandated domestic violence counseling was "enlightening" and helped him get in touch with unresolved personal issues related to his father and "abandonment." He says running for reelection won't open any old wounds because the wound is healed. "I can show you the scar," Manning says.

Seth

Thu, 10 May 2007 15:08:41 -0800

Indeed--from a 2003 Stranger piece (evidently he's tried a comeback before)... As appealing a candidate as Manning is, he's also got a serious handicap: Manning was elected to the city council in 1995 and had to resign after less than a year in office after getting arrested for breaking into his estranged wife's home in December 1996. (He wound up pleading guilty to two misdemeanors.) That arrest followed an earlier domestic incident and arrest in October '96 when Manning "grabbed and moved around" his wife, as he recently characterized it to me.

Bridgette

Thu, 10 May 2007 12:16:13 -0800

Isn't he the guy that was charged with spousal abuse a few years ago?

James

Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:33 -0800

I've seen lots of John Manning signs around in the few weeks since we moved to Rainier Beach. He's the only candidate I've seen yard signs for anywhere in the city, though.