City Council Primary Preview: Position 9

You may see incumbent councilwoman Sally Clark at a local candidate forum, but you won't see one of her opponents, Bob Brown.

Brown doesn't need the hoi polloi telling him what to think, because he formed some pretty strong opinions back in the early 60s and he's sticking to them.

He doesn't like all the new fruity town houses, skate parks, and is the only man brave enough to speak out about the city's conspiracy to outlaw cars.

Let's face it, the council is made up of aging hippies, former neighborhood activists, and media personalities. They don't know how to get any major projects done and are crapped on by developers and Paul Allen.

Brown would put his Stan Boreson lovin' foot down, and probably get JP Patches back on the damn air.

Also in the race for Clark’s seat is Stan Lippmann, who wants us to travel on magnets and avoid immunizations, and the intensely sexually repressed Judy Fenton, who lists the city's top three problems as; not enough cops, the viaduct, and that naked father and son statue at the Olympic Sculpture Park.

We are pleasing our inner grumpy old man and voting Brown.

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By David in News on August 13, 2007 1:15 PM

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Ah yes, those evil bicyclists, with their minimally polluting ways and health-friendly transportation. Why it just boils my blood when I have to wait several seconds before roaring by them on the road. Bastards. Why don't they realize how much better the world would be if they would all just get a car.

Do you seriously support his platform? He seems fixated on Seattle as it WAS, rather than what it could be. In order to protect the environment that most of us claim to love we will have to make Seattle more dense and more efficient. This includes more and cheaper housing options, which may include *gasp* townhomes. I rent a basement in Seattle, and probably the only chance I will have to own here is in a condo or townhome.

Finally, I wish everybody would quit picking on the skateboarders (I've never skated myself). We can't complain about how fat and lazy our kids are, then prevent them from getting one of the forms of exercise they actually like. Although if you elect Brown, maybe you can drive your kid to the one remaining skatepark in Seattle without all of those pesky bikes in the way.