Sworn in yesterday, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels earned the profiled position as the 67th President of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM). What that means: Nickels will lead the assembly of mayors from cities with populations of 30,000 or more to discuss and debate policy issues impacting urban America and metropolitan areas. This is one of the organizations that has encouraged his environmental gun-ho attitude and projects. And now in his first full day on the job, Nickels will be schmoozing with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He'll be chatting her up about the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, where he'll push for Congress to consider the mayors' recommendations to save the world. more ›

"If I were still mayor, and I knew I was coming to an event like this," Charley Royer told us before last night's political fundraiser pub quiz, "I'd make sure there wasn't a question about Seattle that I didn't know the answer to." more ›