Seattle Transit Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Publicola reports that Seattle’s Mayor-elect Mike McGinn may skip taking a role on the Sound Transit board, instead giving his support to incoming city councilmember Mike O’Brien for the position. Richard Conlin, the city council president, plans to remain on the Sound Transit board. The Sound Transit board is the group of elected officials that [...]
West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Seattle City Council just announced who’ll be in charge of which committee once its two new members, Sally Bagshaw and Mike O’Brien, are sworn in after the holidays. One change of particular note to West Seattleites - WS-residing Councilmember Tom Rasmussen is moving from the Parks Committee chair role to lead the Transportation Committee [...]
Slog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
On KUOW's Weekday this morning, Seattle Times columnist Joni Balter and a couple of callers wanted to know more about the Mercury Group, the quiet political consulting firm that just helped Mike McGinn win the mayor's race (and also helped Mike O'Brien take a city council seat). As we wrote in this week's Stranger : Go to the website of Seattle's Mercury Group, and you'll find very little except an...
Computing.co.uk (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Tom Young, Computing , Friday 13 November 2009 at 11:13:00 Delays in implementing systems mean only a fifth of forecast money has been spent on paying contractors The Department of Health has spent only around £1.2bn of the £5.1bn it forecast on paying contractors in the five regions of the National Programme for IT, according to official figures. The outlay is so low largely because of...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Ask Your Pharmacist Launch at the Houses of Parliament sought to raise awareness of services being provided in community pharmacy to MPs and key stakeholders. The event was hosted by Shadow Health Minister Mark Simmonds MP, with speeches from Health Minister Mike O'Brien MP and John Turk, National Pharmacy Association Chief Executive.
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Hiiiiii. Hope all is welllll. Sorry, I was falling from the sky when I typed that. Don't worry, I landedddddd. Oh, how was your weekend? I saw Bob Dylan in Kitchener; it was great. Today's Q & Hopefully A submission is as follows: my Zeus question.. unless you know the answer already I know many of you have another job in music with Mr Collett but.. When the heck will you make an album with more...
The Jobbing Doctor (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
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 he has an...
NHS-THE OTHER SIDE (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From Pulse : A poll of 326 GPs reveals that in the wake of the major parties’ political conferences, the profession’s support for the Government is at its lowest level yet. Just 8% said they would vote Labour in the next election, which is expected to be held early next summer. 52% said they would vote for the Conservatives and 22% for the Liberal Democrats. 7 respondents – equivalent...
Slog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
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% David...
Slog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Last night, despite the SECB's beer goggles—and wine goggles and whisky goggles—that made us swoon for Dow Constantine and Pete Holmes , a few things were extremely clear: People are sick of City Attorney Tom Carr , nobody is fooled by Susan Hutchison’s claim that she’s a “nonpartisan” (look at her "nonpartisan" friends ), and, damn, voters are homophobic...
What Is Wales And What Is It For? (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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) | 04/11/2009
Relive last night's exciting, historical, phantasmagorical election minute-by-drunken-minute. Here are last night's SECB posts arranged in chronological order for your reading pleasure. Slog saw its highest traffic of the year last night because voters know that a little snark and assholery in election coverage drives efficiencies and moves us forward. SECB Denied Face Time with Susan Hutchison The...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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) | 04/11/2009
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% NO 36.67% [ Subscribe...
Slog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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 within two points,...
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