New County Councilmember for West Seattle? Item delayed till pm

We’re back at King County Council chambers downtown, where we spent seven hours three weeks ago, the night councilmembers kept deadlocking on who to appoint to the council seat (representing West Seattle, White Center, Vashon among other areas) left open when Dow Constantine became County Executive. The meeting is scheduled to start at any time; we’ll publish updates as they happen – once it starts, you also should be able to watch live on cable TV or online (here’s the link). As happened three weeks ago, a contingent from the 34th District Democrats (photo above) is here to show support for State Sen. Joe McDermott; he too is here. More as it happens; here’s our running coverage from the meeting three weeks ago. 11:28 AM UPDATE: The meeting just started. 11:48 AM: Chair Bob Ferguson says the item will be held till this afternoon – last item on the agenda – and that means after the lunch break they’re about to take. 11:55 AM: The afternoon meeting is scheduled to start at 1:30 pm; we expect to report other news between now and then, so we will start a new item once the meeting resumes. 1:36 PM: We’re back in the council chambers and the meeting has yet to restart. 1:56 PM: The meeting has resumed. The appointment is the last item. We still expect to start a new item atop the page when that discussion begins.

funkietoo January 4, 2010 (1:19 pm)

I did not realize this meeting was going on today! I just emailed all of the Council Members, urging them to appoint Joe McDermott.

Here is an excerpt of what I said:

…if each of you took the time to talk to or poll our District, you will find an overwhelming majority of the electorate wants Joe.

…do not try convince me that any of the Council positions are nonpartisan…they’re not. Just because a cake full of seawater is beautifully decorated, does not mean it does not taste like seawater when you bite into it.

Best Regards,

Bob January 4, 2010 (1:23 pm)

The only problem with appointing McDermott is that Olympia loses an up-and-comer who has a brain. If Joe become KC councilmember, then there will be two more appointments, one for Joe’s seat and one for the House seat that presumably Sharon Nelson leaves to take the Senate seat, which would be unfortunate. Nelson is just another useless liberal who will be part of the bigger gov’t/bigger taxes crowd that runs the state Senate. Just appoint Nelson to the council and lessen the damage.

flowerpetal January 4, 2010 (2:47 pm)

Looks like Larry Phillips has already agreed to break the impasse and will vote for Drago which starts with the letter “D” the same as the word “disappointing.”

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