“YEAH,” YOU MIGHT BE SAYING, “Mark Sidran could potentially be a disaster as Seattle’s next mayor. But why should we expect any better from his opponent Greg Nickels?”
Because, unlike the smug, endlessly self-hyping Sidran, Nickels is a solid, glamour-free, ego-free grunt worker and consensus builder behind the scenes of civic governance. He’ll work for the city, not for his own self-promotion.
And he’ll work (within the prevailing political realities) for a city that works for all of us, not just for the upscale.