Big money in two Shoreline Council races
Thursday, August 11, 2011
By Evan Smith
There will be big money in at least two of the three November elections for positions on the Shoreline City Council.
Three months before the election, the two candidates running for the position now held by Councilman Terry Scott – former City Planning commissioner Robin McClelland and attorney Jesse Salomon -- have raised a combined $35,543 and spent $17,449. That’s $24,000 raised and $8,217 spent by Salomon to $11,543 raised and $9,232 spent by McClelland.
The contest between incumbent Councilwoman Doris McConnell and former Councilwoman Janet Way has a combined $11,813 raised and $3,976 spent. McConnell has raised $7,305 and spent $1,221 to Way’s $4,508 raised and $2,755 spent.
Salomon and Way are attracting one group of donors, while McClelland and McConnell share another group of donors.
Salomon and Way have six of the same donors.
McClelland and McConnell have five donors in common.
The biggest expenses for most of the candidates have been for campaign consulting and for yard signs.
In the third Council contest, incumbent Chris Eggen has raised $100 to nothing for challenger William Hubbell. Hubbell has reported spending $433 to nothing for Eggen.
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2 comments:
Just shows how much special interests are behind these races. The salary is what.....so what are the newbies going to try and push thru, and at what cost to the taxpayers of Shoreline...and how many perks are they getting in return? Have you looked at your utilities bills to see how much the CITY is taxing you??
To Anonymous: The salary is about $8,400 per year.
• The money for Jesse Salamon and Janet Way comes from people active in the 32nd Legislative District Democratic organization, people who lost control over the Council when Janet Way and Cindy Ryu lost re-election bids in 2009 and now want to regain control.
• The money for McClelland and McConnell comes from people who want to stop that group from regaining control.
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