West Seattle scene: Mayor-elect McGinn parties in West Seattle

Just this morning, we were talking about the maps showing who voted for who, where, around the city in last month’s election – and noting that West Seattle had something of an east-west split between Joe Mallahan support (most of the western side of the peninsula) and Mike McGinn support (most of the east). Christi Stapleton just sent us a photo of Mayor-elect McGinn at the biggest event in eastern West Seattle tonight (actually probably the biggest event on the whole peninsula), the holiday party at the Duwamish Longhouse for progressive groups including Sustainable West Seattle, CoolMom and the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition. Earlier this week, the mayor-elect held his first three town halls; videos for all three are now viewable from this page on the transition website.

Diane December 5, 2009 (1:29 pm)

hmmmm; I was at the Duwamish holiday party, midway about 7 – 8ish, for abut an hour; great turnout, but did not see Mike
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I did attend his town hall at Langston Hughes, which was excellent; I’m very hopeful for positive changes with our new city administration

WSB December 5, 2009 (1:32 pm)

His appearance wasn’t in any of the advance announcements we received about the event, for what it’s worth – Christi’s photo just appeared in the inbox. The 34th District Democrats, meantime, are having their holiday party next Wednesday, on what would be their usual meeting night.

brizone December 5, 2009 (1:37 pm)

Mike showed up later in the evening (around 9-9:30pm) after he and Dow had been honored at a dinner in the ID.

We’d been trying to get him and Dow to drop by, and wanted to keep it open (and flexible) for both of them.

FWIW, we did invite a range of Seattle-area politicos as well to afford them the chance to mingle and relax in our secret WS treasure on W Marginal Way (the Longhouse).

@brian

Bill Reiswig December 5, 2009 (1:45 pm)

It was wonderful to have Mayor McGinn drop in at the event last night. He seemed to be there for at least 2 hours and engaged many people in conversation. The man is warm, very approachable, a good listerner, passionate about Seattle, and full of ideas. I’m looking for forward to seeing what the city can do during his tenure.

Kudos to those people who organized this busy event last night… it was wonderful to connect with the so many people in Seattle’s green community…

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