The Seattle Times is reporting that City Council Member Jan Drago will finally make her run for mayor official on Tuesday outside the Seattle Art Museum.
Update: And Drago’s consultant Blair Butterworth tells PubliCola that indeed, Drago will “have an announcement” at 12:30 on Tuesday afternoon outside SAM.
The question that’s dogging Drago among political insiders (know-it-alls) and journalists is this: How does Drago, who has largely been in lockstep with Nickels’ signature issues—the tunnel, South Lake Union redevelopment, Northgate redevelopment, alcohol impact areas, the downtown heights rezone, stricter club rules, the streetcar, and lifting the U. District lease lid—differentiate herself from Nickels?
Given Nickels’ dreadful poll numbers, however, the answer—for the general pubic—might be simple enough: She’s not Greg Nickels.
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YAWN! Wow … and exciting interesting
YAWN … Blair But-But-Butt-Don’t-Do-Nothing-Or-We’ll-Scare-The-Middle-And-Lose!
let me guess … she’s gonna be the change candidate!
in my mind I’m seeing ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ and Pappy O’Daniel.
for a city filled with don’t rock the boat follow the herd sheep who think they’re cutting edge, drago is a great fit.
rmm.
For some reason, calling us “the general pubic” seems awkwardly appropriate.
I am not amused. Great ‘opportunity’ for her.
Jan Drago has two huge weaknesses:
1) She has no personality.
2) She has been virtually inaccessible to neighborhoods for years. She seems to make lots of time for business lobbyists (check out the Council visitor logs), but she never attends neighborhood events, never returns calls, never returns e-mails and generally tells normal people to go take a hike. Nickels, on the other hand, is always present in the community and his staff does actually respond to citizens – graciously.
More Weaknesses:
3)She lacks executive experience.
4)She lacks good judgment. Remember that toilet fiasco? The P-I dubbed her the “potty queen.”
5)She’s already in retirement mode and has coasted this past year, as this post attests:
http://tinyurl.com/pg9orb
Worst of all, for years she’s been desperately trying (and failing) for years to cover up the fact that she’s an ogre:
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20040330&slug=budget30m
And yet despite her ogre-like personality, she has failed to show leadership on pretty much any issue, pretty much forever. I can’t stand Nickels, but at least I know what kinds of policies he’ll pursue (for better or worse). What does Jan Drago stand for? Besides “not” being an ogre, that is.
If Mallahan would put up some actual ummm political positions on his website I might get interested. A bunch of rah rah we luv yas does not say what he would do as Mayor.
I love you guys.
Potty Queen. Drago the Ogre.
Everyone within 50 feet of me is now staring…
Kathryn, Joe’s gotta be putting up some policy stuff soon. Of course, there’s nothing better than talking to him face-to-face so keep your eyes open for an event calender.
There is no way Jan Drago can fill potholes faster than me!! She better have a permit or she’s not going ANYWHERE next snow storm–4-wheel drive or not.
City Hall staffers refer to Drago as Junket Jan behind her back:
http://tinyurl.com/o2d9w8