"Seattle Times" Endorses Openly Gay Candidate For Mayor

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Source: www.davidmixner.com --- Tuesday, July 16, 2013
? ? ? State Senator Ed Murray has long been a pioneer in LGBT politics. More than any other individual he has championed LGBT equality in Washington State for years. The talented and articulate openly gay public official is now running for Mayor of Seattle. This week the city' leading newspaper, The Times, endorsed his candidacy. You make a contribution to Murray's campaign by clicking here. Here is the full editorial. THE darkest clouds of the Great Recession have lifted to reveal construction cranes hovering above Seattle. A technology campus flowers around South Lake Union. The city of Seattle?s financial prognosis is perking up. But a sunnier forecast in Seattle should not diminish the challenges the next Seattle Mayor will inherit. Among them: the waterfront rebuild and preservation of the industrial core; a growing population demanding transit and congestion relief; endemic inequities in Seattle?s schools and neighborhoods; and the need to lay seeds for the next Amazon.com. These all require a Mayor with a regional view of Pugetopolis, proven political and deal-making skills and resources to hit the ground running. Ed Murray is the clear choice. Murray?s experience is stellar. Representing central Seattle as a state Representative and Senator for 18 years, Murray, 58, is the rare legislator who has written operating, capital and transportation budgets. He knows what is possible, and what is reasonably attainable. Seattle ne ...

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