News from Greg Nickels http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news 2009-08-17T19:35:21+01:00 text/html 2009-08-17T18:35:20+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=71 Please join Greg and Neighbors for Nickels at our Primary Election Night Party! We'll be at the UFCW Building located at 5030 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134 at 7:30 PM. Please RSVP to info@gregnickels.com if you can attend. Thanks, and we hope to see you there!<br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://gregnickels.com/images/gallery/showpic.jpg"><br></div> text/html 2009-08-16T07:57:57+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=70 <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="3">Setting the Record Straight: Mallahan Has Failed to Vote in Many More Elections than Previously Realized</font><br><font size="1">Candidate with no record of public service and minimal community involvement has not voted in ten recent elections, not six as previously reported</font><br></div><font size="1">&nbsp;</font><br>Seattle (August 13) -- New research text/html 2009-08-16T07:55:17+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=69 Greg has gone above and beyond to make regional mass transit a reality for Seattle. Seattle Transit Blog wrote that "Team Nickels is what got [Proposition 1] on the ballot and put it over the top" in 2008! <br><br>From <a href="http://seattletransitblog.com/2009/08/14/nickels-and-sound-transit-2/#comments">Seattle Transit Blog</a>:<br><br><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nickels and Sound Transit 2</span></font><br><font text/html 2009-08-11T20:47:56+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=68 Mayor Nickels launched a new ad that emphasizes his record of accomplishments. You can watch the ad below!<br><br><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3yh2abaTC3s&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3yh2abaTC3s&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_profilepage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> text/html 2009-08-11T22:18:36+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=67 <span style="font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contact: Sandeep Kaushik, (206) 355-9230</span><br>&nbsp;<br><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fact Check: Mike McGinn's Anti-Tax Tunnel Message Is an Attempt to Mislead Voters</span></font><br></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><font size="2">Mike McGinn is telling voters he opposes spending $930 million on a tunnel to replace the text/html 2009-08-06T10:40:49+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=66 Seattle will receive millions of dollars from the federal government to install charging stations for electric cars. Read all about it in this <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009607173_electriccars06m.html">Seattle Times</a> article!<br><br><font size="3"><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4">Stimulus funds jolt car-charging-station plans</font><br><font size="2"><font size="1">by Emily Heffter</font><br><br><font size="2">The Seattle area will get millions of dollars from the federal text/html 2009-08-06T10:19:30+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=65 <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://gregnickels.com/images/uploaded/nslea002.jpg"><br></div>KING5 reported that Mayor Nickels "is rolling out what many feel is the biggest hurdle facing the electric car era"- putting in over 2500 charging stations for the new, green electric cars. Read below for more and watch the news clip <a href="http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=386532&amp;shu=1">here</a>!<br><br>From <a href="http://www.king5.com/localnews/environment/stories/NW_080509ENB-seattle-charging-stations-TP.b03446ae.html">king5.com</a>:<br><br><font style="font-weight: bold;" text/html 2009-08-03T16:02:17+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=64 Mayor Nickels launched his second campaign ad today highlighting his commitment to progressive policies. You can watch his ad below!<br><br><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kjo09KdeeSY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kjo09KdeeSY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> text/html 2009-07-20T09:27:17+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=63 A great article from <span style="font-style: italic;">The Seattle Times</span> about Light Rail. Click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=113862260247&amp;h=IbU9s&amp;u=WkE3-&amp;ref=mf">here</a> for the full article.<br><br>From <span style="font-style: italic;">The Seattle Times</span>:<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Light rail shows Seattle is 'growing up'<br></span></span>by Danny Westneat<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><br></span><p>Seattle, the little engine that doubted it could, finally got its train.</p> <p>Today text/html 2009-07-20T09:06:02+01:00 http://gregnickels.com/ http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=news&full=62 We have lots of photo from opening day in our gallery. Click <a href="http://gregnickels.com/index.php?page=gallery&amp;cat=14">here</a> to take a look!