“All politics is local,” former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill is often quoted as saying, reprising the 1932 axiom credited to Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Byron Price.
City Council passes over AAPI candidates for open D2 seat
Despite Seattle’s high concentration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents, the Seattle City Council (SCC) on Monday passed over the two AAPI finalists in the running for appointment to the at-large District 2 seat, which encompasses the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Outsider versus insider at candidate forum for position 8
Some presented themselves as marginalized, others as insiders.