Washington State Politics » Seattle Mayor http://www.washingtonstatepolitics.com Politics and Government in the Evergreen State: Analysis, Political Biography, Political History, and Current Events related to Seattle and Washington Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:02:32 +0000 en hourly 1 Nickels Facilitates Sonics Move http://www.washingtonstatepolitics.com/2008/07/02/nickels-facilitates-sonics-move/ http://www.washingtonstatepolitics.com/2008/07/02/nickels-facilitates-sonics-move/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:34:11 +0000 Wa State Pol http://rogersgalaxy.net/washingtonstatepolitics.com/?p=18 Seattle’s Mayor, Greg Nickels, signed a deal with the Oklahoma businessman Clay Bennett, to allow the Seattle SuperSonics to not fulfill the remaining two years on their Key Arena lease and move to Oklahoma City. The arrangement leaves the Sonics name, colors, awards, and history in Seattle. Bennett’s team will acquire a new name and new colors prior to their first season in their new home. This is similar to the arrangement made when the owner of the Cleveland Brown’s NFL team uprooted that historic franchise and moved to Baltimore. The Browns returned from the dead several years later as Cleveland was awarded an expansion team, and the old Browns became the Baltimore Ravens.

Along those lines, one possible new name for Bennett’s uprooted team could be the Oklahoma City Vultures.

While mayoral posts in Washington are by law officially non-partisan, Greg Nickels is well-known as a Democrat, and is from that party’s liberal wing.

Sonics headed to OKC for $45 million settlement–Seattle PI, July 2, 2008

]]> http://www.washingtonstatepolitics.com/2008/07/02/nickels-facilitates-sonics-move/feed/ 0 The Seattle Nightlife and Music Association (SNMA) http://www.washingtonstatepolitics.com/2007/09/27/the-seattle-nightlife-and-music-association-snma/ http://www.washingtonstatepolitics.com/2007/09/27/the-seattle-nightlife-and-music-association-snma/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:14:22 +0000 Wa State Pol http://rogersgalaxy.net/washingtonstatepolitics.com/?p=46 The Seattle Nightlife and Music Association (SNMA) is a public policy organization dedicated to influencing the City of Seattle for the benefit of the nightlife industry in Seattle.

The SNMA is heavily involved in working to keep the city from legislating more restrictive  regulations on Seattle nightclubs and entertainment venues.

See also: http://www.washingtonstatepolitics.com/city-of-seattle-nightlife.html

The Seattle Nightlife and Music Association (SNMA)
Mission Statement:  from http://www.seattlenma.org/news/index.php

"The Seattle Nightlife and Music Association (SNMA) is a coalition of music, night club, and bar interests formed to educate elected officials, civic and community leaders, and the media on the serious issues facing the music and nightlife industry in Seattle."
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Metropolitan King County Council

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Seattle City Council

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