United African Public Affairs Committee of Washington State

UA-PAC with Mallahan

By Bob Young

Seattle Times staff reporter

Activists in Seattle’s minority communities are lamenting Mayor Greg Nickels’ loss in the primary election.. (read more…)

08 August,2009

UA-PAC is pleased to announce its endorsements in the 2009 Primary election in King County.
With so many dedicated and, qualified  candidates  our decision process was difficult. We ultimately selected those candidates who we felt best reflected the highest level of commitment to the interst of African immigrant community in King County, and the ability to follow through if elected.  UA-PAC endorses the following candidates for the following offices

Dow Conistantine: King County Executive
Mike McGinn: Seattle Mayor:
Mike Obrien:  Councill Postion 8
Nick Licata: Seattle City council Position 6
  David Bloom: Seattle City Council Position 4
   Rob Holland: Port Commissioner

UA-PAC with McGinn

 United African Public Affairs Committee of Washington(UA-PAC) had an hour interview with Mayoral candidate McGinn  on September 6, 2009., (read more…)

NPR, Sep 10.2009
New census figures Thursday are expected to show that the poverty rate rose in 2008. But the government still measures poverty the same way it did more than 40 years ago, and many experts think that gives an inaccurate measure of what’s going on. (read more…)

By Jim Brunner and Justin Mayo
Seattle Times staff reporters 09/09/2009
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels doesn’t have to travel far to see the neighborhood discontent that led to his ouster in the Aug. 18 primary. (read more…)

SeattlePI: - Joel Connelly.  Sep 9. 2009

In a somewhat backhanded decision, the legislative district that Mayor Greg Nickels calls home decided Wednesday night to leave their sole endorsement with Viaduct tunnel opponent Michael McGinn. (read more…)

by Claudia Rowe

Two weeks after Mayor Greg Nickels, a two-term incumbent, lost his bid for reelection and ended a lifetime in politics, the reasons for his failure have become conventional wisdom: He lost because of his ham-handed handling of last December’s snowstorm, his support for a $930 million tunnel to replace the viaduct, and his bullying management style. (read more…)

SEATTLE – Mayor Greg Nickels today announced the city of Seattle is awarding $4.3 million in federal and local funding to 10 agencies (for 13 programs) to prevent more than 1,600 low-income households from becoming homeless over the next two years. Another $1.1 million will help more than 100 homeless families move from shelters and the street into affordable housing. (read more…)