Mike O'Brien (Seattle politician)

Mike O'Brien
Member of the Seattle City Council for position 8
Assumed office
2010
Preceded by Richard McIver
Personal details
Residence Seattle, WA
Occupation Seattle City Councilmember (Position 8)

Mike O'Brien is a member of the Seattle City Council.[1] He was first elected in 2009.[2] He was the leading proponent of the opt out list for the Yellow Pages.[3] He is the only opponent of the proposed deep bore tunnel under downtown Seattle on the city council.[4] O'Brien has a degree in economics from Duke and an MBA from the University of Washington.[5] He was chair of the local chapter of the Sierra Club before running for office. In this capacity he was one of the leading opponents of the 2007 Roads and Transit ballot measure.[6]

2015 election

O'Brien ran for the newly created District 6 position for the Seattle City Council. He won the primary and faced Catherine Weatbrook in the November general election.[7]

References

  1. "Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien". Seattle.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. "Results - King County Elections". Your.kingcounty.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  3. Krueger, David (2011-05-05). "Seattle cracks down on yellow-pages deliveries | The Seattle Times". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. Grygiel, Chris (2011-05-16). "City Council rift over viaduct tunnel resolution - Strange Bedfellows — Politics News". Blog.seattlepi.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  5. "The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest". Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  6. Garber, Andrew (2007-11-07). "Huge roads-transit plan gets trounced | The Seattle Times". Seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  7. "Low voter turnout for primary elections; Mike O’Brien leads District 6 with 58% votes". My Ballard. Retrieved 2016-01-08.


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