The DUI factor

The DUI vote was split. Venus Velazquez appeared to be losing to Bruce Harrell in a Seattle City Council race. Jane Hague appeared to be retaining her job on the King County Council, defeating Richard Pope. Velazquez and Hague both made headlines for recent DUI arrests. Both issued apologies. But in addition to her act of contrition, Hague spent $430,000 of her own money to ensure a win.
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The DUI vote was split. Venus Velazquez appeared to be losing to Bruce Harrell in a Seattle City Council race. Jane Hague appeared to be retaining her job on the King County Council, defeating Richard Pope. Velazquez and Hague both made headlines for recent DUI arrests. Both issued apologies. But in addition to her act of contrition, Hague spent $430,000 of her own money to ensure a win.

The DUI vote was split. Venus Velazquez appeared to be losing to Bruce Harrell in a Seattle City Council race. Jane Hague appeared to be retaining her job on the King County Council, defeating Richard Pope. Velazquez and Hague both made headlines for recent DUI arrests. Both issued apologies. But in addition to her act of contrition, Hague spent $430,000 of her own money to ensure a win.

  

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O. Casey Corr

O. Casey Corr is a Seattle native, author and marketing communications consultant.