Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Seattle Times Pictures of the Year 2010

Jan. 5: Mike McGinn dons a tie before taking the oath of office Jan. 4 as Seattle's new mayor. The desk in his sparsely furnished office has a colorful past: After incumbent Frank Edwards bought it in 1928, he became an impeachment target as citizens claimed the city spent as much as $11,000 for the desk and four accessory pieces. The set remains an office fixture. "After seeing many pictures of Mike McGinn dressed casually, often on a bike, during his campaign, I tried to get him putting on his tie before being sworn in. I'd like to take all the credit for this, but the real hero, in my book, is Mark Matassa, McGinn's communications director, who was as persistent as I was about getting me in. The secret to good political photography is to nudge early and often." - Ken Lambert