Developer Greg Smith, CEO of Urban Visions, is considering a challenge to Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels in 2009, Crosscut is reporting.
Smith apparently commissioned a poll showing that only 26 percent of Seattle residents would vote for Greg Nickels in a generic election featuring another candidate.
Crosscut says that Smith is unhappy with the inaction on the Alaskan Way viaduct as well as Nickels' commitment to keeping the SoDo neighborhood industrial. They even speculates that Smith may have inside knowledge of an upcoming federal appointment for Nickels.
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