Gregory J. "Greg" Nickels (born August 7, 1955) became the 51st and current mayor of Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2002. He was elected to a second term November 8, 2005. Prior to becoming mayor, Nickels was legislative assistant to Seattle City Council member and future mayor Norm Rice from 1979 to 1987. Nickels was elected to the King County Council in 1987 (defeating longtime incumbent Bob Grieve), and reelected in 1991, 1995 and 1999. Wikipedia
Greg Nickels Mayor of Seattle By Andrew Stevens, Deputy Editor 12 March 2006: Seattles Mayor Greg Nickels was elected in 2001. www.citymayors.com/mayors/seattle_mayor.html
Greg Nickels, The Pied Piper from "Warriors & Heroes - Twenty-five leaders who are fighting to stave off the planetwide catastrophe" Rolling Stone Magazine, November, 2005 www.seattle.gov/mayor/climate/
Nickels is also sending the City Council a proposed ordinance which, if passed, would provide couples in same-sex marriages throughout the city the same rights and protections guaranteed to people in heterosexual marriages. www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=4166&dept=40/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Greg Nickels. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Nickels
City of Seattle News Releases, Home Page of the Official Web Site of the City of Seattle -- Seattle Public Access Network www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=4166&dept=40/
