Seattle council candidate drops out after report of 2015 assault surfaces
Seattle City Hall. (AP file photo)
Seattle City Council candidate Mike McQuaid has withdrawn from the running for the city’s at-large position, following the surfacing of a report from The Seattle Times detailing assault and harassment charges he faced in 2015.
According to the report, McQuaid “was upset with some landscaping work, part of a construction project outside his Westlake condo.” Things proceeded to get heated between him and the man working on the project on-site. McQuaid threatened to head-butt the man, and then while wielding a gas-powered chop saw, threatened to cut the man’s head off.