Seattle mayor hires bicycle advocate

Published 1:56 pm Friday, May 13, 2011

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has hired the advocacy director of the Cascade Bicycle Club, David Hiller, to a new position with the city paying $95,000 a year.

The mayor’s spokesman, Aaron Pickus, says Hiller will work on transportation and other issues.

KOMO reports the hiring comes as the mayor is asking city departments to cut another 3 percent to 8 percent in spending. Pickus says the mayor’s office is “living within its means” and has shrunk its budget by 6 percent this year.

McGinn is known as a regular bicycle commuter and biking advocate.