Tag: Budget and Economic Development
For many families, the difference between a dead-end job and a living-wage career is a construction job.
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Posted: May 20th, 2013 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
Every year at the start of the commercial fishing season Ballard First Lutheran Church holds a ceremonial Blessing of the Fleet at Fisherman’s Terminal. This is a great opportunity to recognize the hard, often dangerous work of commercial fishing and to thank the people on and off the boats for being a part of our [...]
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Posted: March 5th, 2013 under Councilmember Clark.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
Last week, OACA kicked off the long-awaited planning effort for Langston Hughes Institute by convening the first of up to six Action Committee meetings to be held between now and this summer.
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Posted: March 4th, 2013 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
We often hear that Seattle is considered that bad guy in Olympia. The phrase “Seattle-centric” is mentioned. “Big, bad Seattle.” Sometimes, too, “Seattle” is shorthand for all of our state’s urban areas, including Bellingham, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, and more. Sometimes it is shorthand for “progressive” or “liberal.” In 2010, in response, our former Council President [...]
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Posted: February 25th, 2013 under Councilmember Bagshaw.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
The FCC is proposing giving away unlicensed portions of the digital spectrum to allow for super Wi-Fi networks across the nation.
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Posted: February 19th, 2013 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
At Council we’re talking about how to improve our elections and how campaigns are financed. Everyone can agree that we want interested people to be involved and yes, run for office if that’s their calling. But we go about this reform is a complicated puzzle with many pieces. Financing local elections is just one of those pieces. In November [...]
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Posted: January 31st, 2013 under Councilmember Bagshaw.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
On Monday, December 17 the City Council approved the City’s state legislative agenda for 2013. I proposed an amendment to add a provision in support of considering the creation of a state investment trust, to “provide financing for housing development, public works infrastructure, educational infrastructure, student loans, and community quality of life projects.” This was [...]
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Posted: December 21st, 2012 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development, Development and Sustainability
On Monday the Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution I sponsored calling on Congress and the President to adopt a balanced approach to avoiding the “fiscal cliff” set to impose across-the board cuts at the start of 2013. The resolution calls for a balanced approach that allows the tax cut for the wealthiest 2 [...]
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Posted: December 18th, 2012 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
On November 21 the City Council approved the 2013 City of Seattle budget, and endorsed the 2014 budget. After a number of very difficult budget years requiring extensive cuts, there has been a measure of economic recovery. However, growth in tax revenue remains well below pre-recession levels, highlighting the need for continued sound fiscal management. [...]
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Posted: November 21st, 2012 under Councilmember Licata.
Tags: Budget and Economic Development
On Monday, November 19, the City Council unanimously adopted the 2013 City of Seattle budget, and endorsed the 2014 budget (the City prepares budgets on a two-year cycle, but the legal ‘adoption’ of the budget has to be done annually, so the 2014 budget will be reviewed, amended, and finally adopted in November of 2013.) [...]
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Posted: November 20th, 2012 under Councilmember Conlin.
Tags: Budget, Budget and Economic Development
