The City Council identified domestic violence as one of our priority issues for 2010. We acted on that priority in response to the Mayor’s proposed cuts in domestic violence programs in his 2011 budget. The Council unanimously voted to restore Victim Advocate positions in the Seattle Police Department, and funding for the treatment of indigent [...]
Month: February 2011
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February 28, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
Excellence through honest self-reflection
A few weeks ago I wore my Seattle Police Department sweatshirt at the City Hall Open House. I bought it last fall on a sunny day at the SW Precinct community picnic. The precinct parking lot and sidestreet were packed with neighbors and officers who work together day in and day out to make life [...]
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February 28, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
A Look Back at Events I Do Not Want to Repeat
History repeats itself, so the saying goes. But, we can also be smart and learn from history. On this day, the 10th anniversary of the Nisqually earthquake, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on some national and local events that have happened this past decade that we do not want to repeat. 2001 – [...]
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February 25, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien
Monday’s Special Committee: the deep-bore tunnel project
At 9:30am on Monday, at a special full council meeting of the Seattle City Council will be voting on whether to overturn the Mayor’s veto on C.B. 117101, which would authorize the City to execute the agreements with the Washington State Department of Transportation, allowing them to proceed with the deep-bore tunnel project. I believe [...]
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February 25, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Lake to Bay Loop – From Vision to Reality in Only 20 Years!
One of my delights this year is to see our Lake to Bay Loop project getting underway. Along with Seattle Parks Department, Seattle Center, Seattle Department of Transportation, Seattle Parks Foundation, Department of Planning and Development, Friends of Kinnear Park, the Uptown Alliance, my colleagues on Council, and several private property owners, we have made [...]
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February 23, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
A Breath of Spring!
The 22nd Annual Northwest Flower and Garden Show starts today. The theme is “Once upon a Time.” Dodging hail outside, I left the cold front behind and was hit full force by the fragrance of hyacinths inside the 6th floor of the Convention Center. And what a welcome sight to see the jonquils in full [...]
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February 22, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Bradner Gardens: neighbor power at its best
Joyce Moty and a number of her neighborhood colleagues prevailed on the Powers That Be about fifteen years ago to preserve 1.6 acres in the Mt. Baker neighborhood for a community garden and multi-purpose park. They are the quintessential community leaders who had a good idea, wrote grants, leveraged the grants, and have created a [...]
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February 18, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien
Working Toward Systemic Change in Public Safety
Two nights ago King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced that he would not be filing criminal charges against Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk. Birk shot and killed John T. Williams on August 30, 2010. This is very discouraging and undoubtedly sends another signal to the community that our police and public safety system is broken. [...]
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February 18, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Waterfront Seattle highlights process to come
Last night’s Waterfront Seattle event at the Seattle Aquarium was a great success and so well-attended that people were packed in like sardines. James Corner presented for an hour to the standing-room only crowd about his approach and thinking to our waterfront. To my delight, he is building on the work of our previous design [...]
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February 17, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Godden
Bleak Outlook in Olympia
Legislators have been unbelievably stressed by twin budget traumas. In the short term they have to trim hundreds of millions from this year’s budget. And, in the long term, they have to get started crafting a two-year budget that weathers the toughest years that Olympia has faced since the Great Depression.