I would like to invite you to attend one of three Bicycle Master Plan update public meetings in November. The meetings will be from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at various locations in the Seattle area. If you cannot make it in person there will also be a Lunch and Learn online meeting November 15th. You can register here on the [...]
Month: October 2012
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You have questions, we have answers
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Do you have questions for the City Council? What changes has the Council made to the mayor’s proposed budget? How does the Council determine its budget priorities? Why was the Yellow Pages ban deemed unconstitutional and what does that mean for Seattleites? Hear election night predictions and join the conversation by submitting your questions now.
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Council Conversation with Josephine Cheng
From Seattle Channel: Host Josephine Cheng catches up with Seattle City Councilmember Mike O`Brien along the Burke Gilman Trail in Fremont. Learn how his love of the outdoors and desire to make a difference led him from the corporate world to politics. Prior to being elected in 2009, O`Brien spent most of his professional career [...]
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Budget Crunch Time
The City Council is entering crunch time in our 2013-2014 budget deliberations. Beginning this morning through Friday, we will review Council proposals for specific additions and cuts to the Mayor’s original budget proposal. Late next week, likely either Thursday or...
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Councilmember Bruce Harrell’s statement on DOJ monitor appointment
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Today, U.S. District Judge James Robart issued a court order approving Merrick Bobb as the monitor, signifying a critical checkpoint in the DOJ settlement agreement.
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Seattle For Washington Goes to Tacoma
Pop quiz: Which Washington city is the City of Destiny? If you said Tacoma, you are correct. Tacoma was the destination for four of us last Friday as we dropped in for a quick chat on mutual priorities. The visit was part of the Council’s on-going Seattle For Washington effort to find more points of [...]
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Looking at PayByPhone
On Sunday, many of y0u may have seen Danny Westneat’s column about the Pay-by-Phone program (the mayor’s proposal to allow the use of a cell phone application to pay for parking). While I am glad that Danny listens to the City Council’s budget deliberations, I am sorry that he did not have space to supply all the facts and that, nowhere else, did the Times run a story with some very pertinent details.
This left readers to decide the issue with incomplete facts and some cherry-picked quotes.
Under the mayor’s proposal, if a driver had not paid for the maximum time allowed (for example, only 90 minutes in a 2 hour zone), it would be possible to add up to the … Continue Reading »
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Community Power Works Getting the Work Done
The City’s Community Power Works program, funded out of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA – the ‘economic stimulus’ legislation of 2009) received some critical reviews for starting up more slowly than the original plan. It did turn out to be challenging to ramp up as quickly as had been hoped, but the good [...]
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Seattle City Council seeks candidates for civil service commission
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Councilmember Tim Burgess announced today that the City Council is seeking candidates for a three-year term on the Civil Service Commission starting Jan. 1, 2013.
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Space Needle & Seattle Center
In 1988, Disneyland's "Imagineers" pitched a plan to breathe new life into the Center, requiring commercializing most of the Center’s grounds. It was rejected.