Today my Council committee focused on children. Specifically: how does the City’s Families and Education Levy empower children to succeed in school? I am honored to serve as the chair of the Levy’s oversight committee and I believe our focus...
Month: July 2013
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Councilmember Licata’s statement regarding City’s rising rents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/2/2013
Councilmember Nick Licata
Councilmember Licata's statement regarding City's rising rents
SEATTLE - City Councilmember Nick Licata, chair of the Housing, Human Service, Health and Culture Committee, issued the foll...
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Legislature’s Failure Raises Questions about Future Transit Service
In a major blow for the significant transportation challenges we face in Washington, the State Legislature adjourned over the weekend without acting on a statewide transportation revenue package; the House passed it, the Republican-dominated Majority Coalition Caucus in the Senate...
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Council approves funds to support 50 additional unsheltered homeless families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/1/2013
Councilmember Nick Licata
Council approves funds to support 50 additional unsheltered homeless families
SEATTLE - City Council authorized spending today to support 50 homeless families in Seattle. This is in additio...
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Nothing Against Life
There is a suicide every 18 minutes in the United States, one every 30 seconds in the world.
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Archives Find of the Month: Epidemics in Early Seattle
Early Clerk Files hint at the effect communicable diseases had on Seattle in the late 19th century and the actions taken by the city government to limit the spread of infections. In 1895, scarlet fever hit the population to such an extent that the Board of Health ordered all books from Rainier School and South [...]
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Action Summary, Monday 7/1/13
The following is a summation of Council actions at Monday’s 2 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Rasmussen excused HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE: 1. Council Bill 117798 (PDF Version) PASS (8 – 0) Related to the 2013 budget appropriation for the Human Services Department (HSD) Transitional Living and Support B CL; lifting a [...]
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Eyeball to Eyeball with Bertha
I got a chance to visit Big Bertha, the five-story tunneling machine, on Friday.
The 57.5-foot tunneling machine that begins its journey from Pioneer Square to South Lake Union this summer, is presently cradled in an 80-foot launch pit, poised to delve underground.
The biggest tunnel-boring machine in the world will not emerge until 2015 and, at that time, will have carved out a double-decker tunnel fit to carry tens of thousands of vehicles each day.
In the prelude to the start of boring, workers are shoring up soils in the Pioneer Square area, making sure that all the supports, hoses and electrical connections are in working order, … Continue Reading »