On August 3, 2015, I was pleased to vote for a Seattle City Council resolution condemning the racist anti-Chinese legislation and policies that were so ubiquitous in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This resolution cannot undo the harm done in the past. But acknowledging this history and recognizing the immense contributions Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans made […]
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August 6, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #376 – ALEC Conference Part 5 // Internal Divisions within ALEC
It is verifiable how large corporations push ALEC’s policies to allow them to maximize their profits while passing on the cost of mitigating any environmental damage they cause to the public sector. The same goes for the public picking up the tab for workers who need health care or housing because businesses do not pay […]
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August 5, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Gun Safety Measures Pass Committee
The Council’s Education and Governance Committee voted this morning to approve two gun safety measures: a gun violence tax on the sellers of firearms and ammunition and a requirement to report lost and stolen firearms to the police. The gun...
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August 5, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #375 – ALEC Conference Part 4 // ALEC’s Targets: Unions, the Supreme Court, Political Parties, & Bureaucrats
Unions are ALEC’s favorite whipping boy. When ALEC opened up their conference with Governor Steve Walker, he snapped that whip within his first few moments boasting “we took on the unions and won.” The crowd cheered. Even though union membership has been slashed by two-thirds from their peak in the mid-fifties, there are still enough […]
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August 5, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Okamoto
100 Days Down, 100 More to Go
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August 4, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Don’t be a Jerk Part 2
This is the second in a series of blog posts about what we can do to reduce traffic congestion around our city. First, I shook my finger at drivers who were blocking intersections, driving in designated bus and bike lanes and blocking pedestrian crosswalks. Since I wrote that post, I have had multiple conversations with SDOT and the […]
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August 4, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #374 – ALEC Conference Part 3 // Where Corporations Are People Too
Unlike other political organizations of locally elected public officials, corporations, business associations, and think tanks are full voting ALEC members, referred to as the private-interest partners. From talking to one private-interest member, the cost of joining ALEC is just over $1,000 but to vote in one of ALEC’s task forces that make policies, the cost […]
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August 3, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Council Adopts Resolution Expressing Seattle’s Regret for Historical Anti-Chinese Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8/3/2015
Council Adopts Resolution Expressing Seattle's Regret for Historical Anti-Chinese Legislation
SEATTLE - Council unanimously approved a resolution today that expresses regret for anti-Chinese legislation passed by the...
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August 3, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #373 – ALEC Conference Part 2 // Meet the folks who want to tear down government
This series about my attendance at the ALEC conference has first appeared on the website PR Watch. If yesterday’s far left wanted to overthrow the government, today’s far right would just as soon get rid of most of it. The term “far right” implies a small fringe group, wanting to shove most of the federal […]
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August 3, 2015January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #373 – ALEC Conference Part 2: Meet the folks who want to tear down government
This series about my attendance at the ALEC conference has first appeared on the website PR Watch. If yesterday’s far left wanted to overthrow the government, today’s far right would just as soon get rid of most of it. The term “far right” implies a small fringe group, wanting to shove most of the federal […]