Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda, Rob Johnson and Lorena González issued the following statement regarding the school bus driver strike set to begin tomorrow: “The people who safely transport our kiddos in Seattle to public schools deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. This must begin with a decent contract with First Student. We stand in...
Month: January 2018
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January 31, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember O'Brien, News Releases, Obrien
Councilmember O’Brien: Burke-Gilman Trail Ruling Paves the Way to Complete Ballard’s ‘Missing Link’
Councilmember Mike O’Brien (District 6, Northwest Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement after the Hearing Examiner ruled in favor of the City of Seattle and the Department of Transportation: “At last we can move forward to complete the missing link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. I’m excited to finally...
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January 31, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant
Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s Socialist Response to Trump’s State of the Union
Full transcript of Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s response to Trump’s State of the Union address follows. Sisters and Brothers, The first horrifying year of Trump’s White House has come to an end. A year of massive tax handouts to the corporate elite, of gutting regulations, of an assault on the hard won gains of working people, […]
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January 30, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Building a Pathway Home at Fort Lawton
*Originally Published in Queen Anne and Magnolia News Hundreds of community members packed the Magnolia United Church of Christ for a public hearing on the Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan last Tuesday, January 9th. People came from Magnolia and across Seattle to take part in a discussion about the future of Fort Lawton, land the city […]
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January 30, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Kicking off Heart Health Month – Wear Red on Friday, February 2!
The leading cause of death in the US — among both women and men– is also one of the most preventable. Heart Disease kills 844,000 people in the US and according to local statistics 830 people died last year in Seattle alone. Nationwide, roughly ¼ of American adults are living with some form of cardiovascular […]
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January 26, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Herbold
Crescent-Hamm Building Historic Preservation; Stormwater Investments Coming for Longfellow Creek; MHA Committee Established
Crescent-Hamm Building Historic Preservation As Seattle grows, it’s critically important to maintain connections to our past. Seattle’s Historic Preservation program, in effect since 1973, has designated more than 450 sites as landmarks, helping us to preserve our heritage. On Monday, the Full Council will vote to complete the landmark designation process for the Crescent-Hamm Building […]
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January 24, 2018January 6, 2023Gonzalez
Councilmember González’s Statement on AG Sessions’ Threat to Subpoena King County’s Records
Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide), Chair of the Council’s Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans & Education Committee, issued the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to subpoena King County’s records relating to immigration status: “As the Chair of the Seattle City Council’s committee responsible for public safety and immigration policy,...
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January 24, 2018January 6, 2023News Releases
#TeresaTuesdays – One Month In
Our Work Continues We’re One Month In to 2018, and I am excited to report that we are on track to get some good things done this year. January is where we begin preparing our workplans for the year, and my team has been listening to the community, identifying priorities for the Housing, Health, Energy, […]
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January 22, 2018January 6, 2023Bagshaw, News Releases
Mayor, City Attorney & Council: We Call on Legislature to End Death Penalty in WA State
All nine Seattle City Councilmembers, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes sent a LETTER to Seattle’s legislative delegation today, calling for an end to the death penalty in Washington State. Washington Senate Bill 6052 and House Bill 1935 would eliminate the death penalty and instead require life imprisonment without possibility of release...
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January 22, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez
Seattle Asian Art Museum Expansion is approved
I am pleased to announce that today, January 22nd, the Seattle City Council passed Council Bill 119150 and Council Bill 119146 to authorize the expansion of the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. The beautifully designed Art Deco building in which the SAAM is housed has been a fixture of Volunteer Park and the SAM for […]