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Local NBA stars Brandon Roy, Jamal Crawford, Will Conroy, Isaiah Thomas Spencer Hawes ("The Home Team") and Seahawks player Kam Chancellor have teamed up with Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell and Mayor Mike McGinn in an effort to provide complete holiday meals for 2,000 Seattle families.
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Local NBA stars Brandon Roy, Jamal Crawford, Will Conroy, Isaiah Thomas and Spencer Hawes, or as they like to be called, the "Home Team," and Seahawk player Kam Chancellor have teamed up with Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell and Mayor Mike McGinn to provide complete Thanksgiving dinners for 2,000 eligible Seattle families. The Home Team has partnered with Safeway to purchase 2,000 turkeys and Safeway is donating all of the traditional Thanksgiving "trimmings."
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On Monday, November 21, Seattle City Council will introduce Council Bill 117345 to help clean up Puget Sound and protect marine wildlife by banning single-use plastic bags from grocers and retailers. Seattle’s legislation is largely modeled on the Bellingham ordinance passed in July 2011.
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The National League of Cities (NLC) passed a far-reaching resolution, "Supporting Healthy Food, Public Health, and Sustainability Practices in the 2012 Farm Bill," calling for a new Federal Farm Bill that emphasizes supporting regional food systems, healthy food, sustainable agriculture, and social justice for farmers and farm workers.
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The City Council unanimously approved Resolution 31337 committing to a number of actions in response to the Occupy movement. These steps primarily fall into the categories of fair lending and taxation.
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On Saturday, November 12, Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin was elected to a two-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities (NLC). Councilmember Conlin is one of 17 new board members chosen by the annual NLC convention to represent the more than 1,600 member municipalities, governing the organization. Conlin is the first Seattle elected official to serve on the NLC Board since former Councilmember Sue Donaldson, who served in 1997-1998.
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Converting "Coffee with Sallys" to a more seasonally appropriate "Cider with Sallys," Seattle City Councilmembers Sally J. Clark and Sally Bagshaw will hold a conversation hour at the West Seattle Farmer’s Market on Sunday, November 20, from 10 - 11:30 a.m. The Councilmembers will host a booth and hope Seattleites will stop by to talk about local issues.
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Seattle City Councilmembers will be available tomorrow morning, at 11:30 a.m., to discuss the likely 2012 budget balancing package. This media availability will take place immediately following the 9:30 a.m. Budget Committee meeting at which time final votes on green sheets and statements of legislative intent will be taken.
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Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess, Chair of the Public Safety and Education Committee, released the following statement tonight on the passage of the Families and Education Levy:
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Seattle City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, Chair of the Seattle Transportation Benefit District, released the following statement on the voter rejection of Seattle's Prop. 1, relating to the propose $60 vehicle license fee: