I recently visited Quixote Village in Olympia. The Village is becoming famous, in no small part because of a February 20, 2014 NY Times article. The Village provides homes for 29 low and no-income individuals, each in their own 8×18 house, every house equipped with a single captain’s bed sporting three drawers, a locally made […]
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February 18, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Caps on rideshares, taxis, and for hires? There’s a better way.
In case you didn’t catch it in The Stranger, this is my argument for why we should lift caps on rideshares. Thanks for taking part in the conversation. — Sally A year’s worth of meetings about the future of transportation reached a crescendo this past Friday morning in Seattle City Council chambers. In a room […]
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February 11, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Lockers: One Way to Help
You may have read this in The Stranger, but in case you haven’t, I wanted you to see a letter that Councilmember Harrell and I wrote. Thanks for reading — Sally Imagine you have lost your job, your home, maybe your marriage or long term relationship. You now find yourself alone and homeless in Seattle. […]
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February 9, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Catching up with our Neighborhoods–Guest Blog Post
Councilmember Bagshaw’s Legislative assistant, Alberta Bleck, attended the Magnolia Queen Anne District Council meeting on January 13 in Bayview Manor. Alberta will be contributing her thoughts on this program and others on a semi-regular basis as a guest blogger for Councilmember Bagshaw’s office. If there are any topics you would like to see covered on […]
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February 7, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Residents and Councilmembers Merge in Magnolia
On Saturday, February 1, residents from Ballard to Mt. Baker and many stops in between came together to discuss neighborhood issues with Seattle City Councilmembers Sally Clark and me. In a tradition known as “Coffee with the Sallys,” we have met in more than ten neighborhood cafés and other public spaces throughout the city to […]
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January 27, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Guest Blog Post–Catching up with our Neighborhoods
Our new legislative assistant, Alberta Bleck, attended the Magnolia Queen Anne District Council meeting on January 13 in Bayview Manor. Below are her thoughts from the program. Alberta will be contributing on a semi-regular basis as a guest blogger for the Bagshaw office. If there are any other topics you would like to see covered […]
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January 17, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
SPUN: January 14th Committee Wrap-up
The Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods (SPUN, like spoon) Committee held its first meeting on Tuesday, January 14th. Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Councilmember Kshama Sawant and I were at the table for two Directors’ reports, from the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), and two presentations, a Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Program Update and the Urban […]
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January 10, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Looking forward
On Monday, January 6th, 2014 I had the great pleasure of beginning my second term representing you as a Seattle City Councilmember. I wanted to say a few words about some of what I want to accomplish for you over the next few years. First, a healthy, clean and vibrant city, both in our downtown […]
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November 19, 2013January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Grinding your teeth over graffiti?
During the National League of Cities conference last week, several delegates from other cities noticed we had a lot of unwelcome graffiti in our city. I love creative art walls and street art, but vandalism for the sake of destruction? No thanks. Seattle relies on a “complaint based” approach for clean up of unwanted graffiti. […]
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November 6, 2013January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Join Us at the Public Hearing for the Parks Legacy CAC on Thursday, November 7th!
Just a reminder that tomorrow the Department of Parks and Recreation is holding a public hearing at 6 p.m. at Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E. This hearing is another opportunity for you to weigh in on the parks potential ballot measure for 2014. Back in May 2013, City Council adopted Resolution 31454 which […]