Author: Tim Burgess (Tim Burgess)

Local authors Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer have a second book out and it will inspire you with its roadmap to creating true community. Read this book to discover a new way to view our economic and political system and...

Join the Seattle City Council for one of three conversations in May about the City budget and community priorities. You will engage City Councilmembers and your neighbors in conversation centered on five thought-provoking questions about the future of our City....

News today that the three major credit rating agencies—Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch—have reaffirmed Seattle’s high bond ratings confirms that our focused and strong fiscal management approach is the correct strategy. The excellent ratings validate our actions over the...

Consider whether any business or nonprofit organization could survive if, in a six year period, they racked up senior management turnover statistics like the following: 4 different Chief Executive Officers 4 different Chief Division Officers 5 different Chief Financial Officers...

Council President Sally Clark and I visited Roxhill Elementary School last Friday morning. It was one of those visits that pump you up and get you excited. Roxhill is barely inside the city's southern boundary, hugging the north side of...

Read Nicholas Kristof in Sunday's New York Times. It turns out Goldman Sachs was an investor in Village Voice Media, owners of Backpage.com, perhaps the leading human trafficking Web site in the United States. They specialize in providing a forum...

I’ll be at the Washington BEST (Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking) kick-off later tonight in Belltown. Washington BEST is a new business-led initiative to combat human trafficking. It's an alliance that encourages businesses to adopt policies that explicitly oppose trafficking...

A few cities around the U.S., including Seattle and San Francisco, are trying new on-street parking management techniques to reduce cruising for open parking spaces and ensure one or two available spaces on each block. Today's New York Times has...

Seattle City Light, our city's electric utility created in 1902, is in the final stages of drafting its five-year strategic plan. This plan will affect the priorities of the utility and your electricity rates. There are many ways you can...