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March 10, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Thank You, Parks Legacy Citizens Advisory Committee!
In June, 2013 fifteen citizen volunteers began the critical process of discussing long-range planning for Seattle’s parks. These committee members gave countless hours of their time to study the current state of parks, as well as seeking citizen input and involvement. During this process, committee members discussed the crucial areas of project priorities, the size […]
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March 10, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Bridging the Economic Divide – High Quality Preschool for All Seattle Children
This past week over forty local leaders interested in education traveled together to Boston, Jersey City, and Washington DC to see what success looks like in public and private preschools. Teachers, principals and administrators from Seattle Public Schools, joined Councilmembers Tim Burgess, Bruce Harrell and Mayor Ed Murray, King County Executive Dow Constantine, proponents from […]
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February 28, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
The “No Cap” Option Goes Down in Flames – but Uber and Lyft will Thrive in Seattle
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, my colleagues and I voted on the future of taxis, “for hire” vehicles, and Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft. We all agreed that irrespective of the mode, all drivers need to be trained, cars need to undergo appropriate safety checks, and decent commercial or umbrella insurance coverage […]
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February 25, 2014January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Building on Quixote Village: Divvy Up the Responsibility
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 […]