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November 15, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases

National League of Cities elects Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin to Board of Directors

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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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November 15, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, News Releases

Join the Seattle City Council’s Sallys for apple cider and conversation

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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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November 10, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases

What Election 2011 Tells Us

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Voters have reelected all five Council incumbents, three of four School Board members, and approved the Families and Education Levy.  That’s a pretty incredible vote of confidence in Seattle’s political leadership – especially in the midst of deep voter discontent and anxiety about the direction our country is headed. This Council has worked hard to [...]

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November 10, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Licata, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases

Seattle City Councilmembers present 2012 budget balancing package

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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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November 8, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases

Reconsidering the Grand Canyon State

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Learning that the National League of Cities will hold the fall “Congress of Cities” meeting later this week in Phoenix (meeting sites are selected four years in advance) has prompted me to think about what I’ve learned in the almost year and a half since I pushed forward a resolution calling for the City of [...]

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November 7, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, News Releases

Money and energy saving LED streetlight installations continue under budget and ahead of schedule

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In late September of this year, Seattle City Light began installing LED streetlights on residential streets from North 65th Street in Seattle all the way to the northern boundary of City Light's service territory in Shoreline. The latest round of installations brings the total of installed LED streetlights to 18,000.