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November 22, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess, News Releases

Applicants wanted for Families and Education Levy Oversight Committee

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Applicants wanted for Families and Education Levy Oversight Committee
he City of Seattle is seeking candidates to fill eight citizen positions on the Families and Education Levy Oversight Committee. Approved by Seattle voters on November 8, the $232 million Levy will be effective from 2012 through 2018, providing funding for school readiness and early learning; academic achievement in elementary, middle and high schools; guidance and related support for college and career preparation; and student health services.

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November 21, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Licata, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases

Seattle joins regional and global movement to ban single-use plastic bags

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Today Seattle City Council introduced Council Bill 117345, intended to help clean up Puget Sound and protect marine wildlife by banning single-use plastic bags. This legislation gives Seattle an opportunity to join Bellingham and Edmonds in Washington, as well as cities up and down the West Coast and more than 20 nations worldwide in efforts to curb the impact of single-use plastic bags on the environment.

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November 21, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, News Releases

Sign up today for a free Thanksgiving dinner today until close of business

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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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November 17, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases

Light Rail to Eastside and Sound Transit 2012 Plans

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On October 27 the Sound Transit Board approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Bellevue that clears the way for entering into final design on an agreed-upon route for East Link through the City of Bellevue.  I was one of the three Sound Transit Board negotiators that met with the Bellevue City [...]

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November 16, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases

Seattle Successes at National League of Cities

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Last week the National League of Cities (NLC) held its annual conference, and Seattle won two victories in the voting on Saturday, November 12.  Our first success came when I was elected to a two-year term as one of 18 new and reelected members of the Board of Directors chosen to represent the more than [...]

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November 16, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases

Squeezing affordability out of the land use code

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Creating affordable housing in Seattle I have a colleague and friend here in City Government who just returned from a Policy Link meeting in Detroit. If you read much about urban affairs you know Detroit is the crucible for everyone’s anger about the economy, the tanked automotive industry, bank foreclosures, overwhelmed public services, you name [...]

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November 15, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases

Jobs for Food Stamp Recipients

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People who receive food stamps (now known as the ‘Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP’) usually need training, support and job placement services to move closer to economic self-sufficiency.  There’s a program that focuses on these recipients – the Washington State Basic Food and Employment and Training program – but in 2010 the USDA issued [...]