The City's Municipal Court judges have opened a special "save money" window of time that allows you to lower costs on outstanding traffic and parking infractions. But, the window slams shut at the end of June. Here's a link to...
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May 24, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Lake Union Streetcar Use Soaring
This morning, the Council's Transportation Committee approved (3-0) and sent to the full Council an ordinance that accepts $65,000 from South Lake Union employers who want to "buy" more operating hours for the South Lake Union Streetcar during the afternoon/early...
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May 24, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Neighborhood Roundtable: Public Safety Budget
Councilmembers Godden, O'Brien and I went over to West Seattle last night for a neighborhood roundtable discussion of the City's public safety budget. West Seattle Blog provided some coverage here. (The above photo is from West Seattle Blog.) It was...
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May 20, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Roadblocks to Prison Reform
Michelle Alexander strikes a cord in this piece in The New York Times. Money and vested interests block real reform of our mass incarceration senselessness. I especially like Alexander's reference to the Martin Luther King's 1963 Letter from a Birmingham...
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May 12, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Police Discipline for Westlake Incident
Police Chief John Diaz announced his disciplinary decision related to the Westlake incident and Detective Shandy Cobane earlier this afternoon. Chief Diaz suspended the detective for 30 days which is the maximum discipline he can impose short of termination. We...
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May 8, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Wage Theft Law Takes Effect in Less Than 30 Days
Mayor Mike McGinn signed my wage theft ordinance last Thursday morning. The City Council passed the law the previous week with a unanimous 9-0 vote after hearing testimony that wage theft—the intentional failure to pay employees their just wages—is more...
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May 6, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Facts Are Friendly: Citywide Affordable Housing Distribution
Sometimes when I'm at neighborhood meetings or walking neighborhood business districts, I hear concerns about the clustering of social services and affordable housing. In the spirit of "facts are friendly," my office asked the City's Office of Housing for a...