Earlier this week, Chief O’Toole announced that she is opening up the five assistant chief positions in the police department to a competitive application process. Within the department, members at the rank of lieutenant and above can apply. In an...
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WSDOT Update to Council 12-15-14
I’m no engineer. But I am a Seattleite who cares deeply about the city’s waterfront, long fenced off from the city by an aging two-story viaduct that’s due for replacement. And, as a city councilmember vitally interested in the welfare of the city, I am listening these days to engineers who can tell me what’s happening as contractors tunnel beneath our streets.
For those reasons and others, I was deeply grateful to the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), the engineers and officials who came to a Seattle City Council Monday morning to brief the council on issues involving the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project.
In recent days, the Seattle Times and other local media have been reporting on a soil settlement of … Continue Reading »
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Academics Unite Behind Investments in Early Childhood Education
Last month, leading academics in the field of early childhood education released a statement summarizing the benefits of increased investment in this arena. Hundreds of professors and researchers from across the country have joined the sixty-one founding signatories to show...
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Council President Tim Burgess responds to Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/15/2014
Council President Tim Burgess responds to Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project update
SEATTLE - Council President Tim Burgess issued the following statement today after the Washington State Department of Trans...
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LGBTQ at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
Bearing Witness at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute on December 17th.
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The Nation magazine feature on Local Progress
The Nation magazine published an interesting feature on Local Progress, a network of progressive urban elected officials from around the country that I wrote about recently. You can read it here.
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Let’s get Seattle Walking! The Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board is Accepting Applications for New Members!
The Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board is accepting applications for new members to help make walking in Seattle safer and easier. The volunteer board, which was created by Seattle City Council in 1993, plays an influential role in implementing Seattle’s Pedestrian Master Plan. The board advises the Mayor and City Council, participates in planning and project […]
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Looking Upstream
The following article was sent out in my City View Newsletter, which you can sign up to receive here. President Obama announced a new initiative today—Invest in US—to raise awareness about the value of early learning. The president made the...
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UP #361: A Progressive Movement Arises
Let's make democracy more responsive by removing artificial hurdles that hinder voting.
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Public Forum on Possibilities of City-Owned Bank Wednesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/8/2014
Public Forum on Possibilities of City-Owned Bank Wednesday
SEATTLE - Councilmember Nick Licata will participate in a forum this Wednesday on the possibilities for a publicly-owned bank in Seattle. A public bank is a...