Words’ Worth is the Seattle City Council poetry program I began in 1998. I do believe it’s the only program of its kind in the nation, if not the world. Rather than selecting poets myself, I recruit a notable local literary artist or two to curate a number of poets who will read at the [...]
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New map: sea level rise will bring flooding to parts of Seattle by 2050
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/11/2013 New map: sea level rise will bring flooding to parts of Seattle by 2050
But city plan will reduce greenhouse gases and adapt to climate change
Within the next 40 years,sea level rise caused by climate change w...
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Human Trafficking Awareness Day
Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day and the City Council and Mayor issued a proclamation expressing Seattle’s continued determination to fight this form of modern-day slavery. We often think of human trafficking as a problem on the other side of...
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First Committee Meeting of 2013
I’m pleased to report that today, Wednesday, January 9, I chaired my first Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture (HHSHC) Committee of 2013. If you missed it, I encourage you to check it out online here at the Seattle Channel. The meeting was a good preview of some of the major issues that my committee [...]
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The opportunity is yours: Ask City Councilmembers your questions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1/8/2013 The opportunity is yours: Ask City Councilmembers your questions
Councilmembers Bagshaw, O'Brien and Rasmussen to appear on December's City Inside/Out: Council Edition
Do you have questions for members of the...
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Act Now to Reduce Gun Violence
The Washington Legislature convenes next Monday in Olympia and they have a perfect opportunity to act swiftly and decisively to reduce gun violence in our state by enacting improved gun safety laws. Whether they will or not remains to be...
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UP 330: Public Financing of Election Campaigns in Seattle
PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IN SEATTLE I believe that Seattle residents should have the opportunity to vote on whether our local elections should receive public financing. Councilmembers are beginning efforts to explore a public financing system for Seattle. If this effort moves forward, the Council will place this decision on either the primary or [...]
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All Seattle Libraries Now Open on Sundays
Thanks to Seattle voters who passed the Libraries for All levy last August, all Seattle neighborhood branch libraries will now be open on Sundays from 1-5 p.m. Having libraries open on Sunday was the highest priority in the 33,000 public comments received during levy planning. 15 neighborhood libraries will be adding Sunday hours: Columbia, High [...]
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Trash Talk
If you want the world to beat a path to your doorway, you’re told to invent a better mouse trap. And that’s sort of what’s happening with Nicole Howell, a recent graduate of the Pratt Institute for Design in New York City.
She has invented an updated – wait for this – trash can. She calls her invention “Toss with Care.”
How to describe it? Well, it’s a means of dividing a regulation round garbage can into three wedges. One wedge contains trash; another, recyclables, and a third, compostables. Each segment has a separate removable bag that canbe reused, or in the case of compostables, ideally would itself be compostable.
The design is simple, yet practical. The idea of having … Continue Reading »
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The Nation magazine’s 2012 Progressive Honor Roll
The Nation magazine named me Most Valuable Local Official in their 2012 Progressive Honor Roll. It’s a great honor to be included here, and I really appreciate their mentioning my sense of humor! I’ve copied an excerpt from the article below. Most Valuable Local Official: Nick Licata When Local Progress, a network of progressive local [...]