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February 21, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Bill Walton, Dave Twardzik, Maurice Lucas, Bob Gross and…
When I was 11 I had the 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers team photo taped to my bedroom door. If I had that photo still I could have checked it to recall the fifth starter of that world championship team. Instead, I hit Wikipedia and learned the other starting guard was (drum roll, please)… Lionel Hollins. [...]
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February 17, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #318 Mayor’s Proposal for a New Sports Arena
Urban Politics #318 – February 17, 2012 By City Councilmember Nick Licata Urban Politics (UP) blends my insights and information on current public policy developments and personal experiences with the intent of helping citizens shape Seattle’s future. Mayor McGinn and County Executive Constantine yesterday announced a proposal for an arena in Seattle’s SODO district that [...]
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February 16, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, News Releases
Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell’s statement on bringing back a basketball team
News Releases
Today, Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Chair of the Council’s Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee, released the following statement in response to the proposal by Christopher Hansen for a new NBA and NHL arena. The proposal includes no new taxes to build a new arena.
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February 6, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Avoiding a $900,000 Loss of Revenue
Today I testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Senate Bill 6574, sponsored by Senators Jeanne Kohl-Welles, David Frockt and Adam Kline. If passed by the State Legislature, the bill will prevent the City from loosing up to $900,000 in admissions tax revenue this year.
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February 3, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
Creating a Washington Investment Trust
Earlier today I sent a letter to members of the the state House and Senate in support of House Bill 2434 and Senate Bill 6310 to create a Washington Investment Trust. HB 2434 is sponsored by Representative Bob Hasegawa and 43 other Representatives, and and SB 6310 is sponsored by State Senator Karen Keiser and [...]
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January 31, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Godden
For those about to rock (26 miles), we salute you!
This is a great opportunity for Seattle to showcase Seattle Center, as the marathon coincides with the Center's Next Fifty program -- honoring the 50th anniversary of the the World's Fair.
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January 6, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Godden
A Reason For Optimism
Word that Moody’s Investor Service has removed Seattle from its “negative outlook” in regard to the city’s Aaa/Aa1 rating is very welcome news indeed. It means that Seattle will be able to finance capital improvements through the selling of general bonds with lower interest rates than might otherwise have been imposed. This positive outcome – [...]
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November 23, 2011January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata
UP #315 The Occupy Resolution
On November 14th, the Seattle City Council passed Resolution 31337 which recognized the national grassroots citizen effort being made through the Occupy Movement in seeking solutions for economically distressed Americans at the federal and local levels. I introduced this resolution because the growing imbalance in our nation’s wealth demands the attention of the nation’s elected representatives.
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November 22, 2011January 6, 2023News Releases
2012 Budget Adopted by Council
On Monday, November 21, the City Council unanimously adopted the 2012 Seattle Budget, including some significant additions to the human services budget, and some other changes to the Mayor’s proposal. However, as I suggested in my initial blog post on the budget, there were not a lot of major new initiatives, largely because 2012 is [...]