September 24th, 2007
I've had a few people ask what the City spent on the recent "sting" operation targeting bars and nightclubs. There were many high-profile arrests of bartenders, barbacks and bouncers, most for serving a minor, serving a drunk patron or for allowing a gun through the doors, though this last one is fiercely
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Posted: September 24th, 2007 under
Public Safety.
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Arts & Culture
September 11th, 2007
The Seattle Times reported this morning that the median home price in Seattle climbed 10 percent from last year and has now topped $500,000. Holy cow! Maybe that's not the most erudite response from a person who is supposed to be coming up with policies to deal with the impact of climbing
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Posted: September 11th, 2007 under
Housing, Human Services, and Health.
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Housing
September 10th, 2007
Last Friday we (the lucky councilmembers on the Council's Housing, Human Services & Health Committee) received a briefing from Bill Block, the executive director of the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, on how we're doing after two years of working to end homelessness. Not surprisingly, we need to pick up the pace
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