July 27th, 2008
In March the Department of Neighborhoods, the Seattle Police Department, Seattle Fire Department and the City's Office of Policy Management released a report card of sorts on the effects of the Alcohol Impact Areas. The AIA is a state-sanctioned overlay that covers Downtown, Pioneer Square, the ID, lower Queen Anne, Capitol Hill,
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July 27th, 2008
Friday night I was making my way back to City Hall from a downtown event and jumped onto Metro's Route 36 on Third Ave. at Pike around 6:45 p.m. Sitting down and realizing the bus wasn't going anywhere I noticed a larger than usual number of bicyclists on Third and realized it
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Posted: July 27th, 2008 under
Transportation.
Tags:
Bikes
July 10th, 2008
I'm mayor today, tomorrow and most of Thursday. Everyone try to stay calm and don't knock over any apple carts. I don't want to have to declare Martial Law.
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Posted: July 10th, 2008 under
Public Safety,
Random.
July 3rd, 2008
Yesterday the City and the Pro Basketball Club (the OKC Guys) settled the lawsuit over contract performance just before Superior Court Judge Marsha Pechman was due to release her decision. While it's painful to see the Sonics leave Seattle and unsatisfying to not hold the OKC Guys accountable to their contract to
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July 2nd, 2008
Liz and I played hooky from rowing this morning and took Bill Dog for a walk instead. It was a lovely morning and we were walking S. Holly St. toward Martha Washington Park when Liz looked down a side street, stopped and asked, "Is that a coyote?" Sure enough about a half
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Posted: July 2nd, 2008 under
Neighborhoods,
Public Safety.
