February 4th, 2013
Note: This post contains graphic language. Apologies in advance. I spoke with an AP reporter last Friday about a subject from a few years ago working its way to completion – adapting state codes to use more gender neutral language. Former Councilmember Jan Drago and I came across the word “fireman” when
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Posted: February 4th, 2013 under
Civil Rights,
Culture,
Random.
March 9th, 2012
We marked a major milestone this week in the longer-than-anticipated road to making the P-I Globe an official city landmark. Wednesday Councilmember Jean Godden, Councilmember Tim Burgess, Museum of History and Industry Executive Director Leonard Garfield and I stood before assorted media and historic preservation advocates to announce that the Hearst Corporation
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Posted: March 9th, 2012 under
Culture.
February 21st, 2012
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,
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May 27th, 2011
Some people scoff a bit at Councilmember Nick Licata’s practice of starting Housing, Human Services, Health & Culture Committee meetings with poetry and, more recently, film clips. Critics see it as fluff, not the real work of a legislative body. I like it, though. The city is more than memos, briefings, policy
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Posted: May 27th, 2011 under
Culture.
Tags:
Arts & Culture
February 3rd, 2011
I know the Neptune’s future may be bright as a live performance venue under Seattle Theater Group’s new guidance, but I’m sad to see the Neptune movie theater go to Davy Jones’ locker. Like a lot of other UW students over the years I sat under the gaze of the blue-eyed Neptune
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Posted: February 3rd, 2011 under
Culture.
January 11th, 2011
Washington State Department of Transportation announced yesterday that they will propose demolishing the Western Building in Pioneer Square due concerns the building is already too structurally weak to withstand any settlement or vibrations from tunnel boring. Out of the 300-some buildings reviewed along the potential tunnel routes, it had to be the
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August 23rd, 2010
"We" - the city and private business owners spend way too much money cleaning up scrawlings and bad doodles masquerading as "urban art." In fact, the Council's Public Safety committee recently heard the results of an audit recommending ways for us to improve how we deal with unwanted graffiti and stickers. Most
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Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under
Culture,
Seattle Public Utilities.
