May 20th, 2013
[caption id="attachment_1796" align="alignright" width="300"] The Bee Garden. Thanks to Katie Myer at the West Seattle Blog.[/caption] Seattle has a new parade to add to the calendar of summer events. Yesterday the residents and gardeners of High Point and greater West Seattle welcomed bees to the new Neighborhood Matching Fund-supported hive enclosure at
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Posted: May 20th, 2013 under
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April 23rd, 2013
As chair of the City Council’s Committee on Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations I get to advocate for farmers markets across Seattle and the multiple benefits they bring – neighbor-to-neighbor social action in neighborhoods once a week, a sales outlet for farmers east and west of the mountains, opportunities for “value added”
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Posted: April 23rd, 2013 under
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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,
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October 30th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_1762" align="alignright" width="300"] Councilmember Bagshaw, Deputy Mayor Lonergan, Mayor Strickland, Council President Clark, and Councilmember Woodards in Tacoma.[/caption] Pop quiz: Which Washington city is the City of Destiny? If you said Tacoma, you are correct. Tacoma was the destination for four of us last Friday as we dropped in for a
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Posted: October 30th, 2012 under
Government,
Random.
October 2nd, 2012
How best to turn Seattle’s always-limited resources into efficient services over the next two years? That’s the question my Council colleagues and I deal with this fall as we examine the 2013-2014 proposed City budget. The process started for City Council last Monday. In a rare Seattle moment of required protocol, Councilmember
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September 18th, 2012
“They’re popping up like Starbucks!” That was the take from a patient in the waiting area of one of the dozen medical marijuana shops I surveyed the Monday of Labor Day weekend. (And, no, “surveyed” does not mean “patronized.”) Councilmember Nick Licata and I have been working with staff from the
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Posted: September 18th, 2012 under
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August 31st, 2012
I know we have a lot of happy visitors to Seattle and the Northwest, but sometimes I lose sight of that when reading emails from someone who received a parking ticket while here or who felt unsafe in some part of town. Once in a blue moon (literally right now), I get
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Posted: August 31st, 2012 under
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June 20th, 2012
Hello from the annual meeting of the Association of Washington Cities. This year's conference, my first as a board member from Seattle, happens at the Red Lion in Vancouver, WA. This is the big conference for elected officials and administrators from cities and towns all over the Evergreen State. Meetings started Tuesday
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Posted: June 20th, 2012 under
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March 26th, 2012
As we start another week let me mention three things that made last week good from the perspective of economic resiliency. 1. The M’s, Danny and My New Coat. I got to meet Danny Bonaduce. OK, at best you're thinking, "What does Danny Bonaduce have to do with economic resiliency?" I could
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Posted: March 26th, 2012 under
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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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