Below is a press statement from earlier today regarding a request to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission re: closing a loophole Councilmember Licata Calls for Fix to Ethics Code in Response to Developer Shakedown SEATTLE – Councilmember Nick Licata delivered a letter to the Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission (SEEC) today, asking that the […]
[More]On Monday, July 13 the City Council passed Council Bill 118419, to create a new marijuana regulatory license. All marijuana-related businesses will be required to attain this license by July 1, 2016. On the same date, state law will require a license from the Liquor and Cannabis Board in order for businesses to continue operations. […]
[More]On the heels of the City’s just-published broadband study, come listen to what one expert has to say about municipal broadband in Seattle this Thursday at noon in City Hall.
[More]What do you see as the most challenging arts issues facing Seattle? If you were a Councilmember, how would you advance the arts in Seattle?
[More]The Council voted today to select eight finalists for Council Position #9, vacated by Sally Clark, who resigned on April 13. Below are the finalists, listed in alphabetical order, with links to their cover letters and resumes: Jan Drago Noel Frame Sharon Lee Sharon Maeda David Moseley John Okamoto Sheley Secrest Alec Stephens The finalists […]
[More]On January 27 we held the first forum on Participatory Budgeting, a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a city budget. We’ll look to hold a second meeting within the next month or so. We saw a presentation by Ginny Browne of the Participatory Budgeting Project, and she […]
[More]Today I announced that I will not seek re-election. I want to thank all the community people I’ve worked with for their support. I intend to be fully engaged for the rest of this year—there is much to be done. My statement is below. Councilmember Licata Will Not Seek Re-Election SEATTLE – Councilmember Nick Licata […]
[More]The Nation magazine published an interesting feature on Local Progress, a network of progressive urban elected officials from around the country that I wrote about recently. You can read it here.
[More]Let’s make democracy more responsive by removing artificial hurdles that hinder voting.
[More]The intent is to do only what’s responsible to the pension-system and t0 those invested in it, using the most cost-efficient timing.
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