April 25th, 2013
Tonight in King County, children in 215 families will sleep in a car, in a greenbelt, on the streets, in an encampment, or in abandoned building. These children will wait months for their families to be placed in shelter or a hotel. This is unacceptable for a region of our resources.
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April 17th, 2013
Tomorrow, Thursday, April 18, the Transportation Committee of the City Council will host a forum on microhousing. Don’t know what micro-housing is? Here is an except (full content at link below) from a Council Central Staff briefing document: “Microhousing projects are generally comprised of apartment or townhome-style dwelling units, each of which contains several (often seven [...]
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April 5th, 2013
Seattle City Hall will be open on Saturday, April 6 for an Open House, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can visit the Mayor’s Office on the 7th floor, and Councilmember offices on the 2nd floor. There will be adoptable animals, food trucks, and performances (acrobatics at 11a, and the Massive Monkees at noon). [...]
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April 4th, 2013
I’m glad that with the 2013-2014 budget money allocated by the Council in 2012, HSD agreed to allow these shelter operations to extend past the winter months.
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January 9th, 2013
I’m pleased to report that today, Wednesday, January 9, I chaired my first Housing, Human Services, Health, and Culture (HHSHC) Committee of 2013. If you missed it, I encourage you to check it out online here at the Seattle Channel. The meeting was a good preview of some of the major issues that my committee [...]
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December 12th, 2012
A State Bank is mechanism to directly invest tax deposits to build critically needed infrastructure, create jobs and generate a higher financial returns
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October 17th, 2012
I’ve spent a great deal of time listening to what folks are saying about the needs of Lake City. I don’t take these concerns lightly.
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Posted: October 17th, 2012 under
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March 21st, 2012
Today I’m participating in the Aging Your Way Summit. Aging Your Way is a three-phase initiative sponsored by Senior Services that involves adults in their community’s future. It’s an interactive opportunity for Boomers like me to begin planning for services, systems and resources to support us in later life. The Summit today will showcase [...]
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