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Mayor Mike McGinn said this week he had not heard a clear statement from the City Council that work on the tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct should begin while a clause requiring Seattle taxpayers to pick up cost overruns remains in plac...

topics: city-council, mayor

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During a City Council briefing Monday Mayor Mike McGinn pointed to the results of a poll he paid for that shows Seattle residents support taxing themselves to replace the aging seawall....

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This morning's meeting between Mike McGinn and the City Council ended with Sally Bagshaw, a hint of a quaver in her voice, accusing him of using scare tactics and a questionably timed poll... Continue reading Sally Bagshaw Accuses...

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Mayor Mike McGinn briefed a skeptical City Council on Monday about plans to ask voters in May to approve $241 million in taxes to replace the aging central waterfront seawall....

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There's little chance the City Council will put a levy to rebuild the central waterfront seawall before voters in May, council President Richard Conlin says....

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New Seattle City Councilman Mike O'Brien was the lone member of that body not to sign a letter to Mayor Mike McGinn questioning his request for a special election in May asking voters for new taxes for replacement of the central waterfront seawall....

topics: city-council, election, mayor

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Mayor Mike McGinn's plan for a special election in May may regarding the central waterfront seawall isn't going over well with the City Council....

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In 2008 a group of political reformers * placed a successful measure on the November ballot to make King County government non-partisan. Fourteen months later that reform has failed its first three tests filling two vacancies (Sims and Constan...

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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries, calling them magnets for crime and citing federal laws prohibiting the drug.Critics say many dispensaries are becoming magnets for crime; they point t...

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Slightly misleading headline. Here's why: Seattle's City Council doesn't have the authority to kill junk mail. But it can pass a resolution urging the state legislature to establish a Do N... Continue reading Should City Council K...