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Kent Kammerer at Crosscut writes about Seattle's government-owned electric utility following an 18% rate increase imposed by the City Council: City Light audit: Are rate games being played? The city cooks the books and bills City Light for expenses ...

topics: city-council, government, kent

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Resolutions passed by goverments are usually pretty silly. They are non-binding measures that do things like congratulate high school sports teams for winning championships or they express opinions about things far beyond the purview of the governmen...

topics: city-council, government

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The Seattle City Council on Monday passed a measure establishing the Seattle Youth Commission....

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Tim Burgess is pushing a measure to outlaw panhandling near ATM s, or parking meters. One of the reasons he says that people from the rest of the city and elsewhere are afraid to come downtown. The visitors do not feel comfortable walking from their...

topics: city-council, committee

aggregated from: Strange Bedfellows

After a rocky two months with Mayor McGinn, Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin has the highest praise for King County Executive Dow Constantine and his agenda for collaboration....

topics: city-council, mayor

aggregated from: Sound Politics

Seattle City Council President Richard Conlin shares the following quotation in his e-mail newsletter today, under the heading Deep Thought Politicians like to panic, they need activity. It's their substitute for achievement. -- Sir Humphrey, cha...

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City Council President Richard Conlin said Thursday the City Council probably won't put a bond measure before voters in August asking them for money to replace the Alaskan Way seawall....

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Tim Burgess couldn't really have landed a better photo on the front page of the Seattle Times today if he'd supplied it himself. There he is, the ex-cop, now city council member, sternly ......

topics: city-council, downtown, shopping

aggregated from: Sound Politics

The Seattle City Council has released its 2010 Priorities. At the top of the list is a promise to act to improve Seattle's business climate , yet many of the other priorities will only poison the business climate through higher taxes,......

topics: city-council, government

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Dwight Dively, who served as the City of Seattle's Finance Director for the past 16 years, on Thursday said he'd be leaving to take a similar position with King County next month....