Seattle Soundings | But it’s for the kids!
By Geov Parrish | Columnist Last fall, the Seattle City Council gave voters a choice between two competing ballot measures that never should have been juxtaposed. One, a Service Employees...
View ArticleEditorial | The council’s short-term vision
After Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark announced that she was leaving her term early to take a job with the University of Washington, 44 applications spilled in to fill her position for the...
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Women leaders take on gender wage gap
About a dozen people attended Morgan Beach’s Equal Pay Day Social event. Photo by Eric Mandel By Eric Mandel Seattle isn’t exactly living in the world of “Mad Men,” but Morgan Beach believes there is...
View ArticleEditorials | May 7, 2015
May Day messages lost in riots All Seattleites know that May Day demonstrations can get a little rowdy, and this year’s were no exception. Each year, there are peaceful May Day protests, which march...
View ArticleOutside City Hall | A winning transportation platform for City Council...
By John Fox and Carolee Colter | Columnists Recently, we got a call from a candidate for one of the new Seattle City Council district seats, asking for our thoughts on the main transportation problems...
View ArticleSeattle Soundings | Meet Councilmember John Okamoto
By Geov Parrish | Columnist If you don’t remember voting for him…well, you didn’t. But five sitting Seattle City Councilmembers did, and so on April 27, he was selected to replace the outgoing Sally...
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District 3 candidates differ on affordable housing issue
District 3 candidate Pamela Banks talks with a forum attendee after the March 12 candidate forum. Photo by Eric Mandel By Eric Mandel The five contenders for the District 3 City Council seat agreed on...
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Among the Animals | Seattle politics on animal welfare
Bamboo checks out the transport crate before she is taken away from the Woodland Park Zoo for Oklahoma. Photo by Jeanne Barrett By Christie Lagally | Columnist The Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) has spent a...
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District 3 council candidates not concerned with Sawant’s star power
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was a speaker at District 3 City Council candidate Kshama Sawant’s reelection kickoff on June 6. Photo by Eric Mandel By Eric Mandel The question of...
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District 3 candidates talk campaign fundraising
The District 3 City Council candidates (from left) Rod Hearne, Lee Carter, Pamela Banks, Morgan Beach and Kshama Sawant. Photo by Eric Mandel By Eric Mandel The political sniping between Kshama Sawant...
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Sawant, Banks shift focus to general election
By Joe Veyera The race to become the first-ever District 3 Seattle City Councilmember is down to two candidates. Citywide incumbent Kshama Sawant and Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle President...
View ArticleAffordable housing legislation coming before council: ‘Grand bargain’...
By Brandon Macz The Seattle City Council will work on “Grand Bargain” legislation this month that is projected to create 6,000 affordable housing units within 10 years of implementation by requiring...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Not a ‘Grand Bargain’ for affordable housing needs
Mayor Ed Murray and Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien announced on Sept. 1 that two pieces of legislation moving forward to the City Council for approval would provide an estimated 6,000...
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City council continues rolling out affordable housing legislation
The Seattle City Council listened to dozens of Seattle residents at a packed public hearing regarding implementing recommendations by the Housing AffordabilityLivability Committee on Wednesday, Sept....
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Council approves new public space for the Hill
A new plaza space outside the historic Seattle Fire Station No. 7 building will soon have a city easement to use a new plaza there as a public open space following council approval Monday. By Brandon...
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District 3 candidates trade jabs in debate
Photo by Joe VeyeraSeattle City Council District 3 candidates Pamela Banks, left, and incumbent Kshama Sawant spoke about issues facing the city and how they would address them during a Town Hall...
View ArticleSeattle ethics, elections commission penalizes Vote Sawant Committee for late...
By Brandon Macz Seattle City Council District 3 incumbent candidate Kshama Sawant’s campaign took a ding from the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission recently, after the Vote Sawant Committee...
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District 3 council candidates spar in another forum
By Joe Veyera It was a homecoming of sorts for Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant on Thursday afternoon. The former economics teacher at Seattle Central College was back on campus to face off...
View ArticleMurray proposes expanding LEAD program to Capitol Hill
By Brandon Macz Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program is slated for expansion into Capitol Hill under Mayor Ed Murray’s proposed budget, which assumes the task can be completed without...
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Sawant announces ‘progressive plan’ for small businesses
Photo by Genesee MartinDavid Meinert, Sonja Ponath, Councilmember Kshama Sawant and Mike Rodriguez from the Restaurant Opportunities Center United outline a plan to address rising commercial rent costs...
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