REMINDER: This Saturday several Seattle area state representatives will be holding Town Hall meetings. Two of the most important: Sen. Adam Kline Town Hall Meeting at Garfield Community Center Where: Garfield Community Center, 2323 East Cherry St When: Saturday, March 12 at 10:00 AM House Speake[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
March 7th, 2011 - 8:51 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
One Less Candidate for UW President
Amongst the many rumored Presidents on the UW campus, Gary Locke has been one of the most worrisome. While some of us know him as an able and committed politician, Locke as governor made a number of gaffes .. including his support for the Western Governor’s University. WGU, with its no[...]
March 7th, 2011 - 2:11 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Mayor McGinn’s Bike Stolen
Mayor McGinn looking for his bicycle. And his wife is PISSED SEATTLE—Seattle’s Mayor Mikey McGinn’s bike was stolen on Wednesday from City Hall sometime between morning recess and lunch. Although camera footage is blurry, some suspect the culprit to be Downer Dow Constantine who works [...]
March 1st, 2011 - 9:26 am § in Environment
WA Just Won an Island!
Ed. Imagine you received an envelope telling you that you had just won an island? Not just any island .. not just a rock off of some far off frozen shore, but a large island within a short distance to Seattle, Olympia, and Tacoma. This island could be a wonderful heritage for your children and [&hel[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 4:03 pm § in Politics
from the PI: Boeing wins $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract
Ed. Would it be gauche to express our thanks and admiration to Senators Murry and Cantwell as well to as the rest of the WAstate congressional delegation and Governor Gregoire? Job well done! Politics IS all local! By AUBREY COHEN, Seattle PI Boeing won the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion con[...]
The HEC Board Blues
by William Lyne www.ufwsblog.org Here at the blog, we are unabashed admirers of State Senator Scott White, not just because he is such a handsome and charming guy, but also because he is perhaps Olympia’s staunchest supporter of our state’s public universities. Senator White recently introduced [...]
February 20th, 2011 - 2:03 pm § in Environment, Misc.
History Cafe Invades Cap Hill
More and more Seattleites identify themselves as "Locovores". At the most recent History Cafe, we were regaled by tales of urban agriculture past and present in the comfortable, living-room atmosphere of Capitol Hill's Roy St. Coffee. [...]
February 20th, 2011 - 7:00 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
Seattle’s Unique Opportunity: The Waterfront
This is the city founded centuries ago by people from the Salish Sea. The longboats of our Samish and Duwamish predecessors were part of a network of native navigation reaching from Tacoma to Alaska. The white men came and replaced Chief Seattle’s home but the waterfront remained the cor[...]
February 14th, 2011 - 7:34 am § in Uncategorized
Boosting a levy 99% in a Great Recession: The Seattle Way
By JOEL CONNELLY SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF With apologies to Chairman Mao, who wasted China’s economy with The Great Leap Forward, Seattle’s proposed 2011 Families and Education Levy should be dubbed “The Great Leap Upward”. Mayor Mike McGinn and a levy advisory committee want to b[...]