Seattle City Council

...maintain one of value somewhere else. Budgeteers in both jurisdictions made two commendable decisions to save services. The Seattle City Council wisely opted to minimize hefty cuts in library hours. The Metropolitan King County Council...

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Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:01 AM The Seattle City Council looks ready to raise parking fines by $4 this afternoon. They've got a full docket, including several bills intended to balance the anemic budget. This...

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The Seattle City Council just announced who'll be in charge of which committee once its two new members, Sally Bagshaw and Mike O'Brien, are sworn in after the holidays. One change of particular note to West Seattleites - WS-residing...

...hospital expansion goes to city council committee The stalled expansion efforts of Children's Hospital now go before the Seattle City Council's land-use committee. The committee's first meeting on the matter has been set for 9 a.m....

...on business owners or landlords who ignore or allow frequent crime on their property was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Seattle City Council's public safety committee. Councilman Tim Burgess sponsored the legislation, which he...

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...Ticket Fees Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:58 PM After accounting for projects saved from the guillotine, the Seattle City Council had an awkward moment at its press briefing on the 2010 budget when council budget...

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Spokesperson Aaron Pickus says: "We did not run a traditional campaign and we don't want to have a traditional transition." $863,000: Seattle City Council restores a bunch of money to the public library's budget. "That means the library...

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Originally published Friday, November 6, 2009 at 2:14 PM Seattle City Council should revisit Seattle Children's expansion plans The Seattle City Council should approve Seattle Children's hospital expansion with a set of reasonable...

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Last updated November 4, 2009 11:18 a.m. PT Seattle City Council: O'Brien beating Rosencrantz; incumbents favored In the city's most sharply-contested City Council race, Mike O'Brien, environmentalist and former chief financial officer...

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Originally published Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM Seattle City Council: Conlin, Licata, Bagshaw, O'Brien have commanding leads Seattle City Council incumbents Richard Conlin and Nick Licata are headed back to the council, joined...

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