The West Seattle High School Foundation, with the support of the Parent Teacher Student Association and the Alumni Association, announced the first annual Back-to-School Breakfast Bash
The breakfast is slated to take place at the high school next Wednesday.
It's good to know that "Sustainable Ballard" and other advisory groups are making AvalonBay developers "warm and happy." They may even manage a tweak or two, like one less vehicle. But 230 "market rent" apartments and 295 vehicles aren't going to lessen the impact of heightened air pollution and traffic congestion in Seattle.
Your July 21 article, "Bottled water under local fire" explored the implications of Mayor Nickel's decision to phase out city spending of taxpayers' dollars on bottled water. Nickel's choice is significant because it will help rebuild public confidence in Seattle's tap water, which is the first step in protecting our most precious natural resource from being privatized and exploited by corporate interests.
Over the last 20 years, corporations like Coke, Nestl/, and Pepsi have changed the way we think about water.
Jack Mayne's perspective is simply factually incorrect. By state law, Sound Transit funds collected from Seattle and Shoreline must be spent in those municipalities.
If Sound Transit 2 passes, the light rail line will extend from Seattle's southern border to the county line. That means that a follow-on package MUST fund an additional project in the city. Based on the studies that Sound Transit is funding in this phase, that will be Ballard and West Seattle.
Martin H. Duke
Seattle
A better way than a city 20-cent bag fee
By Jan Gee
As customers passed through the checkout stands of many of our independent grocery stores, the owners and employees asked their customers, "Did you know that the Seattle City Council is proposing a fee of 20 cents on every disposable bag and that starting in January we will have to charge you an additional $xx on this same grocery bill unless you bring in a reusable bag?"
About two out of every three customers responded that they didn't know and eight out of 10 said that they were opposed - many were outr
After receiving $15,000 from the Neighborhood Matching Fund Grant in 2006, residents of 14th Avenue Northwest were able to create a vision of a safer, more beautified street with green space, but there is no mechanism for financing the upgrade.
However, they've teamed up with the Seattle Department of Transportation and are in the process of looking for opportunities to implement smaller portions of their concept.
Residents found the 100-foot wide, mile long street that runs from the ship canal to Ballard High School an unsightly, unsafe and unkempt street for driver
Although the Seattle City Council has approved a 20-cent fee on all disposable shopping bags, the Washington Food Industry is attempting to give its consumers a choice with a referendum that could put the issue to a public vote.
"We agree with the City Council on the environmental goal, but we think that they should not place new taxes on family grocery bills," said Jan Gee, president of the Washington Food Industry.
Gee and the Washington Food Industry previously approached the Seattle City Council with alternatives to a fee on shopping bags.
To increase safety on Seattle's streets for pedestrians, the Seattle City Council added a new feature to the current pedestrian program - pedestrian flags at 17 crosswalk locations.
A spin-off of your average school crossing guard, yellow pedestrian flags placed in holders at both sides of designated crosswalks allow pedestrians to cross the street while waving the flags to warn drivers that they are crossing and to slow down.
Nick Licata, Council member and co-chair of the Pedestrian Safety Committee said one of the first places pedestrian flags were used was in Salt Lak
Larry Phillips quietly made it official last Friday when he sent out an e-mail announcing he will run against longtime King County Executive Ron Sims next year.
"I am writing today to pass on the good news - www.GoForItLarry.com is up and running," Phillips message said. "This will be our venue for you to learn more about my exploratory efforts and to join our ever-expanding team.
The Washington State Department of Revenue has made it easier for taxpayers without computers to access resources online following the department's installation of self-service computer workstations in each of its 12 field offices.
"Now, taxpayers who don't have a computer or Internet access can come to one of our offices and conduct their business with the department online," she said.
