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These can all be reported online: Car camping: Although sleeping in one’s vehicle is not prohibited by city code, everyone is required to move their vehicle to another block every 72-hours, and Seattle’s Parking Enforcement Officers do enforce this rule. Community members will need an address and the license plate number to report violations. 72-hour violations and abandoned vehicles may be reported to Parking Enforcement using this this link Graffiti: Report at this link Illegal Dumping: Report at this link Vacant Buildings Open to Entry: Report at this link. Thursday, April 23 Questions? Special needs or language requirements?: Contact Christina Faine at 386-1366 or christina.faine@seattle.gov It went well. There were about 10 community members there. (That was good turnout given that it was the one of the most beautiful days in months.) I will write more later today.
Patrick asked me to post this to the blog: Tell the Washington State legislature not to gut the state’s excellent higher education system! The 23-31% cuts to higher education currently being considered by the state legislature are more severe than the ones faced by any other state around the nation. We have always provided a highly cost-effective and high-quality education that is especially accessible to Washington state residents; if the proposed cuts are implemented, we will simply no longer be able to offer the same level of quality to the same numbers of students. Try as we might, we won’t be able to teach as many or as well. Instead of taking such dramatic cuts from higher education, please consider some of the following alternatives: 1. Increase the General Fund support for the university sector, and invest more of the Federal funding into the community colleges, where student demand is more counter-cyclical; 2. Give universities the authority to raise tuition. Even if we were to raise tuition at the University of Washington by 28%, we would still be providing a more cost-effective education than any of our peer institutions around the nation; 3. Leave a lower balance in the budget. We have been saving for a rainy day but it’s time to pick up the pieces from the hurricane; 4. Raise revenues by instituting a state income tax, and placing a larger proportion of the tax burden on the very wealthy. I have been teaching at the University of Washington for 23 years and have been proud to be associated with this fine group of faculty, staff and students. While we have never enjoyed the level of resources as many of our peer universities around the country, we have made do with less. However, no educational system could take the level of cuts that are currently being proposed without devastating, and probably irreparable, consequences. Now is the time to stand up for Washington’s excellent college and university system! Contact Governor Chris Gregoire and your Washington State legislators now! Monday, April 13, 8:00 p.m. – midnight The City has a special volunteer opportunity on April 13: Seattle’s Homeless Needs Assessment. Community groups and volunteers in coordination with the City of Seattle,United Way of King County, and the Committee to End Homelessness will come together to better understand the needs of people who are homeless. Teams of volunteers will speak with every person they meet as they walk through a specified area to determine if they are homeless. Across the city, surveys will be conducted anonymously and respectfully. The City is encouraging you to consider volunteering for this project and help the city better understand the needs of homeless people and the barriers they face to finding permanent housing. There are different opportunities available with this effort and everyone who signs up will be required to attend a training prior to the assessment. This is a great way to help our efforts to end homelessness. For more information and to sign up as a volunteer, please visit www.seattle.gov/homelessneeds.  click on the image above to make it largerOur next Pinehurst community meeting will be Monday, May 4th at 7 PM at Amante Pizza. We are working on the agenda and want to know what neighbors want to discuss. Here is the draft agenda:
In addition to the topics above, we are contemplating discussing one of the topics below: 1. Trees (the new tree ordinance and/or trees at Ingraham High School) What do you think? There is a blog poll up for you to vote. And, you can discuss your thoughts in detail in the comments and note any topic you feel strongly about that was not included above. Seattle Police and the City Attorney’s Office are working to revoke the liquor license of the Rose Garden bar in Lake City. The bar is a known crack sales location with a history of overserving violations and violent incidents. Ironically, the Rose Garden is owned and operated by an ex-Drug Enforcement Agent. Read more in The Stranger and The Seattle PI. (And, many many thanks to Jonah and Casey for bringing attention to the issues in Lake City. The City is paying more attention to Lake City in great part to the coverage by Jonah and Casey.) |
 
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