Sound Transit
Studio Guests:
Larry Phillips, D, King County Council Member & Sound Transit Board Member
Douglas MacDonald, Former Washington Department of Transportation Secretary
Mike O'Brien, The Sierra Club
Emory Bundy, Citizen Activist
Resources:
Sound Transit
Sound Transit's Expansion Proposal
Sound Transit's Open Houses
Link Light Rail in Seattle
Seattle's Streetcar Network
Studio Guests:
Jan Drago, Seattle Council Member & Chair of the Transportation Committee
Nick Licata, Seattle Council Member
James Kelly, Chair of Seattle Streetcar Alliance
Peter Sherwin, Transit Advocate
Streetcar Network:
Watch the May 6 Transportation Committee meeting with Streetcar Network issue.
Seattle Streetcar
Seattle Streetcar Network Concept
Seattle Streetcar Alliance
Build the Streetcar
Seattle Department of Transportation
Portland Streetcar
Seattle's Local Economy
Studio Guests:
Dick Conway, Publisher, The Puget Sound Economic Forecaster
Dr. William Bradford, Finance Professor, University of Washington
Jean Godden, Chair of the Seattle City Council Finance & Budget Committee
David Young , Washington Small Business Development Center
Resources:
The Puget Sound Economic Forecaster
Seattle City Council Budget Committee
Budget Community Meetings
Tracking the General Fund: How the City gets and spends
Green Seattle
Studio Guests:
Richard Conlin, City Council President
Heather Trim, People for Puget Sound
Bruce Ramsey, Seattle Times
Paul Guppy, Washington Policy Center
Related Links for Seattle's Green Bag Fee:
Nickels and Conlin Propose Green Fee on Shopping Bags, Ban on Foam
Watch the Mayor's Press Conference on the Green Bag Fee.
Seattle Public Utlities
Green Fee and Foam Ban Proposals
SPU - Recycling
Seattle Climate Action Now
Seattle Parks Department
Studio Guests:
Tim Gallagher, Seattle Parks Department Superintendent
John Barber, Seattle Park Board Commissioner
Cheryl Trivison, Friends of Gas Works Park
Doug Ancona, View Ridge Community Council
Learn more about the Seattle Parks and Recreation Draft Strategic Action Plan
Read the Draft Strategic Action Plan - PDF
Attend one of the public meetings on the Draft Strategic Action Plan or submit a comment online.
SR 520 Bridge
Studio Guests:
Jonathan Dubman, Montlake Resident
Theresa Doherty, University of Washington
Paige Miller, Arboretum Foundation
Chris Leman, Eastlake Resident and Chair of NoExpansionofSR520.org
Links & Resources:
Seattle Channel SR 520 In-Depth
SR 520 Environmental Impact Statement
NoExpansionofSR520.org
Better Bridge
Washington State Department of Transportation - SR 520 Project Page
Emergency Preparedness
Studio Guests:
JoAnn Jordan, Public Education Coordinator, Seattle Office of Emergency Management
Bill Steele, Pacific NW Seismograph Network
Brian Sherrod, USGS
Mark Pierepiekarz, President, MRP Engineering LLC
Earthquake Resources and Links:
City of Seattle Office of Emergency Management
Interested in learning more about emergency preparedness? Check out the classes offered by the City of Seattle: http://www.seattle.gov/emergency/news/calendar.htm
Want to have someone come and speak to your group about emergency preparedness? Give the City's Office of Emergency Management a call at (206)233-7123.
Home Emergency Preparations - a Seattle Channel video
Host C.R. Douglas tours a residential home with Emergency Preparedness Expert Cornell Amaya to learn about important steps one can take at home to prepare for an earthquake.
3 Days 3 Ways
Learn how to build your own emergency preparedness kit.
Pacific NW Seismograph Network
Find out about the most recent quakes in the Pacific Northwest Region.
Red Cross
King County Emergency Management
Seattle Fault Scenario Website - Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
The Washington State Emergency Resource Guide - PDF
FEMA - Are you ready?
Journalist Roundtable
Studio Guests:
Josh Feit, The Stranger
Joni Balter, Seattle Times
Aimee Curl, Seattle Weekly
Want to read more local Seattle headlines? Visit the Seattle Channel's News Room.
Seattle Center
Seattle Center
Century 21 Committee
Century 21 Master Plan - PDF
Studio Guests:
Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, Parks and Seattle Center Committee Chair
Robert Nellams, Seattle Center Executive Director
Jan Levy, Century 21 Committee Co-Chair
David Spiker, Architect
Gang Violence
Seattle Police Department
SPD - Youth Programs
Studio Guests:
Tanya Kim, Executive Director, Powerful Voices
Marcus Stubblefield, Program Manager, Safe Futures Youth Center
Terry Hayes, Seattle Human Services Department
Gabe Morales, Gang Prevention Services
Seattle's High Housing Costs
Theo Eicher, University of Washington
Tim Trohimovich, Futurewise
Eric De Place, Sightline
Richard Morrill, University of Washington Professor Emeritus
Sam Anderson, Master Builders Association
City of Seattle Planning and Development
Seattle Public Schools
Seattle Public Schools
Maria Goodloe-Johnson Ph.D., Superintendent
Seattle School Board
Ingraham High School
Advance Learning Programs
Historic Preservation
Seattle Landmarks and Designations
Historic Seattle
Maria Barrientos Development
Knute Berger - Crosscut
Lynne Varner - Seattle Times
Peter Steinbrueck - UW School of Architecture
Homelessness in Seattle
Guests:
Patricia McInturff, Director of Seattle's Human Services Department
Bill Block, Executive Director of the Committee to End Homelessness
Rev. Rick Reynolds, Operation Nightwatch
Other resources:
Seattle/King County Coalition to End Homeless
2008 One Night Count Summary - PDF
10 Year Plan to End Homelessness
Real Change Homeless Newspaper
Seattle/King County Public Health Department
Police Accountability
2007 Police Accountability Review Panel Final Report
Police Accountability Review Panel Members
Watch the Police Accountability Review Panel News Conference
Watch the Mayor's Press Conference: Police Accountability Report
Seattle Police Department
Office of Professional Accountability
Community Police Academy
Seattle Channel Police Accountability In-Depth
Port of Seattle
Port of Seattle
State Auditor's Performance Audit Report:
http://www.sao.wa.gov/Reports/AuditReports/AuditReportFiles/ar1000008.pdf
Response by Port of Seattle to Audit Report:
http://www.portseattle.org/news/Audit_2007.shtml
Port of Seattle enacts reforms (Seattle P-I)
Port tells panel it's making changes; auditors disagree (Seattle Times)
Justice Department to investigate Port (Seattle Times)
Alaskan Way Viaduct
Washington State Department of Transportation - Viaduct project
Viaduct timeline project
Seattle Channel - Viaduct In Depth
City Council's Viaduct page
Mayor Greg Nickels' Viaduct page
People's Waterfront Coalition
2008 Preview
Seattle Former Mayors:
Norm Rice
HistoryLink Essay on Norm Rice's Mayoral term
The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
Charles Royer
HistoryLink Essay on Charles Royer's Mayoral term
"Seattle's Housing Squeeze" - Seattle Times Guest Columnist
Institute for Community Change
The Royer Group
C.R. Douglas's interview with former NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw
"Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today"
Town Hall
2007 Year-In-Review
Journalist Roundtable:
Joni Balter - Seattle Times
Aimee Curl - Seattle Weekly
Josh Feit - The Stranger
Robert Mak of KING 5 News
Up Front with Robert Mak
Eric Devericks - Seattle Times Cartoonist
An exclusive interview with Bill Gates Sr. and Mimi Gardner Gates:
Gates Foundation
Seattle Art Museum
Saving Puget Sound
Related organizations:
Puget Sound Partnership
2007-2009 Puget Sound Conservation and Recovery Plan - PDF
People for Puget Sound
10 Things you can do to help save the Puget Sound
Washington State Dept of Ecology
Puget Soundkeeper Sue Joerger
Puget Sound Partnership & chairman Bill Ruckelshaus
Learn about other agencies helping to clean up Puget Sound.
Related articles:
Seattle PI special report on the Puget Sound
Read Robert McClure's Seattle P.I. series on the Duwamish
Read the report "Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound" - PDF
Is your local fish safe to eat? Check out the Dept of Health's Healthy Fish Eating Guide:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/oehas/fish/fishchart.htm
Anti-Panhandling Laws
Related articles:
"How do panhandlers spend your money?" - Seattle PI
"Panhandling still on rise despite education drive" - Seattle Business Journal
"Issaquah's panhandling measure panned by council" - Issaquah Press
"Nashville looks to rein in panhandling" - WBIR
"Panhandling Crackdown in Oregon Raises Free Speech Concerns" - OPB News
"Austin weighs panhandling limits" - mysanantonio.com
U.S. Department of Justice Report on Panhandling - PDF
Real Change - newpaper to support the homeless:
http://www.realchangenews.org/
Tacoma Rescue Mission:
http://www.trm.org/
Tacoma's Panhandling Ordinance - PDF
Seattle SuperSonics
Seattle Sonics: http://www.nba.com/sonics/
Seattle Storm: http://www.wnba.com/storm/
Save Our Sonics: http://www.saveoursonics.org/
2007 General Election Video Voters' Guide - City of Seattle and School Board
2007 General Election Video Voters' Guide - King County and Port of Seattle
Seattle Channel General Election 2007 In-Depth and Videos
City of Seattle Election 2007 - Voters' Guide
King County Elections
Washington Secretary of State Elections
City Council Position No. 1
Jean Godden
Joe Szwaja
City Council Position No. 3
Bruce Harrell
Venus Velázquez
City Council Position No. 5
Tom Rasmussen
City Council Position No. 7
David Della
Tim Burgess
City Council Position No. 9
Sally Clark
Judy Fenton
Proposition 1 Links
King County Roads and Transit measure
PRO-Proposition 1
The Transportation Choices Coalition
ANTI-Proposition 1
Washington state chapter of the Sierra Club
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