July 2005

Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin said his success in getting legislation passed and his ability to go into any neighborhood and point his accomplishments is what makes him feel he is ready for a third term.

As chairman of the council's Transportation Committee, Conlin says his goals for the next four years are to continue to largely concentrate on addressing transportation issues and setbacks, and road, street and bridge repairs, both regionally and locally.

He is a member of a regional committee that has been lobbying for legislation to provide adequate money fo

A man leaned on his elbows at the Seattle Monorail Project board of directors' conference table and urged the board members to divide the Green Line into two $800 million halves which would cut interest payments significantly.

First build the monorail from Seattle Center to West Seattle, the man suggested.

If the North Highline area were to incorporate and become Washington's newest city, its residents and businesses would generate about $11.3 million in tax revenue every year, according to a study released last week.

If North Highline became part of Burien, North Highline residents would pay about $10.8 million to Burien.

If Seattle annexed North Highline, the community would pay an estimated $10.6 million annually to Seattle.

It takes a lot of money for a city to build streets and sidewalks, pay a police force, maintain sewer and water systems,

What can West Seattleites expect if an earthquake takes down the Alaskan Way Viaduct?

The Seattle city police, transportation planners and emergency managers proposed an emergency closure plan for the viaduct to the Transportation Committee of the Seattle City Council July 18.

I have been observing Jack Block, Sr. for over 30 years.

This former White Center schoolboy is a graduate of Highland Park Elementary, West Seattle High and the U-Dub class of 1957 with a degree in international studies who went on to become a Port of Seattle commissioner for a record of 28 years. He is now retired and living with a new wife in a beautiful home overlooking the ferry dock in West Seattle.

Not bad for a working guy, a longshoreman, crane operator on Seattle's waterfront.

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If you are one of those organized gardeners who like to keep notes on what to do next year, grab your notebook and start a section titled "Staking." This is the time of year when it is obvious what staking methods work best for what plant.

A quick note before we tackle the many varieties of stakes: Don't wait until the plant is grown to stake! Trying to drive a bamboo stake next to a 10-foot sunflower in late summer is practically futile.

Up until now, the so-called "missing link" of the Burke-Gilman Trail was purely a matter of semantics. The construction of the $3.5 million segment along 54th Street and Seaview Avenue, between the Ballard Locks and Northwest 60th Street, gives the bicycling lobby exactly what they wanted: a true missing link to the controversial trail.

In and of itself, the new trail segment is not a bad thing, unless you want to count the $1.8 million from the city's general fund spent on the 0.7-mile project.

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As a two-term Seattle City Council member Richard Conlin said his leadership in the past eight years to bring community concerns and plans through council approval is part of what drives his confidence in his re-election campaign.

Having the ability to go into any community and point out my hand in many of their accomplishments with community goals makes me a difficult candidate to beat, he said.

As chair of the Councils Transportation Committee, Conlin said his goals for the next four years are to continue to largely concentrate on addressing tran

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Legends are seldom recognized in their own time. For Wanda Jackson, it took nearly three decades before she realized that she was a trailblazer for women in rock 'n' roll.

A few walkers enjoy a stroll along the new segment of the Burke-Gilman Trail between the Ballard Locks and Northwest 60th Street. Trail advocates hope to connect this section with the trail's current end at 11th Avenue Northwest.