I am saddened to read the tone of your May 16 report concerning the incident involving a van driver and his passenger.
Although you don't identify the age of the passenger, the clear implication is that she was a paranoid, little old lady.
Four years ago you elected me to the Seattle School Board because the need for reform was so great. Our new board's strong vision and hard work have paid off. Our district is in far better shape than it has been for decades and is heading in the right direction with new leadership, a firm financial footing, and some very sound policies.
By setting up stringent oversight of the superintendent and the budget and making tough policy decisions, we have turned the district around. Our board has focused relentlessly on student learning, always with an eye to equity.
To the young man who stopped to talk with me
I was working in our yard during the evening of May 22. I'm not really positive as to what group or political party you were representing, but after hearing your brief introduction, and how you criticized our president and government, I quickly surmised that you and I were 180 degrees apart in our political, moral, and ethical views.
You then informed me how upset your "religious" mother was when you informed her that you were coming out of the closet.
This is the 100th year West Seattle has been part of the city of Seattle.
Even though the community is built on a peninsula, it was the need for a reliable source of potable water that convinced West Seattle residents to join its neighbor across the bay in 1907.
Most West Seattleites back then lived in the area now known as North Admiral.
Governor Christine Gregoire has signed a law which, among other things, provides "repose" for the Seattle Monorail Project.
This is another major milestone in the work undertaken after the November 2005 election to close down the agency.
Because governments rarely go out of business, there are usually no laws or guidelines that speak to the dissolution processes, which are similar to laws that govern bankruptcy and dissolution proceedings.
For private businesses, the law provides a roadmap for shutting down the monorail and creates finality and certainty to Sea
In an old brick building in the Youngstown neighborhood with colorful pictures of peacocks lining the halls and cheerful, beautiful voices resounding through the halls lives The Power of Hope, an organization that stands for "empowerment through the arts."
The Power of Hope, located at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, is centered on the belief that young people need to be seen and heard and that true social and world change will occur when the voices of young people are developed through the arts.
On this day, students are getting ready to perform a sampling of their spok
Samara Spann was sentenced in King County Superior Court to 23 years in prison for the macabre murder of her 6-year-old daughter, Kyeimah, in White Center in 2004.
Prior to sentencing, King County Deputy Prosecutor Kristin Richardson quoted a videotaped statement, in which Spann confessed committing the crime after the girl refused to go to sleep because she thought there were spiders in her room.
King County plans to purchase up to 500 new buses that will help deliver one of the biggest bus service expansions in Metro history.
Most of the buses will be articulated hybrids manufactured under a contract believed to be the largest of its kind in North America.
Metro has selected New Flyer Industries, General Motors Corp. and Cummins Engine Co. as the major commercial partners in delivering the next generation of buses.
Superintendent Raj Manhas and Chief Academic Officer Carla Santono have announced principal appointments for the 2007-2008 school year. The appointments are a result of a "rigorous, three-phase process" that began in fall 2006.
"As we see and hear how applicants respond to a real-world situation, we can get a very good sense of how they will perform as principals," said Santorno.
"I am very impressed by the caliber of the individuals appointed to principal roles for 2007-2008," said Superintendent Raj Manhas.
U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has introduced the Unemployment Insurance Modernization bill.
The proposed law would transform the unemployment insurance program to meet the growing needs of a workforce that's changed dramatically since the program's inception.
