August 2007

Candidates for Seattle School Board positions that cover Ballard told the community last week what they would do to restore confidence in the public school system and unite an often divided board.

Candidates from each of the four open School Board positions came to meet community members one-on-one before a moderated forum held at Pathfinder K-8 Alternative School in West Seattle.

Just two candidates, incumbent Sally Soriano and Peter Maier, are running for District 1.

A community pizza oven, a weekend arts and crafts market, or a green space where educational programs are offered to area youth are just some the ideas a group of neighbors have for a piece of surplus city property in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.

That is, if they can come up with the money to purchase it or convince the city to help them.

Hillary Hamilton with the Seattle Fleets and Facilities Department, the department in charge of disposing of the former Seattle City Light substation and six others in the area, said while it's not that common, there have been instances

The 36th District Democrats made their endorsements for the upcoming Primary Election to be held on August 21.

Over 175 Democrats and community activists packed a hot room at the Calvary Lutheran Church in north Ballard. Sixteen candidates also showed up and many worked the process so that they could speak to the group.

"We take endorsements as one of our most important responsibilities to the District," said 36th District Democrats Chair, Peter House. "Our executive board interviewed 26 candidates, and spent a collective 180 hours listening to the elective hopefuls.

At Large in Ballard by Peggy Sturdivant

After I talked with Andrew Lewis for two hours I had to go home and look up "disingenuous" in my unabridged dictionary. He used the word three times and it struck me that I couldn't muster a good definition. According to Random House, it means, "lacking in frankness, candor or sincerity; insincere."

Better educated in the nuances of politics than at any previous point, I can state with certainty that Andrew Lewis is far from disingenuous.

The World Association of Bench Press and Dead Lift held it's local competition on Alki Saturday with over 100 people competing for 3 positions in the World championship to be held in Anaheim in November. The local organization and competition was formed 11 years ago by "Bull" Stewart and has been staged on Alki since it's beginning. To learn more about the organization visit their site, http://www.wabdl.org/