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Mar 09
Corned beef and cabbage St. Patrick’s Day dinner at the break for just $6.00. Service starts at 8PM. I’ll be making up a batch of Emerald Green Ruin in honor of the occasion. No ethanol due to the business meeting afterwards — just whatever ingredients the imagination of a retired chemist might suggest. We will have …
Mar 09
Mar 08
To recognize St. Patricks Day, we’ll be provided a warm meal for our members coming to the March 15th Meeting. Baked Corned Beef brisket served with special red potatoes and peppers and a side of blanched red and green cabbage flavored with black peppercorns and white onions. RSVP is requested so we can make sure there is enough …
Mar 08
Special Election Alert: voting deadline March 15, 2011 KING CONSERVATION DISTRICT ELECTIONSThe King Conservation District encompasses most of King County and had a budget of about $6.5 million last year to spend on conservation issues. Additional funds are allocated as grants. Every year they hold an election for one position. The election however does not occur …
Mar 05
11th LD Democrats Resolution 2011-01 Resolution Recognizing that Assuring a Minimum Standard of Paid Sick Days for All Employees Will Improve Public Health, Economic Security and Business Prosperity. Given that four in ten workers in Seattle have no access to paid sick leave and that this constitutes a health hazard for their coworkers and the …
Mar 05
11th LD Democrats Resolution 2011-03 Resolution on the Seattle Housing Authority Redevelopment of the Yesler Terrace Public Housing Project. Given that there are some 30,000 households in Seattle with incomes at or below 30% of the area’s median income, or about $23,150 for a three-person household, but only 310 unsubsidized rental units in all of …
Mar 02
I hope you don’t mind that I’m taking a little bit of time (and space) to talk about a technology issue. As a newer member of the 11th LD, I can honestly say technology issues aren’t usually mentioned a whole lot. Nevertheless, there are technology issues that certainly affect our society. Look at what happened …
Mar 01
ACTIVE BIT O’GREEN By Jim Flynn PCO RNT 11-0502 http://www.seattleoptin.com King County Democrats will be showin a bit o’green Thursday, March seventeenth to show pride in the life of Saint Patrick (c 387-493). He is certainly proud of us. Named Maewyn, he was born to a wealthy family in Britain where success in the agricultural …
Feb 25
From Bob Hasegawa, Representative of the 11th Legislative District: Hello District 11, I am holding a town hall next week. Details are below. Hope you can all dial in! Washington State House of Representatives Rep. Bob Hasegawa – 11th Legislative District Local legislator hosting telephone town hall March 2 Rep. Bob Hasegawa to discuss 2011 …
Feb 16
The General Membership meeting was yesterday (2/15). We had a very long and very nice visit from Richard Conlin, the Seattle City Council President. The membership had lots of great questions and I’m sure the question and answer session could have gone on for hours. We were also visited by Cara Bilodeau of Planned Parenthood …
