As the Legislative session is winding down, 36th District Representative Reuven Carlyle sends these notes from Olympia. The fast-paced, 60-day state legislative session is slated to end on March 11 and our final days in Olympia are filled with late nights and intense budget negotiations. As we strive to wrap up the people’s business, I
March 4, 2010
For two weeks in 2009, Ballardite Tracey Higdon volunteered at a health clinic in Haiti through the non-profit organization Friends of the Children of Haiti. After January’s massive earthquake, the clinic near Jacmel is now one of the last standing in the region. On March 26, Higdon is returning to the country to organize a Haitian team to repair and repaint
March 4, 2010
Both 36th District Representatives Mary Lou Dickerson (D-Seattle) and Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle) have seen success for bills that they’re sponsoring during this legislative session. Rep. Dickerson has been working to ban the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles, sippy cups and other food and beverage containers used by children under the age of
March 3, 2010
SDOT reports Wednesday evening that debris is blocking the Burke Gilman trail, at Phinney Ave. N and North Canal Street. The Corps of Engineers is working in the area. While the trail is blocked, trail users headed to the west should detour to N 34th Street at Stone Way North, and those headed to the
March 1, 2010
Under the new Student Assignment Plan, all students will be assigned to the school within their boundary area (look up your school here.) If the attendance area school isn’t your first choice, you can apply for your child to go to another school within the Seattle Public School system. The open enrollment period runs from
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