It is always important to remember what we are for, right? After all, this is part of our branding, “What are you for?” In January of 2014 I gave this kick off speech at the Community Development Roundtable, a group that was convened by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Here it is just like I […]
Efforts are now underway to gather signatures to put the tax on jobs passed by the City Council and signed into law by Mayor Jenny Durkan. If you would like to see the tax repealed, the first stop in that process is for enough signatures to be gathered to get the issue on the ballot. […]
Last week I had the pleasure of touring several Farmworker housing projects in Granger. The tour was lead by Marty Miller and Cristina Ruiz of the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing and included the Mayor of Granger, State Senator Judy Warnick, and people from the Washington Policy Center, Center for Latino Farmers, the Grant […]