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10 May 8:18 pm
... , so INTA-visitors, you're in for a treat. Here's Part 2 of my mini-guide to Seattle for INTA attendees: Lunches and Dinners.
Seattle is known for its fish, seafood, and Pacific Northwest take on world cuisine. If you stick with my favorites, there ... 728-4220; dinner
only) for Mediterranean. Strangely, there aren't too many nearby restaurants with a view that suitably showcases our beautiful city. If you
don't mind a cab ride, for views I'd suggest Palisade (2601 West Marina Place; (206) 285-1000; ...
11 Feb, 2007 4:09 am
... St. Jude's property. The work included laying down wood pallets to keep dampness away. Photo from the Seattle Times Defying an order from
the city, a Catholic church welcomed the traveling homeless encampment known as Tent City 4 to its
grounds in Redmond, ... St. Jude Catholic Church. "We're not going to pull the rug out from under them at the last minute." Read the Seattle
Times article here. For a different perspective than you'll get here, check out the anti-tent city site Tent City Solutions.
6 May 9:52 pm
For those who are traveling to Seattle for INTA, there's still a little time to plan. Have coffee booked with a foreign associate but don't
know where to meet? Leave it to STL. Here's my biased and incomplete mini-guide to the ... on forgiving West Coast time - I won't soon forget those brutal 8 a.m. meetings in Toronto.
Nothing like getting up at 4 a.m. Seattle time after whooping it up past midnight at the CN Tower the night before! For an eclectic but good
eatin' business breakfast, I like the ...
1 Sep, 2007 8:21 am
In Seattle a residential tenant may only be evicted for "just cause". The just causes are enumerated in a city ordinance. A landlord may evict a tenant in a residential tenancy in Seattle for only those causes enumerated.
A month-to-month tenant is essentially a tenant in perpetuity. A decision by the Washington Court of Appeals in 2000 held that this does not apply to leases that expire at the end ...
15 Oct, 2007 6:45 am
... comparison did pique my curiosity. And so I put in a call to folks at the City of Seattle, who
were nice enough to steer me to all the documents one needs ... s still paying benefits to police and firefighters from the good old days. The city does not label the liabilities of that system as "unfunded," but based on what the financing documents ... total, which is about $425 million higher. In
other words, even if the entire Seattle power system suddenly stopped generating money and all its assets became ...
15 Jul, 2008 4:41 am
... know, after 41 years, Seattle has lost its beloved basketball team. The one thing that seemed right about the City of Seattle's settlement with Clay Bennett's Professional Basketball Club, LLC - the group that bought the team
and then ... its NBA team in game competition, marketing, promotional or other similar purposes following relocation of the team to Oklahoma City…." Given this language, how does the Professional Basketball Club explain its intent-to-use application (Serial No. 77516565) filed ...
18 Jul, 2008 12:50 am
... and Atmospheric Administration (collectively "federal Defendants") challenging the Endangered Species Act exemption granted by [NMFS] for the City of Seattle's . . . construction and operation of a sockeye hatchery in the Cedar River watershed without
imposing necessary ... of both the interim and the permanent sockeye hatcheries. Without that protection, Plaintiff is free "to sue Seattle for
allegedly taking ndangered Cedar Riverchinook through operation of the ockeyehatcheries." Dkt. 74 at 14. ...
14 Feb, 2008 3:05 pm
... use restrictions upheld by courts also have played significant roles in increasing Seattle's housing costs, he adds. Eicher's $200,000
conclusion ... were there all the time." Compared with 250 major U.S. cities, he says, Seattle: • Is first in terms of the impact of
state political involvement in land issues ... development director for the Dwelling Company, an Eastside homebuilder. In the final analysis, Eicher believes Seattle's regulatory climate exists because its residents want it. "My sense is land ...
11 Jan 7:40 am
... instruction on its website and displaying it in a readable way. Even better, the website provide an excellent overview of how the City
government works and how to use and interact with it. For example, at the "Department of Planning and Development" it provides three ... start a transaction not aware of what you are
being asked or how many pages you will have to click through. "A" Overall: The City of Seattle has an
excellent website; its attractive, easy-to-use, clearly laid-out, with clear and ...
27 May 10:51 am
... Hunter v. Erickson, 393 U.S. 385 (1969) and Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1, 458 U.S. 457 (1982) invalidates this ... limit a
precedent that otherwise seems plainly applicable. On the specific question of whether the Hunter-Seattle doctrine, rightly understood,
interferes inappropriately with federalism, I (a certified federalism nut) think ... administrative board, then it can do so under Hunter-Seattle. But a state's banning cities only from providing same-sex employment benefits comes ...
19 Sep, 2007 3:23 pm
... argument, the court observed that under the home rule provisions of the Washington Constitution, major cities like Seattle are
authorized to adopt city charters for their governance providing broad legislative and executive powers to ... State Supreme Court has
previously addressed this question in a slightly different set of circumstances when it rejected a challenge to the city of Vancouver's
decision to establish a domestic partnership benefit plan for its employees. In that case, the state's ...
3 Jul, 2008 4:24 pm
... for Pechman's ruling, however, it was finally announced that the parties had privately settled the matter. According to several published reports, the City of Seattle agreed to allow Clay Bennett's ownership group to get out of their lease, opening the door for the
... a new NBA franchise by 2013. Bennett's ownership group will also have to leave the Sonics name and colors behind in Seattle -- something
the group probably does not mind in the least. An assessment of the settlement, below the fold.
11 May 9:50 pm
... are quite versed, named Wolfe Law Group's west-coast home, Seattle, city of the year. Fast
Company is a very knowledgeable resource for small companies seeking to ... , Costco, Jones Soda, Jimi Hendrix, salmon jerky. That's an impressive list for a city of just 600,000 people tucked in a remote corner of America, wedged tightly between ... thrive and lead us into recovery. We will go ahead and agree that
Seattle is a wonderful spot for opportunity, even in a slumping economy. Thus, we will agree with Mr. ...
10 Jul 4:27 am
... it's the hassle of having to deal with it. Well, that's why we're here, Seattle traffic lawyers, to help you fight your speeding ticket,
and to take the ... your own if you want (some people don't mind going to Seattle traffic court every once in a while). Today's lesson is on
jurisdiction and venue ... city limit, for example. If the citation actually occurred in the Seattle
city limits, for example, as opposed to the Bellevue city limits, and you are directed to the
Bellevue courthouse to take care of ...
23 Jun, 2006 4:20 pm
... life of depressing provincialism? Starbucks may be internationally symbolic of our lovely city, but no true Seattle espresso aficionado would dare make Starbucks a daily hangout. Just ... spot, and last I checked there was a lot of angst swirling around our lovely
city. I was too scared to go into Coffee Messiah, even though it probably was manned by a bunch of vegans, but it speaks clearly to a niche
market in Seattle. I'm not sure that this name would play as well in Wichita, but the next time I ...
10 Nov 2:52 pm
... average is 1.26. In a study that looked at 52 different metro areas with more than a million residents, Seattle was ranked in the top five
safest for pedestrians. The research studies include the number of people who walk to work, amount of ... Jacksonville Memphis Best 5 cities for walking or biking: Minneapolis
Boston New York Pittsburg Seattle Transportation for America believes that cities should promote walking and bicycling and that the
cause of many "accidents" is poor roadway planning. They ...
31 Jul, 2008 3:50 pm
... His attorney said that cyclists have been complaining about the low guard rail on the Ballard Bridge for some time. A letter dated in August of 2004 warns the city, "It is just a matter of time before a bicyclist or pedestrian is injured or killed [on Ballard Bridge]." According to the Seattle Transportation Department, the city plans to spend $240 million in the next 10 years to make bicycle riding
in the city easier. They hope to increase both ...
26 Feb 10:04 am
... last year's performance audit entitled "Open Public Records Practices at 30 Government Entities," the Washington State Auditor objected to the City of Seattle's practice (modeled after the State) of treating each department of City government as a separate ... of Transportation, Seattle Police, Seattle Fire and the Department of Public Utilities (e.g. water and sewer). The City changed that practice after the
audit report. It is now going an extra step to look at incorporating the "best practices" ...
28 Oct 1:43 pm
... and Bear Arms and the Washington Arms Collectors. The lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court and names the City of Seattle, Mayor Greg Nickels and Timothy Gallagher, superintendent of Parks and Recreation, as defendants. Plaintiffs ... stopped illegal gun confiscations in
New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and nullified an illegal gun ban in the City of San Francisco." Individual plaintiffs in the case are:
Winnie Chan, a Department of Corrections employee who lives in Seattle and ...
25 Sep, 2007 8:59 pm
The City of Seattle filed suit against the Sonics yesterday in King County court asking the judge to
enforce the city's lease with the Sonics for Key Arena and prohibiting the Sonics from leaving Key Arena before the ... claims that the lease
language is clear and the team is bound to fulfill its lease obligations throughout the lease term. In addition, the city believes that the
lease clearly provides that arbitration of many issues may be available to the Sonics but the length of the lease term is ...
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