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Wading pool, library affected by proposed city budget

Mayor Mike McGinn released his proposed city budget for 2011 – 2012 on Monday, addressing the $67 million dollar shortfall in the City’s General Fund for 2011.  The proposed budget calls for the Wallingford wading pool to operate on a three day per week schedule next summer, similar to this year’s schedule.  The closest wading pool to operate seven days per week will be Green Lake. The proposed budget also calls for reducing “on-site librarian reference service in order to achieve…

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Seattle Public Schools Upcoming Levies Election

On February 9, residents within the Seattle Schools district will have a chance to vote for two new levies, using a special election mail-in ballot.  These levies replace two that expire this year and cover basic costs of education--from employee salaries to school building safety and maintenance--and will result in tax rates at current levels . According to School's First, the levies campaign organization, the Three-year Operations Levy, totaling $442.7 million, funds 23% of the Seattle Public schools operating budget for:…

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Dinner with our State Rep

We had the great pleasure of sitting down to an intimate dinner last night with Jamie Pedersen, the state representative for the 43rd district (that's you, Wallingford, and parts of Fremont, Green Lake, Ravenna, U District, Eastlake, Cap Hill, Madison Park and Downtown). Our friends Scott and Karen "bought" the dinner as part of a fundraiser for the Wallingford United Methodist Church, home to the (religiously unaffiliated) Wallingford Child Care Center and generously invited us, along with three other friends, along.…

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Reminder: Candidate Forum Tonight

Don't forget, folks, tonight, Tuesday Oct 13th at Lincoln High School Auditorium, it's the big ol' North End Candidate Forum, featuring mayoral candidates Joe "Synergize Collaborative Goal-Setting" Mallahan and Mike "Have I mentioned how much I hate the tunnel" McGinn, as well as candidates for City Attorney and City Council. Here's the latest schedule: 6:00 - Doors open 6:30 - 7:00 City Attorney 7:00 - 8:00 -  Mayoral candidates McGinn and Mallahan 8:00 - 9:00 pm -  City Council races Wallingford…

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Mallahan visits Wallingford

(Correction: Despite what we say below, this meeting is not open to the general public. See our retraction for more info.) Yes, indeed, Wallingford's own Joe Mallahan, Seattle mayoral candidate, will be visiting his home 'hood to chat with attendees at tomorrow morning's Wallingford Chamber of Commerce breakfast, held at the University Club (4400 Stone Way N). The meeting kicks off with chatting and networking at 8:00 am, business runs 8:30 am - 9:30 am. Chamber President Kara Ceriello writes: I…

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