we can fight city hall

during the summer of 2007, a tiny seattle greenbelt was destroyed on capitol hill by a wealthy developer homeowner - despite clear documentation that the city of seattle has violated its own ordinances in allowing this devastation, months of communication with the arborist’s office, the mayor’s office, the department of transportation, and others in city government […]

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the small greenbelt in question is an unimproved city right of way, that had been populated by mature trees, groundcover, understory shrubs, and natural leaf - mold mulch - it provided habitat for birds, insects, and small mammals, preventing soil erosion, absorbing rainfall and reducing storm water run-off, filtering impurities and producing oxygenin december of […]

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sadly, there has been little discussion - after some initial response by the department of transportation, who at first denied all infraction, but later acknowledged multiple errors, the loudest sound since has been pure silence - subsequent and repeated calls and email to the department of transportation, the mayor’s office, the arborist’s office, the city […]

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after writing the post above, citing the seattle department of transportation website and the discussion with mr bell about ordinance # 90047, I attempted to create a link to the city website for this blog remarkably, the wording of the city site has changedthe city of seattle has removed the following two sentences fom the […]

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mr wysong has completed his “replanting” of the greenbelt -he has not followed his own plan, the latest city-approved plan, unsatisfactory and unsuitable as it was - what he has provided instead is a private path to his own backyard - instead of placement of trees and other planting elements in such a manner as […]

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al gore and the intergovernmental panel on climate change win the 2007 nobel peace prize “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”

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in the emerald city, we are hacking green in our public spaces - by contrast, in the big apple, mayor bloomberg launches the plant a million tree in nyc initiative on october 9, by planting the first tree with bette midler in brooklyn perhaps when mayor bloomberg comes to seattle with president clinton and […]

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ace journalist, kayla sargent (of insominia fame) is preparing a documentary on the saga of greengate in seattle

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August 21, 2009
SEATTLE — Mayor Greg Nickels, who rose to national prominence as an outspoken advocate on environmental issues, conceded here Friday that he had lost his bid for a third term. Mr. Nickels trailed two political newcomers in a primary vote.
“Twice they gave me the honor of doing this,” Mr. Nickels said of Seattle […]

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