Greg Nickels
Greg Nickels
Gregory J. "Greg" Nickelswas the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington. He took office on January 1, 2002 and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009, Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor, failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election, and losing his bid for a third term as mayor. He left office on January 1, 2010...
adding dirt dollars entire forced millions process spade start taxpayer
Also, the monorail could be forced to start the entire bidding process all over again, adding another two years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars before a spade of dirt is turned,
adjusted effect inflation raised seattle since tax threshold
Seattle has not adjusted the tax threshold since 1994, ... The raised threshold offsets the effect of inflation since that time.
problem revenue solve
You can't solve a real revenue problem with rosy projections,
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A delay does not solve the (monorail) revenue problem, ... They can't save enough without fundamentally altering the line, and for that you have to go back to the voters.
opportunity work
We've all had a lot of opportunity to work on the idea of preparedness.
asking happen questions
We are all asking the same questions about how something like this could happen in our city.
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The people of Seattle know I'm a mayor willing to make tough decisions.