Start your weekend off with a mock forum and some O’Brien family hospitality. Think of some tough questions and Mike will answer them. It’s a great chance for you to bring your favorite issues to the table, and great practice for Mike.
As always, food and drink will be provided.
Friday 5/1, 5-7PM. [...]

Start your weekend by spending a few hours talking policy and enjoying some O’Brien family hospitality. We want to hear your voices!
This week we’d like to talk about job creation in our community.  We just published a new article on a great policy idea that would create local jobs while saving both energy and money.  [...]

Seattle is leaking money, right out of our homes and businesses.  But by taking some simple steps to improve the energy efficiency of our buildings we can plug these leaks, which would save money, reduce our energy usage, and create jobs in the process.  So how does this work? 

Today the Seattle Times reported that the city and state attorneys are challenging the decision of the city council to hold private meetings with the Mayor.  This story raises a number of issues, but what stands out for me is the whole idea of public debate.  One city council member, in referring to the closed [...]

Seattle needs to empower our citizens to organize more community-sized events.
A few weeks ago my family participated in the inaugural Cove to Clover St. Patrick’s Day Run in Burien.  About 350 people ran, it was a great community event, and it raised over $10,000 for a local food bank. As I was running the 3 [...]

“For every job that we create in Seattle, we must create an appropriate unit of housing to match it.”
This simple idea is central to Mike’s vision for the future of our city, and he’d love to hear what you think.  Join us this Friday, April 3, for the latest of our weekly get-togethers at O’Brien [...]