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As expected the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a resolution to urge Washington State Legislature to establish a Do Not Mail Registry. From the sounds of it they actually are America’s greenest cell phone company. Since 1985 Credo has donated over $60 million to nonprofits, including groups working to fight global warming and safegaurd the planet, like Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network. Seattle does not need a CEO, it needs a community focused MAYOR. Mallahan is clearly out of his league with his attempt to enter the public service sector. The amount of influence that is pulling his puppet strings does not belong in city government. Seattle claims to be and frankly has been one of the greenest cities in the nation in recent years. But recently the green vote in Seattle has been disturbingly absent. The Senate has been heavily distracted as of recent with health care reform debate. Many think that the Senate will not be able to get a Climate Bill passed this year even though the House has already passed its version. One of these doubters is majority leader Harry Reid. Senator’s Barbara Boxer D-Calif and John [...] The Stranger “Seattle’s Only Newspaper” announced its endorsement of Mike McGinn for Mayor as well as a list of Council Members, Commissioners, Judges and the endorsement of the bag tax. Over a year ago Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels ordered a ban on bottled water in public buildings and offices. His announcement of the bottled water crackdown garnered national headlines. I was walking down the street in Seattle today and was approached by a young man asking me to donate to the League of Conservation Voters. He was full of energy and enthusiasm for the cause he was promoting. I stopped and chatted with him about what the League of Conservation was all about. The LCV’s mission is to advocate for sound environmental policies and to elect pro-environmental candidates who will adopt and implement such policies. The citizens of Seattle will have an opportunity to support or reject a 20-cent plastic and paper bag fee. This bag fee was approved in July 2008 by the Seattle City Council with a 6 to 1 vote. Shortly after the bag fee was approved the American Chemistry Council started an all out media blitz portraying the bag fee as a tax and imposition on the residents of Seattle. Yesterday Seattle hosted the last of only two public EPA hearings on climate change at pier 66 on the Seattle waterfront. The hearings were designed to allow public comment on the impact of global warming and pollution to public health and welfare. |
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