Seattle Washington Update from Mark Taylor-Canfield.

Nov 9, 2015

City Council elections and redistricting. Police accountability including law suits. School districts are struggling with transgender rights. Olympia Washington may be the next city to adopt the $15 wage.

Seattle pays $55k settlement to woman injured by police

http://mynorthwest.com/832/2834766/Did-Seattle-pay-woman-55K-to-limit-lawsuit-expenses

 

AP/GfK poll shows Republican voters support confrontation over federal budget

http://mynorthwest.com/178/2834596/APGfK-Poll-GOP-voters-prefer-combative-tactics-over-budget

 

Olympia, WA may be next US city to adopt $15hr minimum wage

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/10/its-official-2-of-the-3-richest-men-in-the-u-s-now.html?ana=twt

 

Seattle People's Budget Town Hall

http://www.catalyticcommunity.org/event/peoples-budget-town-hall/

 

Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant's plan for small businesses

http://sawant.seattle.gov/progressive-plan-for-small-business/

 

South Carolina Sheriff's Deputy fired over incident with student

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-thrown-student-south-carolina-20151028-story.html

 

Washington State School Districts review policies on anti-discrimination for transgender students

http://mynorthwest.com/174/2834663/Washington-school-district-considers-transgender-policy