http://www.bruceharrell.org Positive Focus Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:53:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/03/2008-winter-storm-response-update/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/03/2008-winter-storm-response-update/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:31:11 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=68 On February 20, 2009, Council held another briefing regarding the December 2008 Winter Storm response. The briefing was the last of 4 scheduled briefings as a result of the “illegal procedural penalty” by the City (excuse my football reference). The “After Action Report” and “Corrective Action Plan” was presented and discussed by Council. Each department [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/03/2008-winter-storm-response-update/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/01/snow-response/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/01/snow-response/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:32:59 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=50 A few weeks ago, our city experienced one of the biggest snowstorms in over a decade, replete with the usual post-storm analysis. The public’s perception of how the City handled the storm can best be described as “frustration on steroids.” As the Mayor graded the City’s response as a “B” and we questioned the vacation [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/01/snow-response/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2008/12/tree-ordinance/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2008/12/tree-ordinance/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:28:46 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=46 Since 1972, the amount of tree cover in Seattle has decreased from 40 percent coverage, to about 18 percent today. This is a loss of approximately 1.7 million trees in a 36 year period is significant and I think all of our citizens should be concerned about it. Our tree cover is essential to our [...]

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