http://www.bruceharrell.org Positive Focus Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2012/01/seattle-city-council-approves-marriage-equality-resolution/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2012/01/seattle-city-council-approves-marriage-equality-resolution/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:37:19 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1340 Press Release issued – January 23, 2012 Seattle City Council approves marriage equality resolutionCouncilmembers unanimously support state legislative efforts SEATTLE –Seattle City Councilmembers today unanimously approved Resolution 31356 declaring full support of state-wide marriage equality, urging the Washington State Legislature to swiftly pass Senate Bill 6239. This bill is explicitly intended to end discrimination in [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2012/01/seattle-city-council-approves-marriage-equality-resolution/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/money-and-energy-saving-led-streetlight-installations-continue-under-budget-and-ahead-of-schedule/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/money-and-energy-saving-led-streetlight-installations-continue-under-budget-and-ahead-of-schedule/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:34:33 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1298 Press Release issued – Nov. 7, 2011 LED streetlights now installed from North 65th street in Seattle all the way through Shoreline SEATTLE – In late September of this year, Seattle City Light began installing LED streetlights on residential streets from North 65th Street in Seattle all the way to the northern boundary of City [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/money-and-energy-saving-led-streetlight-installations-continue-under-budget-and-ahead-of-schedule/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/seattle-city-light-goes-mobile/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/seattle-city-light-goes-mobile/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:56:03 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1288 Press Release issued with Seattle City Light – Nov. 1, 2011 Mobile Web Features Available on All Smartphones SEATTLE – Seattle City Light is making it easier for customers to connect with their utility while on the go. “We want to give our customers the ability to connect with us wherever they might be,” Superintendent [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/seattle-city-light-goes-mobile/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:27:05 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1258 Press Release issued 9/27/11 Council passes initiative to provide high-speed Internet access and technology skills training to low-income students The Great Student Initiative will help educate and prepare Seattle students SEATTLE – The City Council voted unanimously on Monday to approve the Great Student Initiative (Resolution 31328). Legislated by Councilmember Bruce Harrell, the Great Student [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-committee-to-vote-on-legislation-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-to-low-income-students/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-committee-to-vote-on-legislation-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-to-low-income-students/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:17:04 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1274 Press Release issued 9/21/11 Seattle City Council Committee to vote on legislation to provide high-speed Internet access to low-income students The Great Student Initiative Resolution will help educate and prepare Seattle students Seattle – Councilmember Bruce Harrell will convene a special Energy, Technology, and Civil Rights Committee meeting tomorrow to discuss the Great Student Initiative [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-committee-to-vote-on-legislation-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-to-low-income-students/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/07/seattle-city-lights-rate-stabilization-account-is-meeting-council-goals/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/07/seattle-city-lights-rate-stabilization-account-is-meeting-council-goals/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:10:08 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1238 Press Release issued 7/20/11 No surcharges forecasted for the remainder of 2011 Seattle –Today, City Light officials informed the Energy, Technology and Civil Rights Committee that the Rate Stabilization Account (RSA) is working as intended and there are no anticipated surcharges for the remainder of 2011. Last year, Councilmember Bruce Harrell developed and passed legislation [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/07/seattle-city-lights-rate-stabilization-account-is-meeting-council-goals/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/06/seattle-city-council-to-host-foreclosure-credit-and-computer-fraud-brownbag-discussion/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/06/seattle-city-council-to-host-foreclosure-credit-and-computer-fraud-brownbag-discussion/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:17:08 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1223 News Release issued Wednesday, 6/22/2011 Discussion will help spread awareness and educate SEATTLE – Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell, Chair of the Energy, Technology and Civil Rights Committee, invites members of the public to participate in a lunchtime discussion on credit and foreclosure scams, computer scams and viruses, and how to protect your computer and [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/06/seattle-city-council-to-host-foreclosure-credit-and-computer-fraud-brownbag-discussion/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/putting-our-power-plans-in-the-hands-of-our-community-developing-city-light%e2%80%99s-strategic-plan/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/putting-our-power-plans-in-the-hands-of-our-community-developing-city-light%e2%80%99s-strategic-plan/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 17:33:51 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1177 Public outreach forums begin in May As Chair of City Light, I have demanded that our customers have access to the same information that I have relative to the opportunities and challenges that face City Light. The public owns the utility so I wanted the public to exercise its vested interest in the plans of [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/putting-our-power-plans-in-the-hands-of-our-community-developing-city-light%e2%80%99s-strategic-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:49:19 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1142 Media Advisory issued May 3, 2011 Technology partnerships key focus for low-income students SEATTLE — On Wednesday, May 4, Councilmember Bruce Harrell will introduce legislation launching the Great Student Initiative, a City of Seattle effort to establish partnerships with technology companies and financial institutions to provide Internet access to the most vulnerable students in the [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:32:14 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1148 I am pleased to introduce the Great Student Initiative, a new partnership program with information, communication and technology companies, and financial institutions to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access, hardware and software for low-income students in the Seattle Public Schools, and creating a steering committee to advance the goals of the initiative. In the last 18 [...]

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