“All politics is local,” former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill is often quoted as saying, reprising the 1932 axiom credited to Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Byron Price.
City Council passes over AAPI candidates for open D2 seat
Despite Seattle’s high concentration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents, the Seattle City Council (SCC) on Monday passed over the two AAPI finalists in the running for appointment to the at-large District 2 seat, which encompasses the Chinatown-International District (CID).
Edward Lin focuses on community needs in his run for D2 seat
Edward Lin grew up in North Carolina’s so-called “Research Triangle.”
Family-oriented advocate Chhuor seeks D2 City Council seat
Hong Chhuor loves his mother.
D2 candidates discuss Sound Transit in the CID, crime along 12th and Jackson at public forum
Candidates looking to fill the Seattle City Council (SCC)’s open District 2 seat fielded questions about why they should be chosen to be appointed to the Seattle City Council, during Tuesday night’s public forum.
Two AAPI candidates among District 2 seat finalists
The Seattle City Council (SCC) narrowed down the field of District 2 seat contenders to six finalists, including two Asian Americans, at a special meeting on Friday, Jan. 17.
Three AAPI candidates vie for open seat on Seattle City Council
There are three Asian American candidates that have expressed interest in the open Seattle City Council (SCC) seat vacated by former District 2 Councilmember Tammy J. Morales.
Hong Chhuor helps Seattle Opera tell its stories
In the new Seattle Opera Center, a quote by the Opera’s founder, Glynn Ross, reads in part, “We are not custodians of the old order. We are not curators of establishment art. We must be oriented towards the future…”