By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SEATTLE — The first woman mayor since the 1920s has taken the helm in the booming progressive city of Seattle. Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan was sworn in on Nov. 28 at an Ethiopian community center, 91 years after the city elected Bertha Knight Landes as mayor. “We must remember […]
BLOG: Mayor Jenny Durkan — Wonder Woman
By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY On Nov. 28, Seattle welcomed a new mayor — female, bold, and original. Even on day one, Mayor Jenny Durkan amazed many. And what an inauguration! As the second woman and first lesbian mayor since the founding day of Seattle in 1851, Durkan decided to take City Hall directly […]
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Durkan: Seattle’s next mayor
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By LISA BAUMANN SEATTLE (AP) — In a Seattle mayoral race that will give the booming liberal city its first female mayor since the 1920s, former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan has taken a strong early lead. Ninety-one years after Seattle elected Bertha Knight Landes as mayor, early returns Tuesday showed Durkan […]
Mayoral candidates tour Little Saigon
Friends of Little Saigon organized separate tours for Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan this week. Moon’s tour of the neighborhood was on Oct. 30 and Durkan’s took place the day after. They met with businesses and community leaders of Little Saigon. Small businesses owners shared with the candidates their concerns and challenges […]
EDITORIAL: Two crucial races
Two women are battling each other to become Seattle’s next mayor. In the local Asian community, support appears to be split down the middle for Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan. While the community is divided, the upside is, more and more Asians are getting involved in the political process and making their voices be heard. […]
Mayoral candidates appeal to API community
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “Anyone who’s been in this community for any period of time, knows that Donnie Chin was beloved. And when he was killed, it really put a hole in the heart of this community. If you were mayor, starting at the beginning of your administration, what would you do specifically […]
Tax to target Asians?
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan issued a statement on Aug. 22, on her continued opposition to Cary Moon’s proposal to tax “foreign buyers” after a Seattle Times story came out, which revealed that the Seattle City Attorney’s Office declared the proposal “illegal” and the “King County assessor has denounced the […]
EDITORIAL: Making history
For the first time in almost a century, Seattle will elect a female mayor. Jenny Durkan is currently leading with Cary Moon and Nikkita Oliver not far behind. All first-time candidates. All women. In the early 20th century, the campaign for women’s suffrage and prohibition issues brought women into the public sphere. With the passage […]
Forum for mayoral candidates provides needed answers for API community
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly The cheers and jeers at the Mayoral Candidate Forum were just some of the many sounds that could be heard at the pre-election, public event at the Nagomi Tea House. Ten candidates for the chief executive’s job in Seattle attended a forum on June 22 specifically for the city’s […]