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Monday, March 1, 2010

City Youth and Family Initiative Meeting Tonight

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM

Mayor Mike McGinn’s office and the Seattle Office for Civil Rights are holding the second group workshop for the Youth and Families Initiative tonight from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Northgate Elementary School. The first meeting, held last week at Rainier Community Center, attracted a crowd of 200-plus people. “We had note takers in the hallway and gym just to accommodate such a large crowd," says McGinn’s spokesman Aaron Pickus.

The mayor’s office has five public gatherings planned, along with 50 to 100 smaller community caucuses to be facilitated by residents in coffee shop and houses. When asked about the freakish need for hundreds of community meetings, Pickus explains, “Large group meetings don’t work for everybody. We knew we needed to come to [the people]. That’s how you ensure you’re hearing everybody.”

In that vein, the mayor's office has composed a special ballot for dedicated shut-ins after the jump. Go vote!

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If he thinks he's "hearing everybody", or even a small but representative sample of everybody, he's delusional and needs medication.

Posted by Fnarf

on March 1, 2010 at 3:49 PM

I tried to fill it in, but it wouldn't let me fill in Concerned Parent Whose Kid Just Grad High School in the box.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on March 1, 2010 at 3:51 PM

Does this Mayor think none of us has anything to do except attend an endless series of town hall meetings? Could someone please direct him to a time machine that will transport him to 18th century Vermont? (Even then, people were busy. They met once a year, and delegated the city's business to the Mayor.) You won, ok? Now govern!

Posted by kk in seattle on March 1, 2010 at 10:22 PM