Morning Fizz
"Unfortunately, It's a Free Speech Issue."
1. Last night, in honor of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in Washington State, the National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington held a women's trivia night at Twist in Belltown. Morning Fizz fielded a team which included Seattle's own star suffragette, Erica C. Barnett. So, we thought we were set. We thought we'd be a contender for women's studies champ. Ha. Not even close.
Did you know that Erica thought Michelle Obama heads the White House Council on Woman and Girls? That during the "Who's that Girl?" portion of the quiz, when a picture of Bella Abzug flashed up on the screen, Erica, in all seriousness, said "Susan Boyle!" ? (But she can identify Taylor Swift?) Oh, and she couldn't name more than two countries that have woman heads of state. There's like over 10.
Michelle Obama? Really?
The Cola Team—which also included Cola intern Bryce McKay, Josh Feit (who at least knew the Storm won the WNBA title in 2005) and state Rep. Zach Hudgins—lost badly. (We got 26 out of a possible 52 points. Jan Drago's team won.)
The White House Council on Women and Girls is chaired by Valerie Jarrett.
2. Real Change , the newspaper that advocates for the homeless and the poor, just concluded its summer fundraising drive (after a controversial season stumping against the panhandling ordinance and moving to Pioneer Square) bringing in over $200,000.
3. Speaking of Real Change—Executive Director Tim Harris, along with the local Sierra Club—are thinking of running an initiative to make the Seattle City Council put conditions on the tunnel deal that stipulates (as opposed to the current scenario ) that Seattle property owners don't get stuck with any cost overruns.
4. City Council Members Mike O'Brien and Richard Conlin met yesterday with lobbyists from the phone-book industry. O'Brien has proposed stricter regulations on phone-book deliveries to stop the wasteful tradition; currently, residents who don't want to receive phone books must call to opt out.
O'Brien wants a system in which residents who wanted to recieve phone books would have to opt in, but Conlin says that isn't likely to pass. He says the lobbyists were willing to consider an "advanced recovery fee," which would require the companies to pay to recycle phone books that were returned to the City.
"I'd love to do [an opt in system], but there are legal issues," Conlin says. "Unfortunately, it's a free speech issue whether you can regulate on business and not another."
As we've reported, O'Brien has been collecting unwanted phone books from constituents. Yesterday a Dex rep came by his office to pick the 600 phone books that have accumulated in O'Brien's office. When O'Brien asked whether the phone books would be recycled, the representative said, "No." They would be "re-purposed"—i.e., sent back out into Seattle neighborhoods.
Did you know that Erica thought Michelle Obama heads the White House Council on Woman and Girls? That during the "Who's that Girl?" portion of the quiz, when a picture of Bella Abzug flashed up on the screen, Erica, in all seriousness, said "Susan Boyle!" ? (But she can identify Taylor Swift?) Oh, and she couldn't name more than two countries that have woman heads of state. There's like over 10.
Michelle Obama? Really?
The Cola Team—which also included Cola intern Bryce McKay, Josh Feit (who at least knew the Storm won the WNBA title in 2005) and state Rep. Zach Hudgins—lost badly. (We got 26 out of a possible 52 points. Jan Drago's team won.)
The White House Council on Women and Girls is chaired by Valerie Jarrett.
2. Real Change , the newspaper that advocates for the homeless and the poor, just concluded its summer fundraising drive (after a controversial season stumping against the panhandling ordinance and moving to Pioneer Square) bringing in over $200,000.
3. Speaking of Real Change—Executive Director Tim Harris, along with the local Sierra Club—are thinking of running an initiative to make the Seattle City Council put conditions on the tunnel deal that stipulates (as opposed to the current scenario ) that Seattle property owners don't get stuck with any cost overruns.
4. City Council Members Mike O'Brien and Richard Conlin met yesterday with lobbyists from the phone-book industry. O'Brien has proposed stricter regulations on phone-book deliveries to stop the wasteful tradition; currently, residents who don't want to receive phone books must call to opt out.
O'Brien wants a system in which residents who wanted to recieve phone books would have to opt in, but Conlin says that isn't likely to pass. He says the lobbyists were willing to consider an "advanced recovery fee," which would require the companies to pay to recycle phone books that were returned to the City.
"I'd love to do [an opt in system], but there are legal issues," Conlin says. "Unfortunately, it's a free speech issue whether you can regulate on business and not another."
As we've reported, O'Brien has been collecting unwanted phone books from constituents. Yesterday a Dex rep came by his office to pick the 600 phone books that have accumulated in O'Brien's office. When O'Brien asked whether the phone books would be recycled, the representative said, "No." They would be "re-purposed"—i.e., sent back out into Seattle neighborhoods.
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