All of us — as parents, as children, and as fellow members of our Seattle and Washington and American neighborhood — grieve over the terrible, very recent accident involving a…
Category: Gerry Pollet
Rep. Gerry Pollet: Statements on providing funding to reduce tuition and increase support for higher-education in response to Senate Republican bill announcement
“The House Higher Education Committee, acting in a bipartisan manner, adopted House Bill 1624, which would commit our state to increasing our investment in higher education and set a long-term…
Town Hall tomorrow morning, March 16, at North Seattle Community College
Please join Senator David Frockt, Representative Gerry Pollet and Representative Jessyn Farrell for a 46th Legislative District Town Hall from 10 to noon tomorrow, March 16. The Town Hall will be…
Pollet rallies full House against predatory-towing
OLYMPIA — Citizens should never be slammed with charges upward of $2,000 to get their car back after being towed by a predatory towing company. That’s the very message for…
My position on education funding
Funding education is the single most important investment we can make in our state’s future. In recent years, due in part to our state’s budgetary woes, we have failed to…
Elections-measures advancing in state House
OLYMPIA – Rep. Gerry Pollet is no stranger to elections issues. As a case in point, one needn’t look any further than his work “to get more citizens hooked on…
Hanford hit by a new, high-level nuclear-waste leak
You no doubt have been following the alarming situation involving the high-level nuclear-waste leak that recently occurred at Hanford. Perhaps you saw a TV-news segment on this issue the other…
I hope to see you all Saturday morning, Feb. 16, in Lake City Square
The next Traveling Town Hall is 10 o’clock Saturday morning, Feb. 16, at Kaffeeklatsch — which is located at 12513 Lake City Way N.E., Suite H, in Lake City Square….
The Daily editorial (February 10, 2013)
Gerry’s work to restore affordable access to the opportunities of higher education is highlighted in a UW Daily editorial: “UW students find an ally in Rep. Gerry Pollet.” Click here…
Seattle lawmaker emphasizes citizen-involvement in two measures
State Rep. Gerry Pollet is prime-sponsoring legislation which would guarantee for the first time that the public can comment at local-government and state-government meetings before councils or agencies take their…