4:30 PM TODAY: Mayor’s virtual ‘town hall’ for West Seattle

Just announced:

Today, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan will host her third in a series of virtual town halls, connecting with residents in West Seattle about their specific needs during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Mayor Durkan will be joined by representatives from the Department of Neighborhoods, Department of Transportation, Human Services Department, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Arts and Culture, Office of Economic Development, Office of Housing, Office of Labor Standards, Seattle Public Utilities, and Seattle City Light.

A webinar will immediately follow the town hall, providing residents the opportunity to hear directly from City departments about essential services, resources, and other support available to residents and businesses.

In previous weeks Mayor Durkan has virtually visited the Central District and North Seattle. Next week the town hall will move to South Seattle.

WHEN: Today, May 14, from 4:30 – 6:15 PM
WHERE: You can join the meeting from any PC or mobile device browser with this link.

19 Replies to "4:30 PM TODAY: Mayor's virtual 'town hall' for West Seattle"

  • Hmm May 14, 2020 (3:12 pm)

    Did they announce this with only 4-5 hours notice? Not sure I’m interpreting that right.If so, that’s one way to keep turnout low…

    • WSB May 14, 2020 (4:21 pm)

      Yes. The media advisory went out with three hours’ notice; I got the info a bit earlier because I saw a city department mention it on Twitter at 11:23 am and, startled, I looked around to see how I’d missed something that major but couldn’t find it, so I asked the mayor’s office.

      • Hmm May 14, 2020 (4:41 pm)

        Wow, what’s the story with that!Seems like a schedule or outreach failure on someone’s behalf.

  • Ally May 14, 2020 (3:37 pm)

    Will there be an opportunity to ask questions of  the mayor 

    • WSB May 14, 2020 (4:16 pm)

      As far as I know.

  • FIX IT May 14, 2020 (4:30 pm)

    Right during the commute… how convenient. Also nice that it is virtual seeing as our city “leaders” have done virtually nothing to address the failed West Seattle Bridge.

    • bill May 14, 2020 (5:14 pm)

      @FIX IT:  Let’s see, there have been lane and signal reconfigurations and a shoring contractor has been hired. What do you expect, the mayor swinging a pickaxe? If that is all it takes, why aren’t you out there digging?

      • Bryan May 23, 2020 (5:20 pm)

        Well. Their plan to make mass transit more efficient when we are being told to social distance is kind of counterintuitive.

        • heartless May 23, 2020 (6:46 pm)

          DUDE, THAT IS WHAT A PLAN IS!  It’s something where you do something for the future.  For example a plan to make mass transit better, for, you know, the future, where, among other things, we’re not social distancing.

  • Leon May 14, 2020 (4:44 pm)

    Is this actually happening? It’s 4.45pm and it’s not started.

    • WSB May 14, 2020 (5:47 pm)

      Yes, we’ve been watching all along. Recording too for playback.

  • NW Mama May 14, 2020 (4:46 pm)

    I appreciate that they did actually get the traffic flowing better by changing the traffic lights at East Marginal/Chelan and Spokane intersection.   This situation sucks, but their response has been decent so far.

    • Ryan May 23, 2020 (5:27 pm)

      Ok ask yourself this. If Trump knew that vivid was coming years before the public found out and did nothing to prepare for a outbreak would you think he did a good job?

  • Joe May 14, 2020 (5:23 pm)

    The only thing I hear is Lisa Herbold talking about everything that she’s done and not much about what is being planned.  

    • WSB May 14, 2020 (5:45 pm)

      So far no new news from anyone, not that it was billed that way,

  • WS Resident May 14, 2020 (6:39 pm)

    Just listened…..wow was the Q&A part of this meeting cherry picked. Not super useful which is a bummer given the lack of updates on the bridge and mitigation in particular. Also the excessive thanking of elected officials by the speaking  participants was really weird…very Trumpian.

    • Seng May 14, 2020 (7:32 pm)

      This orchestrated Q&A seems to be a pattern with the Mayor. We had a similar event for downtown Seattle residents which included a highly curated Q&A session.

  • Reno May 14, 2020 (9:35 pm)

    Dog and pony show- that’s all Durkans good forGreg Nickels looks kind of good right now and he was also incompetent but better than Jenny

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