Jenny Durkan
Mayor Jenny Durkan’s State of the City Speech: Full Text and Video
Watch or read the speech here.
Mayor Jenny Durkan delivered her first State of the City address on February 20, 2018 at Rainier Beach High School. Watch the full speech, and see the full text of her speech, as delivered, below. Thank you so much. Thank you for that great introduction. Council President Harrell, Members of the City Council, fellow elected…
How Will Mayor Jenny Durkan Influence the Seattle Economy?
The economy will take care of itself. Not alienating the middle class is more difficult.
This article appears in print in the January 2017 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Four years and five mayors ago (McGinn, Murray, Harrell, Burgess and now Durkan), this column opined that when it comes to devising and carrying out economic development policy, no big-city mayor has it as easy as whoever happens to…
Seattle City Light CEO Resigns
Mayor Jenny Durkan said she asked Larry Weis, the city's highest-paid employee, to resign.
Larry Weis, the CEO of Seattle City Light, has resigned, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced during a press conference on the resignation of Seattle Police Chief Kathleen OToole. Weis was the highest paid public employee in Seattle, making $340,000 a year. According to Crosscut, he was also looking for a bonus. His hire was confirmed in…
Jenny Durkan Sworn In as Mayor of Seattle
The former U.S. Attorney is Seattle's first woman mayor in nearly a century.
Jenny Durkan is now officially the mayor of Seattle. The former U.S. Attorney for Western Washington was first sworn in at the Ethiopian Community Center. Shell also visit the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, the Wing Luke Museum, the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Association and the Elliott Bay Public House and Brewery. In a series of tweets…