Magazine

Magazine

Public Utilities, Garbage Disposal, City Council, Mismanagement

This is an issue of the local magazine "Seattle" from 1965. There is a feature article by James Halpin on the city council. The article entitled "The Archaic System that Prevails Makes Members Look Pretty Whiggish: Our Musty Crusty City Council" covers the issues that plague Seattle's public utilities. According to the article Seattle was running out of landfill space and city council had mismanaged the problem. The article features Wing Luke as the instigator of change in the council's policies. Luke's key partners in the controversy were Board of Public Works Mrs. Harlan Edwards and Ted Best. There are two images of Luke on p. 12 and 14. The 8 page article runs from 12-6 and 46-8.

1992.022.362