Tag: casey gifford

April 4, 2019

Rashomon in Wedgwood: SDOT Director and Deputy Mayor grilled during Bike Board meeting

SDOT Director Sam Zimbabwe and Deputy Mayor Shefali Ranganathan sat down for a long talk with the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board Wednesday to have a difficult and at times uncomfortable conversation about Mayor Jenny Durkan’s commitment to building the city’s Bicycle Master Plan. But even if the talk ended with gulfs still between the Board…
(read more…)

tagged: 35th Ave NE, casey gifford, emily paine, jenny durkan, sam zimbabwe, seattle bicycle advisory board, shefali ranganathan
December 12, 2018

Mayor’s last-minute ousting of Bike Advisory Board Chair was an awful way to treat a volunteer

Just hours before the November meeting of the Seattle Bicycle Advisory Board, Co-Chair Casey Gifford received a call from the Mayor’s Office informing her she was headed to her last meeting on the volunteer board. The decision stunned Board members and surprised Gifford because this has never happened before, at least in recent memory. And…
(read more…)

tagged: casey gifford, jenny durkan, seattle bicycle advisory board