25 Quotes by Greg Nickels

We've all had a lot of opportunity to work on the idea of preparedness.

The people of Seattle know I'm a mayor willing to make tough decisions.

We are all asking the same questions about how something like this could happen in our city.

Seattle has not adjusted the tax threshold since 1994, ... The raised threshold offsets the effect of inflation since that time.

I will propose more money so we have the same number of beds or maybe a few more. I believe I can promise that,

Thanks to a strong local economy, we can expect significantly more sales and business tax revenue, ... Strong real estate sales will also provide much more revenue for the city than initially forecast.

A delay does not solve the (monorail) revenue problem, ... They can't save enough without fundamentally altering the line, and for that you have to go back to the voters.

A February ballot is too late for the taxpayers,

This is perhaps the most disappointing day for me since I became mayor nearly four years ago,