I love it when Director's Corner basically writes itself. Last Friday morning, while sitting at my laptop, staring at a blank Word doc, bereft of ideas, Emily Heffter from The Seattle Times called to ask why Real Change had donated to Protect Seattle Now.
It wasn't a hard question to answer. We've been fighting the tunnel for more than a year, and now, in the weeks before the vote, is crunch time. The campaign needs an organizer for voter outreach, and we have a 2011 budget line of $3K for a contract organizer. Our board voted last month to put our money where our mouth is. ...