Seattle’s Mayor Harrell describes ‘unfinished business’ as he leaves office

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said he believes the city moved forward under his watch but acknowledged he has “unfinished business” after four years in office.

Harrell spoke for nearly an hour on Tuesday as he winds down his term, reflecting on what he says have been achieved goals and what is still a work in progress.

If you take a look at the waterfront and the new Memorial Stadium and the Pike Place Market, you see the beauty of what the city has become. I’d like (voters) to know that I played a role in that. You look at the almost $4 billion of investments that I proposed to the voters, and they passed, transportation, housing, and education, that every kid that goes to Seattle Public Schools will be able to go to college for two years for free,” said Harrell. “That’s my one Seattle vision…

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