Campaigns
Vision 2020
Sponsorship lighting contests, Aurora bridge, First Ave, Ship Canal, West Seattle, I-90, 520. This will be a continuation and expansion of the bridge lighting project first proposed by former Seattle mayor Paul Schell. Companies will compete to win the sponsorship contest, and a substantial prize will be offered to the winner.
The Land of Oz project– Seattle is the Emerald City, and as such we must project the enchanted allure of “Oz”. Seattle’s colors are green and blue, which represents the colors of our natural environment as well as our sports teams. We want tax abatements for building owners who set in place lighting designs that enhance and carry forth the “colors of Oz”. In doing this, we promote solar energy and LED lighting to conserve energy. I also propose to institute a “council of Oz” to act as a liaison with the Seattle Center, Seafair parades, the boat parade, and the Pride parades. Our goal is to present a unified city message using the enticement of art, design, and festivity to attract a lucrative tourism market which will bring increased revenue to local businesses and tax rolls. Our goal is to make Seattle the new empire of the West coast.
Infrastructure – build more direct connections between I-5 and 99 in SODO. Highway 99 must be allowed to grow into a convenient alternative route to I-5, and motorists must be able to easily transfer from one North-South expressway to the other. The SODO district needs better surface routes in order to dilute the increased traffic from sports events. Build a monorail-type connection from downtown to the stadiums. Also a Seatac-esque parking rotunda. If a new arena is to be built in SODO, let’s explore Howard S. Wright’s idea of a floating stadium around/close to the ferry terminal.
Explore the possibility of Seattle Center doing an EXPO (World’s fair). This would increase tourism and raise the city’s profile. This will be a positive step in developing Seattle as the “Empire of the West coast”.
Strategize and work with Peter Steinbrueck of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies to incorporate our ideas into his innovative urban design platform.
Commission art students to design sketches of future Seattle (Steinbrueck’s website has great examples).
Sponsorship lighting contests, Aurora bridge, First Ave, Ship Canal, West Seattle, I-90, 520. This will be a continuation and expansion of the bridge lighting project first proposed by former Seattle mayor Paul Schell. Companies will compete to win the sponsorship contest, and a substantial prize will be offered to the winner.
The Land of Oz project– Seattle is the Emerald City, and as such we must project the enchanted allure of “Oz”. Seattle’s colors are green and blue, which represents the colors of our natural environment as well as our sports teams. We want tax abatements for building owners who set in place lighting designs that enhance and carry forth the “colors of Oz”. In doing this, we promote solar energy and LED lighting to conserve energy. I also propose to institute a “council of Oz” to act as a liaison with the Seattle Center, Seafair parades, the boat parade, and the Pride parades. Our goal is to present a unified city message using the enticement of art, design, and festivity to attract a lucrative tourism market which will bring increased revenue to local businesses and tax rolls. Our goal is to make Seattle the new empire of the West coast.
Infrastructure – build more direct connections between I-5 and 99 in SODO. Highway 99 must be allowed to grow into a convenient alternative route to I-5, and motorists must be able to easily transfer from one North-South expressway to the other. The SODO district needs better surface routes in order to dilute the increased traffic from sports events. Build a monorail-type connection from downtown to the stadiums. Also a Seatac-esque parking rotunda. If a new arena is to be built in SODO, let’s explore Howard S. Wright’s idea of a floating stadium around/close to the ferry terminal.
Explore the possibility of Seattle Center doing an EXPO (World’s fair). This would increase tourism and raise the city’s profile. This will be a positive step in developing Seattle as the “Empire of the West coast”. Strategize and work with Peter Steinbrueck of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies to incorporate our ideas into his innovative urban design platform. Commission art students to design sketches of future Seattle (Steinbrueck’s website has great examples).
Vision 2000
George has felt the effects of political influence on multiple occasions throughout his life. From the civil rights marches, the bus burnings, the lynchings, the hangings, and the multiple murders of black and white civil rights workers in the red rebel Klu Klux Klan states. All of those occurrences have been embedded in his motivation and drive to make the world that he lives in a little better. While at WOR (radio in NYC) Freeman appeared on a number of WOR and other New York City television stations and lectured at the playboy resort forums, Rutgers university, the New School in NYC, Columbia, Long Island University, and other community groups. George was a board member for the Fortune Society, and developed relationships with such notables as Democratic representative Bella Abzug, Mark Goodson, Geraldo Rivera, and many bar and restaurant entrepreneurs of the 70’s. His political ambitions manifested again when he moved from New York to Seattle; George studied policy areas which needed improvement, and formulated a vision for the future of the city. On the back of these innovative policies, he decided to make a run for Seattle City Council in 1999.
George dubbed his ideas “Vision 2000”, and his pitch to voters appeared as follows: “George Freeman has spent over twenty years as an accomplished and productive member of Seattle’s business and design communities. Freeman has visualized, designed, and consulted in the construction of several Seattle restaurant and entertainment establishments. George understands that for Seattle to truly be the Emerald City of the Pacific, neighborhood and infrastructure enhancements must be planned for as we move into the next millennium. George acknowledges that the majority of Seattle residents are renters, and as such, funding to agencies that protect and aid renters must be emphasized. George Freeman opposes infringement on individual liberties and protected rights of all Seattle residents, be they black, gold, red, white; gay or straight; young or old.”
Vision 2021
Vision 2020
Sponsorship lighting contests, Aurora bridge, First Ave, Ship Canal, West Seattle, I-90, 520. This will be a continuation and expansion of the bridge lighting project first proposed by former Seattle mayor Paul Schell. Companies will compete to win the sponsorship contest, and a substantial prize will be offered to the winner.
The Land of Oz project– Seattle is the Emerald City, and as such we must project the enchanted allure of “Oz”. Seattle’s colors are green and blue, which represents the colors of our natural environment as well as our sports teams. We want tax abatements for building owners who set in place lighting designs that enhance and carry forth the “colors of Oz”. In doing this, we promote solar energy and LED lighting to conserve energy. I also propose to institute a “council of Oz” to act as a liaison with the Seattle Center, Seafair parades, the boat parade, and the Pride parades. Our goal is to present a unified city message using the enticement of art, design, and festivity to attract a lucrative tourism market which will bring increased revenue to local businesses and tax rolls. Our goal is to make Seattle the new empire of the West coast.
Infrastructure – build more direct connections between I-5 and 99 in SODO. Highway 99 must be allowed to grow into a convenient alternative route to I-5, and motorists must be able to easily transfer from one North-South expressway to the other. The SODO district needs better surface routes in order to dilute the increased traffic from sports events. Build a monorail-type connection from downtown to the stadiums. Also a Seatac-esque parking rotunda. If a new arena is to be built in SODO, let’s explore Howard S. Wright’s idea of a floating stadium around/close to the ferry terminal.
Explore the possibility of Seattle Center doing an EXPO (World’s fair). This would increase tourism and raise the city’s profile. This will be a positive step in developing Seattle as the “Empire of the West coast”. Strategize and work with Peter Steinbrueck of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies to incorporate our ideas into his innovative urban design platform. Commission art students to design sketches of future Seattle (Steinbrueck’s website has great examples).
Sponsorship lighting contests, Aurora bridge, First Ave, Ship Canal, West Seattle, I-90, 520. This will be a continuation and expansion of the bridge lighting project first proposed by former Seattle mayor Paul Schell. Companies will compete to win the sponsorship contest, and a substantial prize will be offered to the winner.
The Land of Oz project– Seattle is the Emerald City, and as such we must project the enchanted allure of “Oz”. Seattle’s colors are green and blue, which represents the colors of our natural environment as well as our sports teams. We want tax abatements for building owners who set in place lighting designs that enhance and carry forth the “colors of Oz”. In doing this, we promote solar energy and LED lighting to conserve energy. I also propose to institute a “council of Oz” to act as a liaison with the Seattle Center, Seafair parades, the boat parade, and the Pride parades. Our goal is to present a unified city message using the enticement of art, design, and festivity to attract a lucrative tourism market which will bring increased revenue to local businesses and tax rolls. Our goal is to make Seattle the new empire of the West coast.
Infrastructure – build more direct connections between I-5 and 99 in SODO. Highway 99 must be allowed to grow into a convenient alternative route to I-5, and motorists must be able to easily transfer from one North-South expressway to the other. The SODO district needs better surface routes in order to dilute the increased traffic from sports events. Build a monorail-type connection from downtown to the stadiums. Also a Seatac-esque parking rotunda. If a new arena is to be built in SODO, let’s explore Howard S. Wright’s idea of a floating stadium around/close to the ferry terminal.
Explore the possibility of Seattle Center doing an EXPO (World’s fair). This would increase tourism and raise the city’s profile. This will be a positive step in developing Seattle as the “Empire of the West coast”.
Strategize and work with Peter Steinbrueck of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies to incorporate our ideas into his innovative urban design platform.
Commission art students to design sketches of future Seattle (Steinbrueck’s website has great examples).
Vision 2000
George has felt the effects of political influence on multiple occasions throughout his life. From the civil rights marches, the bus burnings, the lynchings, the hangings, and the multiple murders of black and white civil rights workers in the red rebel Klu Klux Klan states. All of those occurrences have been embedded in his motivation and drive to make the world that he lives in a little better.
While at WOR (radio in NYC) Freeman appeared on a number of WOR and other New York City television stations and lectured at the playboy resort forums, Rutgers university, the New School in NYC, Columbia, Long Island University, and other community groups.
George was a board member for the Fortune Society, and developed relationships with such notables as Democratic representative Bella Abzug, Mark Goodson, Geraldo Rivera, and many bar and restaurant entrepreneurs of the 70’s. His political ambitions manifested again when he moved from New York to Seattle; George studied policy areas which needed improvement, and formulated a vision for the future of the city. On the back of these innovative policies, he decided to make a run for Seattle City Council in 1999.
George dubbed his ideas “Vision 2000”, and his pitch to voters appeared as follows: “George Freeman has spent over twenty years as an accomplished and productive member of Seattle’s business and design communities. Freeman has visualized, designed, and consulted in the construction of several Seattle restaurant and entertainment establishments.
George understands that for Seattle to truly be the Emerald City of the Pacific, neighborhood and infrastructure enhancements must be planned for as we move into the next millennium.
George acknowledges that the majority of Seattle residents are renters, and as such, funding to agencies that protect and aid renters must be emphasized.
George Freeman opposes infringement on individual liberties and protected rights of all Seattle residents, be they black, gold, red, white; gay or straight; young or old.”
