It was a Legislative Weekend with a difference.

Legislative Weekend attendees gathered in Seattle this year instead of as usual in Olympia.

Instead of being held in the state capital, Olympia, where it had been held for many years, the traditional weekend was held in Seattle this year.

The reason was the dismantling of Olympia’s Tyee Hotel, wheremembers who attended the weekend always stayed. As a result, other hotels became fully booked and there was nowhere in Olympia to stay. So the organizers scouted around for somewhere else to hold the event.

			Maria Cantwell, who is endorsed by Council 2 in her bid for the U.S. Senate, attended the weekend event.

They settled on Seattle, where the 120 people who attended stayed at the Westin Hotel.

In the end, it turned out to be a pleasant change from all the years in Olympia. The new venue enabled a different set of politicians to attend the weekend and gave the event more of a local government flavor.

On Friday a number of Seattle area politicians attended the reception. In the past they had not been able to do so.

Seattle Mayor Paul Schell addressed attendees on the Saturday.

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