SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is addressing more than 1,000 downtown leaders Tuesday to provide an update on activation plans and how the city is preparing for the World Cup. The annual State of Downtown address is being held at the Seattle Convention Center Tuesday afternoon.
Through his many campaigns for office, Harrell has never mentioned the arrest. Harrell’s online biographies make no mention of living or working in Omaha.
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Seattle mayor apologizes for joke about Sonics' return during State of the City addressSEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell apologized Wednesday for a joke about the potential return of the Sonics. At his State-of-the-City address, Harrell took a dramatic pause and said, “Right now, at this moment, I have an announcement to make.”
Mayor Bruce Harrell, Gov. Bob Ferguson and business leaders made the case that downtown is turning a corner. Here's what the data shows.
Current Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was arrested on weapons charges nearly three decades ago in Iowa. The charges were dropped, but the mayor has not spoken about the ordeal until recently. He believes he was racially profiled in the incident.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was arrested 29 years ago in Iowa and charged with three misdemeanors that were later dropped.
Mayor Bruce Harrell shares key highlights on positive city changes with Jake Skorheim. Discover the latest updates and vision.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was arrested in 1996 for brandishing a pistol during a late-night confrontation at a casino in Iowa, according to documents from the time. This is the first time Seattle media have reported on the incident – and brought to light a two-year period of Harrell’s life that he doesn’t discuss publicly.
"Right now, at this moment, I have an announcement to make," Bruce Harrell said as he pulled out a basketball from under the podium.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell misled police in 1996 before being arrested at a riverboat casino in Iowa, a police report that surfaced this week alleges. KUOW broke the story of Harrell’s arrest on Wednesday.
Harrell paused his State of the City speech to trick the crowd into thinking an NBA expansion announcement was coming.
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