by Peter Abbarno | Oct 27, 2020 | City Council
The Centralia City Council allocated CARES Act money this year to organizations that have programs specifically designed to help families and businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 and the Stay Home orders. Among the recipients, Gather Church received $75,000 for...
by Peter Abbarno | Mar 14, 2020 | Elect Peter Abbarno
Many families and small businesses are being impacted by the Outbreak of the Coronavirus, COVID-19. And as of Friday the 13th, every student in the State of Washington is on a school break until April 24th. As a husband and father, as a business owner, and as...
by Peter Abbarno | Dec 27, 2019 | City Council
The state minimum wage increases on Wednesday, January 1, from $12 an hour to $13.50. In cities, like Seattle, the minimum wage is already higher than the state’s and in SeaTac, minimum wage is $15.64. Family Wage Jobs aren’t created by focusing on the word...
by Peter Abbarno | Dec 14, 2019 | City Council
On December 10th, Councilmember Peter Abbarno made a motion to give back the 1% property tax levy increase to local community organizations. The motion passed unanimously. The full Council Meeting can be seen at City of Centralia Council Page. I was opposed to...
by Peter Abbarno | Nov 20, 2019 | City Council
The Near General Fund revenue forecast for the biennium is $51.733 billion, an increase of $299 million and 12.3% more than that of the 2017-19 biennium, according to the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. “This is good news for the State of Washington, said...