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FEBRUARY 19, 2020
VOL. 101, NO. 8
EDWARD JONES ADVISOR AIMS TO INSPIRE OTHERS WITH HER BUISNESS
Edward Jones financial advisor April Connell shows off her office at 319 W. Galer St. in Queen Anne.
By Daniel Warn
QA&Mag News editor
April Connell is the only female Edward Jones advisor on the hill in Queen Anne. “I feel like a lot of industries are trying to make a push to expand and have more females present,” Connell said. “There is still a long way to go, but I will say that Edward Jones is making good strides in deepening their female presence.”
She said that she doesn’t feel like her gender gives her a specific edge on the competition, but that as a woman, she says she cares and feels that caring for others is ingrained in her. “Sometimes someone might feel more comfortable confiding in me,” she said. “Maybe I might be a better listener than others, who knows? There’s not necessarily an edge, but maybe a softness.” When she started her professional life, she said had no plans to become a
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financial advisor, or a wealth manager. She actually started working at her dad’s mortgage shop over in Bellevue when she was 17. Her first job in finance was as a loan officer’s assistant for Guild Mortgage. Then she moved to Sterling Bank, which became Umpqua. Next, she had a friend whose husband needed help with a huge transition at INSPIRE, Page 12
Council votes to end most evictions in winter months By Daniel Warn
QA&Mag News editor
Folks may not be evicted during winter months starting in December Seattle City Council passed legislation that will create a moratorium on winter evictions during the months of December, January and February. This legislation is targeted for winter months because in December, January and February temperatures regularly fall into the 30s overnight. Just before the ordinance passed 7-0, with councilmem-
bers Lorena González and Debora Juarez excused from the meeting, councilmember and ordinance sponsor Kshama Sawant congratulated her colleagues on a job well done. “At the end of the the day, what we will have achieved if this legislation is voted through is landmark legislation that has no precedent in the country and in fact very little precedence in the world, because as far as we know, only the country of France has something similar,” she said. “This is huge, and I think we should be proud of our movement for this.”
We refinish or change the metal color or repair your: • DOOR HARDWARE • PLUMBING FIXTURES • CABINET HARDWARE • LIGHT FIXTURES • SILVERWARE • & MORE! Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant introduces legislation to end evictions in winter months.
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While introducing the legislation, Sawant detailed a study jointly issued by the the Seattle Women’s Commission and
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King County Bar Association about evictions in Seattle. EVICTIONS, Page 5