The Council overrides a Mayoral veto; plus more discussion of cuts to SPD and Chief Best’s resignation.
The Seattle Times, KING, KIRO, KOMO, and The C is for Crank cover yesterday’s Council vote to override the Mayor’s veto of a COVID-19 relief bill.
The Seattle Times, KING, MyNorthwest (here and here), The C is for Crank, Black Enterprise, Officer, and the Washington Examiner discuss the resignation of Chief Best.
Q13, KOMO, Forbes, MyNorthwest (here and here), Post Alley, Real Change, Eater, and Fox News look at the impact of cuts to SPD’s budget.
The Seattle Times reports that the Seattle Housing Levy is going all-in on building housing for the homeless.
The Seattle Times reports that Mayor Durkan has appealed the certification of a recall petition to the state Supreme Court.
Patch covers the appeal of SPD’s subpoena of local news media’s protest footage.
MyNorthwest asks whether the hostility between the Mayor and the City Council is starting to ease.
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