This morning, Councilmember Lisa Herbold held a first hearing on her bill revising the Council’s ban on SPD’s use of so-called “less lethal” weapons.
Continue readingAuthor: Kevin Schofield
Kevin Schofield is a freelance writer and the founder of Seattle City Council Insight, a web site providing independent news and analysis of the Seattle City Council.
After graduating from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he worked for Microsoft Corporation for 26 years. That culminated in a term as Chief Operations Officer for Microsoft Research, the division of the company focused on advancing the state of the art in computing. Upon leaving Microsoft in 2014 he decided to embrace his love of writing.
Kevin volunteers at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, where he also serves on the Board of Directors. He is also Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
Beyond writing, his personal passions are his twin daughters, photography, cooking, and playing the guitar. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Tuesday news roundup
Another light news day. Stay cool out there.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
The Council got ARPA funding out the door this afternoon. That, and more, in the Monday recap.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
It’s going to get a bit toasty today — remember to hydrate and to put on that sunscreen. Here’s the news.
Continue readingHerbold introduces new version of ban on less-lethal weapons
This week Councilmember Lisa Herbold is formally introducing an update to the City Council’s ban on less-lethal weapons that it passed last summer and that was subsequently struck down by Judge James Robart.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers
It’s going to be a busy start to the week. Here’s what’s up.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
There’s a lot of election discussion this morning… and not much else in the news.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
It’s a quiet news day.
Continue readingMosqueda to propose lifting grocery worker hazard pay mandate
In a surprising turn of events Tuesday morning, Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda announced that she intends to introduce a bill to lift the Council’s mandate, passed back in January, requiring grocery store employers to pay $4 an hour “hazard pay” to their frontline workers.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
A potpourri of news this morning, for your reading pleasure.
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