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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.
New affordable housing project announced in Northgate
Yesterday King County announced a new, 232-unit affordable housing project next to the new Northgate light rail station.
Continue readingEditorial: here’s what the city should do about the Navigation Team
Yesterday afternoon’s Council committee hearing to review the most recent quarterly report for the Navigation Team was nothing short of a bloodbath. You can watch the video here, if you are so inclined, and read Erica Barnett’s summary. In a nutshell: the Human Services Department tried to put lipstick on a pig, obscuring the struggles that the Navigation Team faces. And the Council was having none of it. Prior to yesterday’s meeting, there were already some vocal critics of the Navigation Team, including Council members Sawant and Mosqueda, but the rest of the Council appeared to see the team as …
Continue readingSound Transit accelerates schedule for NE 130th Street light rail station
In a huge win for North Seattle — and for Council member Juarez — this afternoon the Sound Transit Board approved acccelerating the schedule for the infill light rail station at NE 130th Street.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
A mix of catch-up coverage from earlier in the week, plus Thursday op-eds, comes your way this morning. But first, a hearing on the Navigation Team melts down.
Continue readingCity and county officials discussing options for Transportation Benefit Districts
Seattle and King County officials have been discussing among themselves whether it would be preferable to renew the Seattle Transportation Benefit District funding in a fall ballot measure, or to propose a county-wide transportation benefit district in August instead.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
Apparently we’re not done talking about winter evictions.
Continue readingCatching up on a trio of court cases
There have been interesting developments in three active court cases involving the City of Seattle. Let’s dive in.
Continue readingMayor returns winter evictions ordinance unsigned, proposes $200k for rent assistance (updated)
This afternoon Mayor Durkan returned the Council’s ban on winter evictions without signing it, allowing it to go into effect. But she also proposed additional support for renters in the form of $200,000 of city funding to United Way of King County to supplement its Home Base eviction prevention program. (updates below)
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
SPD ups its recruiting game, the Mayor gets criticized by pretty much everyone, and more.
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