Last news roundup of the week… happy Thanksgiving!
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.
King County won’t do a “Point in Time” homeless count in 2022. This is a Good Thing.
Yesterday the new King County Regional Homeless Authority announced that it would not be conducting a “Point in Time” count of homeless individuals in the county in January. This has the potential to be a very good thing, if the RHA uses the pause to retool its counting process into something more accurate and that delivers more useful, relevant information for responding to the homelessness crisis.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
The 2022 city budget is done, and more.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
The 2022 budget wraps up, the Council modifies a Durkan executive order, and more.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
It’s a quiet news day, at least so far.
Continue readingCouncil advances 2022 budget package toward final approval Monday
In a marathon session last Thursday, the City Council moved forward Budget Chair Teresa Mosqueda’s 2022 balancing package mostly unchanged, setting it up for final approval Monday afternoon.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chamber: November 22-26, 2021
The Council finishes up its budget work on Monday.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
The budget is basically done, the rain has eased up for a few days, and it’s Friday. Congratulations, we made it. Here’s the news.
Continue readingNo, the City Council didn’t vote today on whether to cut 101 police officers.
If you heard or read something earlier today about the Seattle City Council taking a vote on whether to cut 101 police officers from SPD, I want you to forget what you think you know, take a deep breath, and start again. Because what you heard or read is almost certainly wrong.
Continue readingMore memos: City Budget Director, Council spar over sustainability of budget spending
On the heels of a flurry of back-and-forth memos debating the merits of proposed cuts to SPD’s 2022 budget, now the City Budget Office and the City Council are exchanging dueling passive-aggressive memos over the financial sustainability of the city’s budget in 2023 and beyond.
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