On Monday, the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission will hold a special meeting at which it will vote on whether to approve a negotiated settlement with Councilmember Kshama Sawant over an ethics charge stemming from last year’s “Tax Amazon” ballot proposition campaign. The ethics charge is the basis for one of the three charges in the recall petition against Sawant.
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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.
Friday news roundup
Welcome to Friday! You survived another week. Now here’s the news.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
Car tabs and street sinks. Here’s the news.
Continue readingSpending plan for $20 vehicle license fee passes out of committee
After several meetings and some cordial debate (seriously), this morning the City Council’s Transportation and Utilities Committee settled its differences and passed out of committee a spending plan for its newly-imposed additional $20 vehicle license fee.
Continue readingDeja vu: Sawant promoting rent control legislation again
In September of 2019, during the heat of a fierce re-election campaign, Councilmember Kshama Sawant rolled out a proposal for residential rent control in Seattle — despite the fact that it’s clearly prohibited under state law. Today, facing the prospect of a recall election, Sawant trotted it out again.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
Happy 7th birthday to the South Seattle Emerald!
Continue readingCouncil looking at new protections for contract workers
Based on recommendations from the city’s Labor Standards Advisory Commission, the City Council is considering draft regulations that would add new requirements for those employing contract workers: pre-contract disclosures, timely payment, and written disclosures to accompany payment.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
Please get vaccinated against COVID-19. It protects you, and it protects everyone around you. Here’s the news.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Here’s what was said and done in Council Chambers (virtually) today.
Continue readingJudge sets deadline to file signatures for Sawant recall petition
Wrapping up the final legal issue related to the recall of Councilmember Kshama Sawant, last Friday King County Superior court Judge Jim Rogers ruled on the deadline for when the recall campaign must submit the required signatures to get the recall on the election ballot, giving them until October 19 to gather just over 10,000 signatures.
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