This morning the Office of Police Accountability released its second batch of closed cases from investigations into alleged SPD officer misconduct during the pat summer’s protests, just over a month after its first round was released. This batch contains five additional cases, two of which resulted in OPA sustaining charges of misconduct.
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.
Friday news roundup
Dig out that winter coat — it’s going to be chilly the next several days. But at least we should get some sun over the weekend… Here’s the news.
Continue readingCatching up on more court cases: October 22, 2020
The city has a lot of legal oars in the water at the moment. Here’s another update with the latest developments.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
The City Council wraps up its budget “issue identification” phase, restaurants get free street permits, and more.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
The West Seattle Bridge, the Navigation Team replacement, and more.
Continue readingWest Seattle Bridge cost-benefit analysis released, and the options are clear (even if the report isn’t)
Today SDOT finally released the long-awaited “cost-benefit analysis” on the various options for repair or replacement of the West Seattle Bridge. It’s 89 pages, it’s dense, and it wins the award for “worst executive summary.” SDOT had to publish a “reader’s guide” today to help people make sense of it. But in the end it tells us what we need to know in order to decide whether we should repair or replace the bridge. Here’s what it says.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
The city rethinks the Navigation Team, and more.
Continue readingUpdate on court cases – October 19, 2020
It’s been a busy day for the city in court. Here are four updates — if nothing else, reading the briefs might just cure your insomnia.
Continue readingLewis announces first step toward replacing Navigation Team in compromise deal with Mayor’s Office
After three and a half weeks of working behind the scenes today Council member Andrew Lewis announced that an agreement had been reached between the Mayor’s Office, the City Council, and homeless outreach providers on a first step toward replacing the disbanded Navigation Team with a new model for how the city will deal with homeless encampments.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
There’s a new park open for all of us to enjoy! Here’s the news.
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