Another super-busy Thursday in Seattle news. I guess that’s what happens when you’re no longer an anarchist jurisdiction.
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 judge rules in favor of city on tenant protection ordinances
Today King County Superior Court Judge Johanna Bender issued a ruling almost entirely upholding three tenant protection ordinances passed by the City Council last year.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
Home businesses top the news this morning.
Continue readingJustCare program faces fiscal cliff next month, scrambles for new funding
The JustCare program, which takes a compassionate and constructive approach to bringing off the streets 130 of downtown Seattle’s homeless individuals causing the greatest issues, is set to run out of money next month. That has left organizers and some local officials scrambling to find additional funds to keep the program running through September.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
A little bit of everything this morning. Enjoy.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings (UPDATED)
A long morning meeting, a short afternoon meeting. Here’s what went down.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
Welcome to the last week of February. Is it just me, or did the month fly by? Here’s the news.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers: February 22-26, 2021
A potential budget cut for SPD, and the final report of the Black Brilliance Research Project.
Continue readingCatching up on the court cases: February 19, 2021
A few things happened this week in some of the pending court cases involving the city. Let’s catch up.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
For a four-day work week, it sure seemed long… Here’s the news.
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