Free sidewalk permits for restaurants, the latest on the CHOP, and more discussion of the police. It’s Friday!
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.
Thursday news roundup
We’re talking budget — the city’s, and particularly SPD’s — today.
Continue readingClass-action lawsuit filed against City of Seattle for letting CHOP happen
Today a group of Capitol Hill residents, property owners and businesses filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of Seattle for its role in allowing the CHOP to get established and for ongoing support of it as CHOP participants allegedly blocked access to the area, threatened and assaulted people, and inflicted widespread property damage.
Continue readingCouncil extends special budget session through end of July
The Council’s special budget session to re-balance the city’s 2020 budget was originally supposed to finish up on July 8, with final approval of the budget on July 20. But with the delay in the Mayor delivering her proposed re-balanced budget, the schedule has been pushed out two weeks.
Continue readingHow much of SPD’s budget did the Mayor propose to cut?
It sounds like a straightforward question: in Mayor Durkan’s proposed “rebalancing” budget released yesterday, how much of SPD’s 2020 budget would be cut? But the devil is in the details.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
The Mayor unveils her rebalanced 2020 budget. Plus: now you can try your hand at reimagining Seattle’ street traffic pattern.
Continue readingMayor publishes revised 2020 budget proposal
This afternoon, the Mayor’s Office released its proposed “rebalanced” 2020 city budget, accounting for the expected revenue shortfall as well as hefty expenses for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
The CHOP starts to wind down, bike share is back, and so much more.
Continue readingCHOP: a tragedy of errors, now entering its final act
After a weekend of late-night violence in the CHOP, today Mayor Jenny Durkan and SPD Chief Carmen Best signaled that their hands-off approach to the protest area on Capitol Hill is changing, and “it’s time for people to go home.” It’s been nearly a month since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, surrounded by other officers who stood by and did nothing. The ensuing weeks here in Seattle — the protests, the violent police response, the looting and destruction, the abandoning of the East Precinct, and the occupation of a small section in the heart of Capitol …
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Here’s what happened in the virtual Chambers today.
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