The Council violates the City Charter, and more.
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.
Monday news roundup
After ballots were sent out last week, the news this morning is pretty focused on the upcoming election. But don’t forget to get out there and enjoy the perfect weather.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers: July 19-23, 2021
With one month before the Council’s August recess, the race to get a bunch of 2021 budget bills out the door begins.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
We made it to the weekend! Here’s the news.
Continue readingHow is Seattle’s water supply?
With Governor Inslee’s declaration yesterday of a drought in most of the state, it’s worth taking a moment to look at how Seattle is doing for water resources.
Continue readingState Supreme Court clarifies rules for King County inquests, allows pending inquests to move forward
This morning the Washington State Supreme court issued a powerful 49-page unanimous ruling resolving a fierce, multi-year, multi-party battle over how inquests should be conducted in King County. The ruling upholds portions of the changes that King County Executive Dow Constantine enacted through a series of executive orders, but wipes out other parts.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
More election news, plus a sample-platter of other topics.
Continue readingCouncil passes new independent Office of Economic and Revenue Forecasts out of committee
Yesterday afternoon the City Council voted to pass out of committee an ordinance creating a new Office of Economic and Revenue Forecasts and a Forecast Committee to oversee it — an ordinance that likely violates the City Charter.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
More election talk as ballots get mailed out today; plus the Mayor proposed a spending plan for the Equitable Communities Initiative.
Continue readingThe two documents you should be reading this week
Two “long read” documents came through my inbox in the past week that, upon reflection, are likely to set the tone for a good chunk of the political debate over the next few months as we head into the primary and general elections here in Seattle.
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