Happy Monday! I hope you all got some walking in over the weekend!
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.
Police accountability legislation kicks into gear
Earlier this month, Judge Robart approved (with some conditions) draft legislation to address police accountability in Seattle. Now it’s the City Council’s turn to take up that bill and move it through its legislative process to make it law. And last week, Council member Lorena Gonzalez issued a press release outlining the timeline for that work.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chamber
A fairly routine week coming up in City Hall…
Continue readingFriday news roundup
Things to distract you from what’s happening today in the other Washington.
Continue readingACLU files class-action lawsuit against Seattle and WSDOT for homeless sweeps
Today a class-action lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by the ACLU on behalf of Seattle’s homeless, against the City of Seattle and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The suit charges that the city and WSDOT’s “sweeps” of homeless encampments violate the constitutional rights of the encampments’ residents by seizing and destroying the property of people who are living outside without adequate and effective notice, an opportunity to be heard, or a meaningful way to reclaim any property that was not destroyed.
Continue readingThursday news roundup: another day, another candidate
One more candidate for Tim Burgess’s seat on the City Council…
Continue readingWednesday news roundup: Uber lawsuit, homeless camps, and much more
So much news this morning… let’s jump in.
Continue readingCouncil gets an update on the state legislative session
Yesterday the Office of Intergovernmental Relations (OIR) gave the Council its first update on how things are going in Olympia, as the state legislative session ramps up.
Continue readingGonzalez to seek re-election
In a surprise to almost no one, Council member M. Lorena Gonzalez announced today that she will be running for re-election for the city-wide Council Position 9, which she currently holds.
Continue readingUber sues the city over collective bargaining rules, in a weird way
Everyone knew it was coming: today Uber filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle to stop the collective bargaining process for its drivers from moving forward. But they’ve chosen a strange legal maneuver to do it.
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