The Council’s plans to cut ties with Wells Fargo still top the news today.
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
The Council’s move forward on cutting ties with Wells Fargo Bank tops the news today.
Continue readingLots of fanfare for police accountability legislation today
“… perhaps the most important piece of legislation during my time in office.” That’s how Mayor Ed Murray summed it up when he and two Council members held a press conference today to mark the official submission of police accountability legislation to the City Council.
Continue readingCouncil moves Wells Fargo bill out of committee
In a well-attended meeting of the Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods and Finance Committee this morning, the Council amended and passed out of committee a bill to cut ties with Wells Fargo and strengthen the city’s rules on socially responsible banking and fair business practices. But things got testy along the way.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
Still lots of coverage of Monday’s vote to affirm Seattle as a welcoming city.
Continue readingCity issues draft of new rules for homeless encampment removal
This morning the city posted for public review and comment a draft of its rewritten rules for removing unsanctioned homeless encampments from city-owned property.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup: a Welcoming City
The big news this morning is yesterday’s Council resolution affirming Seattle as a “welcoming city.”
Continue readingElection irony of the day
As I was combing through the City Council candidates’ filed paperwork, I came across something particularly ironic.
Continue readingNew page for City Council candidates
I just launched a new permanent page on the site: tracking the candidates for City Council this year. It lists the candidates that are officially declared for Positions 8 and 9, along with contact information, financial disclosures, and other useful links on where to get more information about them. Some of the paperwork trickles in over time, especially in the few weeks after a candidate officially files for candidacy. I’ll keep filling in the holes as things appear. Enjoy!
Continue readingPolice mutual aid agreements: they’re great until they’re not
What happens when a police force exhausts the resources it can deploy to handle a crisis situation such as a riot, a larger-than-expected mass action event, or a natural disaster? Most police departments use “mutual aid” agreements to call on neighboring police departments as needed to supplement their own resources. These agreements benefit small towns and large cities alike, not to mention special public-safety organizations such as the Port of Seattle Police. But they can also create issues when the two departments work under different policies. This has come up twice for the Seattle Police Department, and by extension the City …
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