It’s another long week of meetings (8 this week) as the Council tries to wrap up several items before plunging into the 2017-2018 budget development work.
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.
News roundup: North Precinct, heroin task force
Yesterday’s announcement of a change in plans for the controversial North Precinct station dominates the news headlines this morning.
Continue readingNorth Precinct project falls apart as elected officials scramble for air cover
Yesterday afternoon, in a surprise move the Mayor and three Council members announced that the controversial North Precinct police station would be paused for reconsideration.
Continue readingNews roundup: Homeless camps, electric cars, and more
Lots of things happening this week, especially around the homeless crisis, encampments, and the Jungle.
Continue readingMayor’s plan for clearing the “Jungle” scrutinized
Yesterday afternoon the City Council deliberated on the Mayor’s request for its blessing on his plan to clear out the East Duwamish Greenbelt Encampment (EDGE), often referred to as the “Jungle.”
Continue readingWhat happened with NCIS this week
Here’s what I’ve learned today about this week’s problem with the NCIS billing system.
Continue readingNCIS team finally admits it had another privacy issue
After 24 hours of radio silence, SeattleIT, Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities have finally admitted that they did in fact have another issue with their new NCIS billing system that caused some customers to see other customers’ bills, and led them to take their e-billing system offline.
Continue readingNews roundup: speed limits and secure scheduling
The pending secure scheduling ordinance, and a move to lower speed limits, highlight today’s news.
Continue readingBill to cap move-in fees has its first hearing
Yesterday afternoon the Energy and Environment Committee had its first discussion of a bill to make moving between apartments a little easier by capping move-in fees and security deposits and allowing tenants to pay those fees in installments.
Continue readingNCIS billing system hits another problem (UPDATED)
Today NCIS, the troubled new billing system for Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities, had another no good, very bad day. SEE UPDATE BELOW
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