The controversial proposal for the new King County youth detention center tops this morning’s news.
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.
Wednesday news roundup
The controversy over the proposed King County youth detention facility headlines the news this morning.
Continue readingAn Interview with Council Member Tim Burgess
Last week Council member Tim Burgess announced that he would not run for re-election next year. Yesterday I had a thoughtful, far-ranging interview with Burgess, touching on his reasons for making this his last term, reflections on the past year and the political climate in the city, his support for the Mayor, and his plans for 2017 and beyond.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup: hate-free zone meets youth jail
A political rally for a hate-free zone turns into a protest over the proposed new youth jail.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
With the Council in recess through the end of the year, there’s not much going on.
Continue readingThis week: recess
The City Council is in recess for the next two weeks. Their next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, January 3rd. I have a handful of topics to post on that are left-over from last week, and I’ll post news as it happens, but expect it to be pretty quiet here for the next two weeks. Happy holidays!
Continue readingFriday news roundup
As the Council gets ready to take a 2-week recess, here’s the morning news.
Continue reading“Bridging the Gap” interim homeless response gives its first Council update
Yesterday the Human Services and Public Health Committee heard its first update of the Mayor’s “Bridging the Gap” plan, intended to be the interim response to the city’s homelessness crisis until the full “Pathways Home” plan can be rolled out in 2018.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
Another day with lots of miscellaneous coverage.
Continue readingWells Fargo: Sawant tries to cut the city’s ties, and the bank’s apology letter
On Monday, Council member Sawant introduced a draft ordinance in response to recent unsavory acts by Well Fargo Bank. Let’s look at the details of that bill, as well as the recent back-and-forth communications between the city and the bank.
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