Last Wednesday the Comprehensive Plan’s “road tour” made its scheduled stop at the Education, Equity and Governance Committee to discuss the future of schools in the city.
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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.
This week: I hope you caught up on your sleep this weekend
For the past several weeks the Monday afternoon Full Council meetings have been pretty tame affairs, with not a lot of legislation of substance up for approval. That streak ends tomorrow. Oh, and the committee meetings this week are equally full of important legislation and presentations.
Continue readingNews roundup: move-in fees, SPD contract, and housing
Lots of housing-related news today.
Continue readingPlan to increase B&O tax and business license fees moves forward
Wednesday the Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods and Finance Committee approved an increase to the B&O tax, and a revised business license fee regime. The B&O tax was straightforward; the business license fee took more time and re-work.
Continue readingDebate over short-term rental regulation continues
Wednesday morning the Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods and Finance Committee continued its discussion of how to deal with the explosion in short term rentals.
Continue readingNews roundup: Bias-free policing, move-in fees, short-term rentals and I-124
The Council has a lot of oars in the water right now, and it’s showing up in the news coverage…
Continue readingSR 520: The “Rest of the West” Begins
We have a new 520 Floating Bridge, and a year from now we’ll have have half of a new approach on the west side. But there’s much more to come, and the Council got a briefing on the plans yesterday morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: Uber union, district councils, police reform, and I-124
Good morning! If you’re not following #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes on Twitter today, you’re missing out. My favorite: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” On to the news…
Continue readingUpdated proposal for regulating AirBnB rentals
The Mayor and Council have updated their proposal for regulating short-term housing rentals, based upon negative feedback they received from their first proposal.
Continue readingInitiative 124 sends Council down procedural rat-hole
Initiative 124, which provides several kinds of protections for Seattle hotel workers, has been certified by the City Clerk that it has enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Getting it from here to there, however, sent the Council off into a cloud of confusion today.
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