Lots of SPD news this morning. Plus the Mayor’s announcement of a new homeless shelter.
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Should City Council members encourage law breaking?
This afternoon in the Energy and Environment Committee meeting, the climate-action group 350 Seattle presented their plans for their Break Free PNW “mass action event” involving civil disobedience in Anacortes, May 13-15. Committee chair Kshama Sawant, who invited them to present, closed the session by saying “We will try to promote the protest action as much as possible.” And that presents a problem, because the participants in Break Free PNW fully intend to break the law.
Continue readingNews roundup: Arena, Kubly ethic probe, homeless issues, and more
News coverage is all over the map this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: tree cutting
This week’s hearing on the West Seattle tree cutting tops the news this morning.
Continue readingQ&A on the West Seattle Tree Cutting Incident
This morning the Parks, Seattle Center, Libraries and Waterfront Committee heard a presentation on the recent tree cutting incident at the Duwamish Head Greenbelt in West Seattle, in which a lot of information was presented. Here’s a summary, in Q&A format.
Continue readingNews roundup: Housing preservation, youth detention, safe injection, and of course the arena
Yesterday’s committee discussion of housing preservation tops the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: SODO arena, Pronto still
Yesterday’s Council hearings on the SODO Arena have everyone’s attention this morning. Plus, more on the Pronto buyout.
Continue readingNews roundup: affordable housing
Affordable housing tops the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: Larry Weis, PAC money, Pronto, and more
The vote to recommend Larry Weis’s confirmation as CEO of Seattle City Light headlines the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: construction woes
It’s a bad week to be working on a construction project in Seattle.
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