Two resolutions were adopted in the City Council’s meeting this afternoon. Both are well intentioned, and will probably end up doing good things. But they way they passed — and the way one almost didn’t — speaks volumes about the current level of dysfunction in City Hall.
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This week in Council Chamber: housing!
Despite the Monday federal holiday, there’s still a lot going on this week; much of it relates to housing.
Continue readingCouncil members file their financial disclosures (Updated)
(editor’s note: this post is two years old; the most recent financial disclosures can be found here.) The Honest Elections initiative, better known as I-122, is known for the election campaign voucher system it put in place. But there’s a hidden gem in there as well, which is now codified in Seattle Municipal Code 2.04.165.A.2: Every elected official and every candidate for a future election shall after January 1st and before April 15th of each year file with the City Clerk a statement of financial affairs for the preceding calendar year, unless a statement for that same twelve month period …
Continue readingNews roundup: Office of Labor Standards, NCIS, police reform
Yesterday’s Council hearing on funding the Office of Labor Standards made the news this morning, along with the troubled NCIS utility billing system, police reform, and more.
Continue readingNews roundup: SODO arena blowback blowback, backyard cottages, and Bernie
The Monday morning quarterbacking continues on last week’s SODO Arena vote.
Continue readingIt was a bad day for political discourse in Seattle.
There is an old saying: it is better to stay silent and let others assume you are a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt. As The C is for Crank and Seattlish report, the five female members of the Seattle City Council have been the target of disrespectful, misogynistic verbal abuse through emails and social media since their vote yesterday to deny the street vacation for the proposed SODO Arena. I get it: some people are angry and frustrated. At our most emotional times our thoughts often betray us. And angry and frustrated people have poor control …
Continue readingNews roundup: Police, labor, garbage, and more
News about SPD and labor laws still tops the news today. Plus foode waste, bikes lanes, municipal broadband, and more.
Continue readingCouncil members vote to hire more legislative staff, sort of
This afternoon the City Council voted to allow for expansion of their personal legislative staff. Their counter-intuitive reason for doing so points to a larger problem.
Continue readingNews roundup: water quality
Concerns about Seattle’s water quality (after recent revelations about Tacoma’s water) top the news this morning.
Continue readingNews roundup: Minimum wage, Sawant campaigning, SODO Arena
Yesterday’s hearing on the impact of the minimum wage, and Council member Kshama Sawant’s campaigning for Bernie Sanders (and against Hillary Clinton) top the news this morning. Plus op-eds from Council members Rob Johnson and Debora Juarez.
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