More COVID coverage, though it’s shifting more to local stories of living under the shutdown. Also more on the West Seattle Bridge shutdown. Stay safe and healthy out there. We’ll get through this together.
Continue readingQuarantine Life home recipe of the day: cornbread
More “Quarantine Life” comfort food. Here’s a great, easy, super-tasty cornbread recipe. It’s an ever-so-slightly modified version of the cornbread from the famous Boston restaurant Durgin Park, which sadly closed in 2019. Comfort food doesn’t get better than this.
Continue readingI-976 appeal goes straight to the state Supreme Court
Last week the parties challenging the constitutionality of Initiative 976 filed notice that they intended to appeal Judge Marshall Ferguson’s recent ruling directly to the state Supreme Court. Today they kicked off the arguments, with an emergency motion to stay Ferguson’s ruling until their appeal is resolved.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
The Governor tells us to stay at home, and SDOT closes the West Seattle Bridge. Have you heard about the plague of locusts in Africa?
Continue readingQuarantine Life recipe of the day: pasta e fagioli
Since the Governor has ordered us all to stay at home, and the Council isn’t holding committee meetings, we all have too much time on our hands, and too much stress for our own health. So I thought I’d pitch in by publishing some of my favorite comfort-food recipes for you to try at home. I plan to post one a day for as long as I can keep it up; if you have suggestions for things you’d like to see, please send them my way. I’m aiming for recipes that don’t require fancy equipment or hard-to-get ingredients, because I …
Continue readingCatching up on some old court cases with recent twists
Since the Council’s schedule is currently reduced due to the COVID-19 response, it’s a god time to catch up on some of the city’s ongoing litigation. There are four cases that have been kicking around for a while and recently saw some activity.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
A bill passes this afternoon, and lots of notes about what the Council members have been up to while working remotely.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
I hope you had a restful weekend. To no one’s surprise, today’s news is all about the coronavirus.
Continue readingThis week in the virtual Council Chambers
It’s another week of the City Council conducting its meetings by conference call and cancelling committee hearings.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
More COVID-19 coverage, plus the Tax Amazon campaign moves forward.
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