It’s one of those “a little bit of everything” days in local political news.
SDOT’s Vision Zero update: no recent progress, but hope for the future.
This afternoon, SDOT gave the City Council an update on the city’s “Vision Zero” initiative to achieve zero annual traffic fatalities. The bad news is that there has been little progress in the last several years. The good news is that SDOT has some new ideas for how to change that.
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Tuesday news roundup
The political feud over the Mayor’s nomination for HSD Director, and more! Welcome to Tuesday.
Council authorizes hiring bonuses for SPD officers
This afternoon, the City Council passed into law an ordinance that would authorize the Seattle Police Department to offer hiring bonuses to new recruits as well as “lateral hires” from other jurisdictions.
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HSD Director nomination avoids a backslide, but still stuck in neutral
By a 3-5 vote, the Council narrowly defeated Council member Sawant’s effort to send Mayor Durkan’s nomination for HSD Director back to her for a do-over. But that doesn’t mean the nomination has a clear path forward to confirmation.
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Notes from today’s Council meetings
A few heated moments, lots of speeches, and some new information about upcoming meetings.
Monday news roundup
In case you were wondering, the beautiful weekend did nothing to mitigate Seattle’s divisive politics.
This week in Council Chambers
Some fireworks Monday afternoon.
Know your city: Internet access
A new report published by the City of Seattle shows that home internet access has become nearly universal, though some disparities remain.
Know your city: downtown development
The Downtown Seattle Association, a local advocacy group boasting 2,000 corporate, nonprofit and residential members, has published a report on downtown construction in 2018, and what we can expect for the next 2+ years.