If you live in District 3, make sure you get your ballot in before 8pm today. Here’s the news.
Continue readingNotes from today’s council meetings
The Councilmembers picked up the pace today, and speedily cranked through their agendas.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
Take a deep breath; it’s going to be a long week. Here’s the news.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chamber: December 6-10, 2021
It’s going to be a busy week, as the Council scrambles to finish off last-minute legislation it wants to pass before the end of the year.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
The Mayor signs the 2022 budget, and more news to wrap up the week.
Continue readingCity wins court fight over Skagit River dam… for now.
Today U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe against Seattle City Light over the Gorge Dam on the Skagit River, which impedes salmon fisheries upriver.
Continue readingThursday news roundup
The Sawant recall continues to top the news.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
We’re talking about the Sawant recall, the Charleena Lyles settlement, and more this morning.
Continue readingAll things must come to an end
I’ll cut to the chase: back in September, after much soul-searching, I decided that after six years of work on SCC Insight it was time for me to move on. At the end of December, I’ll be discontinuing publishing here. I started SCC Insight in late 2015 as a writing project, after I had left my corporate job and when I needed a daily impetus to continue developing my writing skills. I had neither the foresight nor the intention that it would grow into what it has become today, nor did I understand that I was creating a monster that …
Continue readingCouncil looks at updating its rules and procedures
Tomorrow afternoon the City Council’s Governance and Education Committee will deliberate over a set of proposed changes to the Council’s rules and procedures for how it runs its meetings and handles legislation. Many of the changes are minor, but a few topics potentially up for discussion might shake up some long-held traditions.
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