A quiet start to what will be a very noisy week. Try not to stress about it. Make sure to vote! Democracy depends on it.
Continue readingCouncil proposes amendments to 2022 city budget
Last week the City Council collectively offered 190 separate potential amendments to the Mayor’s proposed 2022 city budget, then spend 18 hours over three days discussing them all. I listened to it all, so you didn’t have to. Here’s what I learned.
Continue readingDurkan issues emergency order authorizing PD hiring bonuses, provoking confrontation with Council
Late Friday afternoon, Mayor Durkan issued an emergency order authorizing both SPD and the new Community Safety and Communications Center to create hiring incentive programs that include hiring bonuses of up to $25,000, despite the City Council’s unwillingness to consider reinstating hiring bonuses this past July and signs that it is likely to strip out the $1.09 million Durkan has proposed for SPD hiring bonuses in the 2022 SPD budget.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers: November 1-5, 2021
All the action is on Monday: no other meetings this week as Budget Chair Mosqueda works to assemble her budget balancing package.
Continue readingFriday news roundup
Not surprisingly, the upcoming election once again dominates the news this morning. Remember to vote!
Continue readingThursday news roundup
Not surprisingly, the election is dominating the news this morning.
Continue readingWednesday news roundup
Some news coming out of the Council’s budget deliberations, and an awful lot of election coverage.
Continue readingTuesday news roundup
More election coverage, plus a smattering of other topics.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Without a Council meeting this afternoon it was overall a quiet day. Still, there are a few things worth noting.
Continue readingMonday news roundup
I hope you’re staying warm and dry this blustery morning. With just over a week until the election, you can guess what dominates the news this morning…
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