Lots of bits and pieces for Wednesday morning.
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News roundup: AirBnB, slumlords, nukes
Yesterday’s announcement of a proposal for regulating AirBnB rentals tops this morning’s news.
Continue readingNews roundup: the Jungle, nuclear power, and more
Yesterday’s Council resolution on the Jungle headlines the news this morning.
Continue readingTwo resolutions passed, and a bad precedent was set
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.
Continue readingCouncil’s resolution on the Jungle cleanup
This afternoon the City Council will take up a resolution laying out principles on how the city should approach cleaning up the unsanctioned homeless encampment known as the “Jungle.”
Continue readingNotes from this morning’s Council Briefing: Seafair!
A handful of interesting notes from this morning’s Council Briefing, which featured a presentation on Seafair.
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News roundup: ST3 changes, the Jungle, and Myers Way
The changes to ST3 announced yesterday top this morning’s news.
Continue readingNews roundup: the Jungle and more
Coverage of yesterday’s City Hall conversations about the Jungle dominate the news this morning.
Continue readingThe Jungle: the plan, the argument, and what it all means for Seattle
On Monday of last week, Mayor Ed Murray and Governor Jay Inslee announced a new initiative to comprehensively address the massive unsanctioned homeless encampment in the I-5 Duwamish Greenbelt, better known as “the Jungle.” The announcement kicked off a frenzied response from several directions, including the Seattle City Council, culminating in two hastily-arranged press conferences and a committee meeting yesterday that finally brought some much-needed clarity to the outreach cleanup plan. The blow-by-blow account of how this has played out over the past ten days makes for good TV news, and indeed most of the local news coverage seems to …
Continue readingNews roundup: bike safety, gun & ammo tax, the Jungle, and jobs
A veritable potpourri of stories this morning.
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