This Week on PubliCola: June 8, 2024 - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Spending Money Earmarked for Student Mental Health Will Require Action from Skeptical Council; Saka Abruptly Cuts Off Presentation on Transportation Equity - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Seattle Officer Who Struck and Killed Pedestrian Cited for Two Collisions Before He Was Fired by Tucson Police - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
KCRHA Updates: Chief Financial Officer Fired, Board Approves Budget that Will Shut Down Shelters, CEO Comments on "The LGBTQ Stuff," and—Believe it or Not—More - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Mayor's Office Removed All New Anti-Displacement Proposals from Draft "Anti-Displacement Framework" - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Changing Seattle's Police Hiring Test Won't Fix SPD's Recruitment Issues, City's Test Administrator Tells Council President - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Seattle Police Knew Officer Who Struck and Killed Pedestrian Had "Checkered History," But Hired Him Anyway - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Advocates Urge City to Adopt More Ambitious, Less Car-Centric Transportation Levy - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Police Contract Offers Big Raises, No Significant Accountability Improvements - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
The tentative contract, which runs through the end of 2023, is dated retroactively to January 6, 2021—the day of the national insurrection and attempted takeover of Congress by rioters attempting to overturn the election for Trump.
Don't Open Pike Place to Pedestrians, Council Member Urges - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Seattle Times Shocked to Learn Even Groups They Disagree With Can Get Street-Use Permits - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Put Homelessness Agency CEO Search on Pause, Former Governor and Seattle Chamber Leader Say ( publicola.com )
Harrell Throws in the Towel on Housing with a 20-Year Plan to Increase Housing Prices and Worsen Homelessness - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
The New City Council Is Just Asking Questions - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
At Downtown Event, City Attorney Praises Plan to Jail Repeat Overdose Victims, Police Chief Blames Blake Decision for Rise of Fentanyl - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
"Arrest Those Individuals": Councilmember Demands Police Response to Protests Outside Locked Council Chambers - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Discrimination Complaints, High Turnover, and Disputes Over Strategy Roil SPD's Communications Office - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Seattle Will Take Over Homelessness Outreach and Prevention, Raising Questions About Regional Approach - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
Harrell Considered Hiring Ceis to Embed in Homelessness Authority, Council Starts Government 101 Briefings - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
A Foregone Conclusion: Tanya Woo appointed to Seattle city council two months after losing election ( publicola.com )
In a vote that Councilmember Tammy Morales called a “foregone conclusion,” the city council appointed Tanya Woo to fill the vacant Position 8 council seat on Tuesday. Woo—a Chinatown-International District activist who recently led a successful campaign to stop the expansion of a Salvation Army shelter in SoDo—lost to...
“Nightmare Tenant” Story Amplified by Seattle Times Crumbles Under Scrutiny ( publicola.com )
King County Regional Homelessness Authority lays off homeless advocates; abandoning 5-year commitment ( publicola.com )
As the Workers Behind the KCRHA’s Abandoned Partnership for Zero Program, We Were Betrayed. And So Were You....
Another Heated Debate Over Role of Lived Experience Coalition, Business-Backed Campaigns Form for Council Elections - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
[News] "Write a Check for $11,000. She Was 26, She Had Limited Value." SPD Officer Jokes with Police Union Leader About Killing of Pedestrian by Fellow Cop - PubliCola ( publicola.com )
In a conversation with Mike Solan, the head of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, Seattle Police Department officer and SPOG vice president Daniel Auderer minimized the killing of 23-year-old student Jaahnavi Kandula by police officer Kevin Dave and joked that she had “limited value” as a “regular person” who was only...
