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Seattle Nice: Your Questions Answered!
Former Police Chief Diaz Headed for Brady List; City's New Payroll System Still Leaves Some Unpaid
Three Fun Things for December 22, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: December 21, 2024
"Illegal Vandalism" Is "Not Art": Prosecutors Announce Felony Graffiti Charges
Mayor Harrell Fires Former Police Chief Diaz
This Week on PubliCola: December 14, 2024
Old-Fashioned Furor Erupts Over Plans for Adult Cabaret License in Ballard
PubliCola on News, Views, and Brews
Legislation Would Remove Restrictions on SPD's Use of "Less Lethal" Weapons for Crowd Control
Seattle Transportation Director Greg Spotts Will Leave After Two Years on the Job
Discussion of Women at SPD Skips Over Men's Behavior
Three Fun Things for December 8, 2024
This Week on PubliCola: December 8, 2024
Seattle Nice: Should Tammy Morales Have Stayed on the Council?
Newest City Council Member "Deeply Saddened" By Morales' Decision to Step Down
City Councilmember Tammy Morales Will Leave the Council In January
Separated at Birth: "In this House" Seattle Liberals and Project 2025
City Replaces Detailed Legislative Agenda With List of Large-Font Bullet Points
Three Fun Things for November 25, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: November 24, 2024
Office of Police Accountability Director Out, Local Capital Gains Tax Loses Momentum, and More
With Only Morales Voting "No," City Council Passes Budget That Repurposes JumpStart, Cuts Jobs
Seattle Nice: Dow Constantine's Legacy
Last-Minute Amendments, Lack of Transparency Characterize New Council's First Budget
This Week on PubliCola: November 17, 2024
Three Things I’m Worried About: Trickle-Down Bullying; Martial Law; and Acquiescence
Seattle Police Department Updates Its Emergency Driving Policy
Capital Gains Tax, JumpStart Spending Plan Top Council's Budget Agenda This Week
(More Than) Three Fun Things for November 10, 2024
This Week on PubliCola: November 9, 2024
Seattle Nice: Should Rinck's Win Scare the Seattle City Council's Centrists?
Election Post Mortems on the Seattle Channel and KUOW
Chief of Staff to Former SPD Chief Adrian Diaz Resigns Amid Allegations She Lied to Investigators
Council Ditches Tracking Tool that Provided Unprecedented Transparency Into Its Budget Process
Officer Suspended for Excessive Overtime—Again–After Claiming He Worked 133 Hours In One Week
Alexis Mercedes Rinck Wins Decisively Over Appointed City Council Incumbent Tanya Woo
Seattle Nice: Is the Seattle City Council Race Over?
Harrell's Budget Eliminates Brand-New Tribal Nations Training Program
Data Shows Seattle Police Speed Constantly, Even When They Aren't Responding to Calls
Seattle Nice: Real Solutions to Homelessness with DESC's Daniel Malone
Consent Decree Will Remain In Place Until City "Gets It Done" On Crowd Control Policies, Judge Says
With Affordable Housing at a Crossroads, Many Low-Income Tenants Find Themselves at Risk of Eviction
Seattle Nice: Sue Rahr Knows She Doesn't Know Everything
Three Fun Things for October 13, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: October 12, 2024
Interim SPD Chief Sue Rahr: "I'm Super Optimistic About Where We're Headed"
Three Fun Things for October 6, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: October 5, 2024
Seattle Budget Update: Rob Saka Has Questions
Seattle Nice: Listen to the City Council Debate Before You Vote!
What Seattle Will Lose If It Loses the Seattle Channel
Why Does the Mayor's Budget Use Outdated, Inaccurate Estimates for JumpStart Spending?
This Week On PubliCola: September 29, 2024
PubliCola on News, Views, and Brews With Brian Callanan
Judge Dismisses Sheriff's Lawsuit Over Burien's Homelessness Policy
New Agreement Redefines Power and Purpose of Regional Homelessness Authority
Council Approves 24/7 Police Surveillance of Neighborhoods Across the City
Seattle Nice: Social Housing vs. "Social Housing"
As Budget Cuts Loom, Mayor's Staff Ballooned, Thanks to Workers On "Loan" From Other Departments
Three Fun Things: September 22, 2023
This Week on PubliCola: September 22, 2024
Seattle Nice: Will All the New Drug Laws Help Drug Users?
Department of Public Defense Director Resigns Abruptly
With Police On Hand, Council Adopts Drug, Sex Work Banishment Zones
Council Wants to Increase Lateral Police Hiring Bonuses to $50,000 and Make Bonus Program Permanent
Former Community Police Commission Director's 2025 Budget Slashed Staff Unnecessarily
King County Prosecutor's Office Hired Attorney Who Was on Brady List for Falsifying Documents
Seattle Nice: Is Design Review Dying in Seattle?
You're Invited to Seattle Nice's City Council Election Debate on October 1
Back from Recess, Council Takes Up Design Review Downtown, Continues to Delay Social Housing Measure
Updated and Improved: The City of Seattle's Employee Directory, Only On PubliCola
Three Fun Things for September 2, 2024
This Week on PubliCola: September 1, 2024
Seattle Nice: Is Downtown "Revitalized and Transformed" Yet?
Listen: PubliCola on KUOW and Hacks and Wonks
This Week on PubliCola: August 25, 2024
Community Police Commission Hires Acting Director, Burien Plans Closed-Door Police Chief Selection
Seattle Nice: Will Anti-Sex Work Laws Help Sex Workers?
Moore Says SOAP Zones Won't Apply to Sex Workers; Former Chief Diaz Still Making $28,000 a Month
This Week On PubliCola: August 17, 2025
City and County Plan to Eliminate Homelessness Authority's Implementation Board
Three Fun Things: August 11, 2024
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Seattle Nice: Post-Primary Edition!
Kevin Dave, Officer Who Struck and Killed 23-Year-Old Student, is Challenging His Traffic Ticket
Let the People Clap! (And Speak!)
Alexis Mercedes Rinck Had a Good Election Night
City Delays Pay Increases for 1,200 Workers, Saying New Payroll System Takes Priority
SPD Launches New Recruitment Ads, Mayor Harrell Orders Workers Back to Office
Three Fun Things for August 4, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: August 3, 2024
Seattle Nice: Is Seattle Still in its Backlash Era?
Council Proposes Creating Huge New Zone Where Sex Workers Aren't Allowed
City's Plan to Jail Misdemeanor Offenders at SCORE in Des Moines Moves Forward Despite Concerns
Seattle Nice: Will Locking Up More People Fix What Ails Downtown Seattle?
This Week On PubliCola: July 27, 2024
Burien City Manager Accuses King County Executive of "Establishing" Encampment Outside Courthouse
Jail Bookings Will Resume for Drug Use, Other Misdemeanors In Downtown Seattle
Facing Rising Costs and Dwindling Reserves, King County Audits Employees' Health Care Coverage
Three Fun Things for July 21, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: July 20, 2024
Listen: PubliCola on KUOW (a Three-fer!)
Harrell Installed Gym in Basement of City Hall for Himself and His Security Detail
Council Members Approve Fine for Street Racing, Claiming It Will “Deter” Racing, Save Lives
Interim Police Chief Sue Rahr Fires Officer Who Joked About Death of 23-Year-Old Pedestrian
Seattle Nice: Is Civility Dying in Seattle?
Pierce County Declines to Charge Deputy Seattle Police Chief Over Domestic Violence Allegations
Former Police Chief Adrian Diaz Threatened PubliCola Over Post Describing His Coming-Out Interview
This Week on PubliCola: July 13, 2024
Listen: PubliCola on Hacks and Wonks with Crystal Fincher
Man Strangled by Enraged Vehicle Owner Had Just Secured Housing, Enrolled in CoLEAD Program
Councilmember Tanya Woo Reported Graffiti to FBI as Hate Crime
Auditor: City Needs to Implement Smarter Strategies to Reduce Overdoses and Drug-Related Crime
Three Fun Things for July 7, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: July 6, 2024
Seattle Nice: Are Sweeps the Answer?
It's Decision Day for the Seattle Transportation Levy
Three Fun Things for June 30, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: July 29, 2024
State Will Continue Requiring Low-Income People to Pay Back Disability Benefits Through 2025
Council's Public Safety Chair: "We Don't Have the Luxury" of Being Picky About Police Test Scores
Seattle Nice: Is This the "Do-Nothing" Council?
Jury Awards $680,000 to Seattle Protesters Arrested and Jailed for Chalk Graffiti
This Week on PubliCola: June 22, 2024
Afternoon Fizz: Encampment Removal Recommendations, Transportation Equity, and Police Testing
Former Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell Pulled Over for "Obscured License Plate" in North Seattle
Diaz Comes Out as Gay to Right-Wing Radio Host, Who Says this Proves His “Innocence”
Seattle Nice: Is NPR (and KUOW) too Woke?
Three Fun Things for June 16, 2024
This Week On PubliCola: June 15, 2024
City Hall Fizz: Shakeups On the Second Floor
Officers Describe SPD Under Diaz as a “Dictatorship” Where Retaliation was Routine
Morning Fizz: Meanwhile, In Burien...
Ad Kiosks Could Be Coming to Downtown Seattle. But Are the "Public Benefits" Worth the Tradeoff?
Interim Police Chief Sue Rahr: "We Have a Lot of Work to Do."
Three Fun Things for June 9, 2024
A Handful of Supporters Rally for Ousted Police Chief Diaz, Expected to Return to SPD at Former Rank
"I Will Accept Whatever You Think is Best": Woo Says She'll Recuse Herself From Gig Worker Wage Vote
Local Control Can Work to Solve Our Housing Crisis: Here's How
City Attorney Wants to Bring Back Drug Banishment Zones, Harrell's Chief Labor Negotiator Is Out
Council Imposes New Reporting Requirements on Community-Led Development Projects
Seattle Nice: Is Seattle Ungovernable?
Listen: Hacks and Wonks with Crystal Fincher
Rivera Backs Off on Amendment That Threatened Dozens of Anti-Displacement Programs
Mayor's Office Nixes Shotspotter-Style Gunshot Locator In Updated Surveillance Proposal
Adrian Diaz Out as Police Chief Amid Mounting Harassment and Discrimination Allegations
KCRHA Board Scheduled to Vote Tuesday on Last Remaining CEO Candidate
Another Death at SCORE, as Seattle Considers Contract With South King County Jail
Interim KCRHA Director Powell Withdraws Name from List of Finalists for Permanent Position
Seattle Nice: The City's First Overdose Recovery Center
PubliCola on KUOW's Week In Review
Downtown Recovery Center Will Give Drug Users New Options After an Overdose
City Council Bill Cutting "Gig" Delivery Workers' Pay Moves Forward
Seattle Nice: Live from North Seattle!
Shakeup on Team Harrell: Budget Director Out, City Attorney's Former Criminal Chief In
Burien Proposes Transitional Housing Ban that May Violate State Law
The Backlash to Harrell's Comp Plan Proves We're All YIMBYs Now
Three Fun Things for May 5, 2024
Seattle Nice: Seattle Police Officers Sue Over Sexual Harassment
Council Kills Morales' Affordable Housing Bill, Arguing for More Process and Delay
Planning Commission: Harrell's Growth Plan Will Worsen Inequities and Keep Housing Unaffordable
It's Full Speed Ahead for Nelson's Delivery Driver Wage Reduction Bill
At Press Conference, Majority of Burien Council Demands Sheriff Enforce Camping Ban They Overturned
Nelson Bill Would Eliminate Minimum Wage for "Gig" Drivers—and Slashes Workers' Rights
Mayor's Office Removed All New Anti-Displacement Proposals from Draft "Anti-Displacement Strategy"
Three Fun Things for April 21, 2024
Seattle Nice: Debating Density
New City Attorney Hire, Changes Coming at KCRHA, Council Seeks "Reversal" of Pandemic Travel Trends
On KUOW: SPD Knew Officer Who Struck and Killed Pedestrian Had "Checkered Past" But Hired Him Anyway
Three Fun Things for April 14, 2024
Seattle Nice: What Can We Learn from a Chamber of Commerce Poll?
Burien City Manager Demands Removal of Police Chief Who Won't Arrest People for Being Homeless
Six Months In, Seattle's New Drug Law Has Had Little Direct Impact on Public Drug Use or Diversion
On KUOW: What's In the New Police Contract?
Advocates Urge City to Adopt More Ambitious, Less Car-Centric Transportation Levy
Nelson Backs Off Proposal to Force Independent Commission To Use Easier Police Hiring Test
Retroactive Pay Increase for City Employees Delayed Until Fall
Three Fun Things for April 7, 2024
New Police Contract "Does Not Appear to Address Accountability at All," Reform Advocates Say
New Police Contract Offers Big Raises, No Significant Accountability Improvements
Podcast Minisode: Seattle Police Get a 23% Raise
Don’t Open Pike Place to Pedestrians, Council Member Urges
The Crisis Care Centers Levy, One Year Later: Where Will the Kids Go?
Seattle Times Shocked to Learn Even Groups They Disagree With Can Get Street-Use Permits
Three Fun Things for March 31, 2024
Put Homelessness Agency CEO Search on Pause, Former Governor and Seattle Chamber Leader Say
As Burien Countersues Over Homelessness Ban, Another Unsheltered Person Dies Downtown
Woman's Death Raises Questions About Medical Care Standards at South King County Jail
“Landlord Lives Matter” Protest Against Tenant May Have Been Illegal
Seattle Nice: "One Seattle" or Old Seattle?
Your Local Car Dealer Can't Deceive You, But Your Landlord Can
KCRHA Plans to Ask City for Budget Increase, SPD Command Staff Loses Sole Female Officer
Burien Officials Make Threats, Cast Blame—But Continue to Defend Their Ban on "Living" in Public
The New City Council Is Just Asking Questions
Harrell Throws in the Towel on Housing
On KUOW's Seattle Now: King County Sues Burien Over Camping Ban
New Caseload Standards Aim to Improve Ailing Public Defense System
King County Sheriff Sues Burien Over Homelessness Ban
Thank You, Seattle Mayor Jessica Bateman!
Listen: Hacks and Wonks with Crystal Fincher
Three Fun Things for March 3, 2024
Seattle Nice: Did the Council Overreact to Protesters?
Seattle Nice's State of the City
Committee Approves Initiative that Would Roll Back Restrictions on Police Pursuits
King County's Baffling Website Redesign, (Sorta) Explained
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Officer Who Killed Jaahnavi Kandula While Driving 74 MPH Will Not Face Felony Prosecution
In Muted Midterm Speech, Harrell Says the State of the City is “Persistent”
Begrudgingly, Landlords Are Finally Paying Relocation Assistance
Three Fun Things for February 18, 2024
PubliCola on KUOW's Week In Review
Council’s Public Safety Focus Will Be “Permissive Environment” Toward Crime
The Seattle Police Department Has a Gender Discrimination Problem
Seattle’s MHA Program Should Come with a Tax Break, Not a Fee
Despite Public Opinion, Seattle Cops and Prosecutors Still Prioritize Cracking Down on Sex Work
Seattle Nice: Seattle's Sizzling Social Housing Debate
Seattle Affordable Housing Awards Plummet Amid Economic Challenges
Social Housing Backers Propose New Tax on Pay Above $1 Million
Beyond the Border: Addressing the Asylum Seeker Surge in Our Own Backyard
Three Fun Things for February 4, 2024
New Podcast: Sweeps Prosecution, Moral Panic Over Gay Bars, and "Sara Nelson Derangement"
New Podcast: Hacks and Wonks, Hosted by Crystal Fincher
Gay bar raids, voter turnoutgate and a mistrial
New Bite of Seattle Owner Will Keep Despised Payment App; City Will Resume Graffiti Prosecutions
Harrell Asks Embattled Homelessness Authority to Come Up With Budget Cuts
What Did Burien Get From Its No-Bid Contract for Encampment Response? We May Never Know.
Seattle City Attorney's Criminal Division Chief Will Leave at End of February
Seattle Nice Debates Tanya Woo's Appointment to the City Council
Discussing Seattle's Newest Council Member on KUOW's Seattle Now
Tanya Woo's controversial Seattle city council appointment
In “Foregone Conclusion,” City Council Appoints Tanya Woo to Citywide Position
Podcast Appearance: Eternally Amy
Harrell Issues Hiring Freeze as New Council Members Vow to “Audit the Budget”
Three Fun Things for January 21, 2024
Seattle Nice: Tim Ceis Urges Businesses to Make Sure Woo Wins, Homelessness Group Implodes
Who will the Seattle Council pick to represent the city?
Who is likely to get Seattle's open city council job?
And Then There Were Eight: Council Narrows Down Nominees for Open Seat
Dozens Apply for City Council Vacancy, Some More Viable Than Others
Seattle Nice: Who Will Get Teresa Mosqueda's Old Seat on the City Council?
Major Staff Shakeup Marks Sara Nelson's First Week as Council President
Who really wants Teresa Mosqueda's old job on the Seattle city council?
Two Years On, the City’s Directory Is Still Unavailable—Except on PubliCola
Three Fun Things for January 7, 2023
Friday Fizz: A Timid TOD Bill; Plus, More Committee Shakeups for the New City Council
New City Council Steps Up With Speeches About Unity and Collaboration
Seattle Nice's 2024 Predictions!
Nine PubliCola Predictions for 2024