King County City Light bills may grow 1.5%; Sawant: big business should pay Seattle City Light customers could face a 1.5 percent surcharge on their electricity bill by August because of the light mountain snowpack and low wholesale energy prices. For a typical homeowner paying about $60 a month for electricity, that’s an additional 90 cents…
King County Man who threatened Murray, Sawant is charged with hate crimes A Magnolia man accused of threatening Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Councilwoman Kshama Sawant was charged with a host of offenses Wednesday, including cyberstalking and hate crimes. King County prosecutors contend Mitchell Munro Taylor threatened to kill Murray, the city’s first openly gay mayor, and…
(Server problems prevented publication of Daily Clips for Wednesday, January 22) King County Backers of $15 minimum wage turn out for MLK celebration Seattle’s burgeoning $15 minimum-wage movement turned out in droves Monday at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, peppering the crowd at Garfield High School with its red signs, T-shirts, and banners. King…
King County A place at the table: Murray listens to Seattle’s African American leaders Mayor Ed Murray met with several leaders of the African and African American community Saturday at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute to start a conversation about race and inequality in Seattle. The room was packed, and the mayor listened to two hours…
King County Sharp resigns from Kent City Council due to pending theft charges Ken Sharp has resigned from the Kent City Council just two weeks into his first term because of what he said were “pending legal issues I fear will become too distracting for my fellow council members, for the mayor and for city…
(Daily Clips will not publish Thursday, January 16. The editor is recovering from root canal surgery.) King County The price for saving Metro: Taxes, fares and fees The lethargy and dysfunction of the state Senate means that King County residents must pay higher bus fares, a small sales tax hike, and a $60 vehicle fee…
King County WSDOT threatens sanctions against tunnel contractor Washington state transportation officials Monday ordered Seattle Tunnel Partners to take definitive steps to include more minority- and women-owned businesses in the $1.3 billion Viaduct replacement project. WSDOT informed STP that it is in breach of its contract with the state. Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson said that…
King County Supporters pack Labor Temple at 15Now.org rally as minimum wage momentum builds An overflow crowd packed into the main hall at Seattle’s Labor Temple Sunday afternoon for a rally kicking off the launch of 15Now.org, a grassroots campaign dedicated to passing a $15 an hour minimum wage in Seattle. If today’s rally is any…
King County Legislature needs message: Don’t mess with Seattle The outward appearance in our state capital is that the shaping and fate of a statewide transportation package rests with the right-thinking, Republican-dominated Senate majority caucus. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, self-described as a “regional” politician, will hopefully change that equation. Almost like that reverse hide-and-seek kids’ game, where…
(Daily Clips will not publish Thursday January 9, so that the editor can attend the monthly meeting of the 34th District Democrats. See you there.) King County New interim chief to head Seattle Police Department Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has decided to replace Interim Police Chief Jim Pugel with a former SPD official, Harry C….