King County Seattle mayoral candidates in ‘hot seat’ over taxi issue Seattle’s mayoral candidates are in the hot seat over what cab drivers see as unfair competition from a growing, yet unregulated “ride-share” industry. “They know all along that these people are breaking the law,” said longtime cab driver Mohamed Salah. Cab drivers believe Seattle already has…
King County Seattle Police Officers’ Guild endorses Murray for mayor The Seattle Police Officers’ Guild (SPOG) said Thursday it is endorsing Sen. Ed Murray for mayor, snubbing Mayor Mike McGinn, who appeared to represent the interests of the rank and file when he fought the Department of Justice over the extent of police reform. Guild President…
King County Another Council endorsement for Murray: Godden jumps on the bandwagon State Sen. Ed Murray got yet another endorsement for mayor of Seattle from a sitting member of the Seattle City Council. Jean Godden becomes the fifth member of the governing body to throw weight behind incumbent Mike McGinn’s challenger. Murray has previously been…
King County SeaTac minimum wage proposal scores key endorsements A proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage for hospitality and transportation workers in SeaTac scored endorsements Tuesday from 20 elected Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-9), King County Executive Dow Constantine, and state House Speaker Frank Chopp (D-43). The endorsements were announced by Yes! For SeaTac, a union-backed…
King County Inslee steps into tunnel labor dispute Gov. Jay Inslee spent an hour in Bellevue talking with management and union officials Monday morning, in an effort to thaw that labor dispute that’s caused a nearly four-week delay in the Highway 99 tunnel project. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is picketing at Terminal 46 on…
King County New SPD oversight director outlines a way forward Pierce Murphy, the new civilian director of the Seattle Police Department’s Office of Professional Accountability, is already making changes and promises more. Murphy, 59, the former public ombudsman in Boise, is promising sweeping changes to the OPA, most aimed at restoring its credibility and making its…
King County Surprise! Seattle Chamber of Commerce opposes public campaign financing The city’s largest business chamber, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, has the dubious honor of becoming the first and only organization to oppose a November ballot measure that would levy a small property tax to publicly fund local city council and mayoral campaigns. Proposition 1, otherwise…
(Daily Clips will not publish Thursday, September 12, so that the editor can attend Wednesday night’s meeting of the 34th District Democrats. See you there.) King County A look at impact on Seattle businesses and your pocketbook, one year into mandatory paid sick time A year after all Seattle businesses were forced to offer paid…
King County Workers sue Amazon over off-the-clock security checks Seven Amazon.com warehouse workers filed a federal lawsuit against the company in U.S. District Court in Seattle Friday, claiming they are owed back pay for security checks they are forced to undergo during lunch breaks and after their shifts. The suit, which represents workers in multiple states, seeks class-action…
The State Indigent defense case could result in federal oversight of Skagit County public defender agency An unprecedented filing by the Department of Justice in a class-action lawsuit in Mount Vernon and Burlington signals a watershed solution to the country’s crisis in indigent defense: a first-ever federal-court takeover of a local public-defender agency. Mount Vernon and…