The State The Budget: Democrats splinter at GOP-drafted Senate proposal A Republican-drafted state Senate budget proposal, in which Democrats were given input, was unveiled in Olympia Wednesday and caused a splintering just short of sawdust among Democrats in the Legislature and the governor’s office. The $33 billion budget for the next two years is $1.1 billion less…
King County Review of May Day violence criticizes Seattle police planning, response An independent review of the violence that rocked Seattle’s business core during last year’s May Day protests is critical of the police department’s planning for the event and said officers on the street were confused over who was in charge and when they…
King County Seattle Council signals 24-story towers by South Lake Union won’t fly Towers near the south shore of Lake Union should be limited to 160 feet, the Seattle City Council signaled Monday, spurning a proposal by Mayor Mike McGinn and Paul Allen’s real-estate firm to allow taller buildings there. A majority of council members said…
King County 11-year prison sentence echoes security problems at Nickelsville today The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced an 11-year prison sentence for Shane Stephen Anello on March 29, in part for his guilty plea to a federal charge of unlawful possession of a destructive device. That charge stemmed from an April 2012 incident where Anello threw…
The State Inslee on budget: ‘I choose education over tax breaks’ Gov. Jay Inslee prescribed his plan Thursday for pumping $1.3 billion more into the state’s public school system, then challenged lawmakers to buck up and pay for it by ending popular tax breaks and extending taxes set to expire this summer. The first-term governor wants…
King County Council puts limits on how much, where pot can be grown, sold The Seattle City Council is proposing new rules for marijuana that would restrict dispensary and retail locations, and the size of grow operations, in an attempt to limit impacts on neighbors, particularly in residential and historic areas. Sponsored by Council members…
Daily Clips will be taking Wednesday off so that the editor can attend the KCDCC monthly meeting Tuesday night. See you at the Carpenters Hall, call to order 7 PM. King County (We could give this exercise some catchy title, like ‘A Tale of Two Cities.’ At one end . . .) Trouble at ‘Nickelsville’…
King County Op-ed: Seattle boom an inconvenient truth for Republicans In a dramatic reversal, Republicans responded to the news that Seattle has become one of the nation’s top jobs factories by openly questioning everything they’ve said over the years about job creation and how to grow the economy. “We’re going to send some fact-finding missions into…
King County Conlin: Focus housing for poor in cheaper South Seattle Advocates for low-income housing are outraged by comments made on the Seattle City Council dais Monday, comments they say are thinly veiled suggestions that Seattle “redline” the poor into designated ghettos. Council member Richard Conlin made the case to his colleagues for focusing subsidized housing…
King County No politics, please, we’re immigrants Immigration has transformed the Eastside’s demographics, culture and economy. But what about its politics? Why are its immigrants and other minorities largely absent from elected office? The Eastside’s political leadership includes two notable trailblazers: Hong Kong-born Conrad Lee, a member of Bellevue’s city council since 1994 and its mayor since…