5-Agency Task Force Wraps Up 5-Month Investigation with Arrest of Detergent Thief
A five-month man hunt—which involved unprecedented collaboration between five separate local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies’ top detectives and only half of the city’s $15 million major investigations budget—has finally led to...
Council Carves Out Exception for Prostituting Yourself to Big Business
After wide public criticism of recent legislation that criminalizes sex workers again instead of just their pimps and johns, today the conservative majority Seattle City Council relaxed its rules to allow for prostituting yourself...
SPS Warns Parents That Students with School Lunch Debt Will Be Forced to Face Off in Hunger Games
In a districtwide email titled “New Student Meal Debt Policy,” Seattle Public Schools informed parents that any student with school lunch debt will be forced to face off in a round of the Hunger...
Ample White Space on Candidate’s Yard Signs Demonstrates Love of Community Input
In a testament to how much the Seattle City Councilmember and homeless shelter-fighting landlord who just proposed the idea of no-protest zones this week loves community input, citywide Council seat candidate Tanya Woo has...
Parents Mortified as Kids Turn Elf on the Shelf Into Snitch in the Ditch
A pair of Seattle parents awoke to an alarming scene today when they discovered the festive Elf on the Shelf perched on their fireplace mantle had been reduced to a "Snitch in the Ditch"...
How We Brought Civility Back to City Hall by Breaking Tammy Morales’ Spirit Every Chance We Possibly Could
Guest Column by Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson
Today was a big win for bringing civility back to Seattle City Hall after we learned that an entire year of refusing to cooperate or support...
SPD Sweeps Homeless Encampment
Seattle police reclaimed another green space tonight, sweeping an encampment that had sprouted up on the lawn of Capitol Hill’s Central Lutheran Church.
“We had performed exhaustive outreach to the unhoused living in the encampment,...
Mayor Harrell Proposes Surveillance Technology to Better Monitor Nudist Beach
Immediately after the Seattle City Council approved an expansion of a surveillance camera system for the Seattle Police Department, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced he’s already proposing its further expansion to the Denny Blaine Park...
Danny Westneat Praises 100% Reduction of Homelessness In His Immediate Line of Sight
This week Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat lauded the city for achieving a 100% reduction of homelessness within Westneat’s own immediate line of sight.
“From where I sit, gazing out at our scenic waterfront, I...
Sound Transit Studies Proposal to Create Task Force for Development of Framework for Reducing Bureaucratic Overhead
The Sound Transit Board announced today a new effort to reduce their red tape budget by strongly considering a new whitepaper on the benefits of a dedicated committee for the creation and implementation of...
