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Kevin Schofield

http://sccinsight.com
Kevin Schofield is a freelance writer and publishes Haftacook. Previously he worked for Microsoft, published Seattle City Council Insight, co-hosted the “Seattle News, Views and Brews” podcast, and raised two daughters as a single dad. He serves on the Board of Directors of KUOW, and he volunteers at the Woodland Park Zoo. Kevin volunteers at the Woodland Park Zoo, where he is also on the Board of Directors. He is also the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Harvey Mudd College.
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Has Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers Reached Its Pull Date?

Even if the hazard-pay measure is suspended, grocery stores will still be footing this bill until late August. The original bill, now under legal attack, stipulated that if pandemic cases dropped significantly, as they have, the bill would be reviewed.
Politics

A Spending Plan for Seattle’s $128 Million Federal COVID Funds

Among the criticisms of the spending plan: transportation gets a short end of the stick, and the money is spread thinly over a series of councilmembers' pet projects. All get a slice of the pie, but there are no big, transformative ideas.
Politics

City Hall’s Widening Public Records Problem, City Council Edition

It is well known (and hardly hidden) that Councilmember Sawant’s office staff does not use their “@seattle.gov” accounts the vast majority of the time. Instead, they have set up their own separate Gmail accounts that they use as their primary email accounts for conducting official city business.
Politics

Another City Council Conflict of Interest?

In an email response this Tuesday to an inquiry as to how she planned to handle potential conflicts of interest with EOI, Morales said, “The Seattle Office of Ethics and Elections is clear that there is no conflict unless a matter comes before Council in which EOI has a financial interest. If that happens I would have to recuse myself, which I plan to do.” This is incorrect.
Cities

Sawant Circles Back: Her Disingenuous Run at Rent Control

The new proposed bill still has all of the major issues that the original draft did. On top of that, it’s rent control, and there is broad consensus among economists that rent control doesn’t work as advertised and is poor policy.
Politics

A Gaping Hole in Seattle City Ethics Enforcement?

If Seattle is going to succeed as a one-party town, it needs to figure out how to have a real culture of ethics in city government in the absence of political pressures to resist external influence and conflicts of interest.
Cities

“No Defense of the Indefensible”: Los Angeles Judge makes Landmark Ruling on Homelessness

He went off and wrote a 110-page order – essentially he wrote an entire book – granting the preliminary injunction. In doing so he crafted an initial remedy that goes well beyond what the plaintiffs asked for.
Politics

Legal Maneuvering around the Sawant Recall

Last week attorneys for Sawant filed a response that asks for much larger changes to the synopsis. They largely re-litigate points that they raised last fall that Judge Rogers flatly rejected — twice.
Politics

Jumping Legal Hurdles for the City’s “Jump Start Tax”

One problem with the original tax proposal: An employer that does no business in Seattle could end up paying taxes on the compensation paid to an employee who does no work in Seattle, simply because that employee chooses to live in Seattle — a choice outside the employer’s control. The Court is unlikely to approve this aspect.
Cities

Your Utility Rates In A Challenging Climate

Seattle Public Utilities expects that for a typical single-family home, the monthly bill will increase $15 this year, with smaller increases in the following years. An apartment will see an increase of about $4 per month this year, with slightly larger increases in the subsequent years.
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