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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.
Politics

Citizens’ Uprising: Coalition Proposes Bold Idea for Seattle Homelessness

The proposed amendment is a loud message to the Mayor, the City Council, and the City Attorney that they have bickered themselves into irrelevance. Their endless infighting and incremental tweaks are no longer fooling anyone into believing that they are going to make a difference to homelessness in Seattle.
Cities

City Council debates Mitigating Seattle Police Budget Cuts

Advocates who were set on a $5.4 million cut to SPD's budget are unlikely to be happy with Lisa Herbold's attempt at compromise. But a bigger, looming question is what Antonio Oftelie, the court-appointed police monitor, will think.
Politics

Do the Redistricting Dance: How City Council Districts will be Redrawn

By no means should you read this as an exact prediction of what the redistricting master will ultimately do, but as a proof-of-concept it gives us a sense of the kind of changes to the Council districts we can expect given the uneven growth Seattle has seen in the last several years.
Politics

City Hall Scrambles to Continue its JustCARE Program for Downtown Homeless

Earlier this month, Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis, who chairs the Council’s committee on homelessness, began sounding the alarm on the soon-to-expire funding for the program. This week he raised the decibel level.
Cities

City Council’s Black Brilliance Research Project Fractures

Back in December SCC Insight reported on the dubious contractual structure underlying the Black Brilliance Research Project: how the Seattle City Council bent over backwards to avoid bidding out...
Cities

Warning From the Bench: Judge Robart speaks out

When it comes to what’s going on in Seattle these days, Judge James Robart has thoughts. And when you’re a judge, you can compel an audience.
Insurrection

Our “Reichstag Fire” Moment

I doubt that the Trump administration’s day of reckoning will rise to the level of the Nuremburg trials, but the only way to suppress fascism is to expose it – and its purveyors – to sunlight.
Politics

“This Us-and-Them Has to Stop” – Council member Juarez Unloads

Seattle City Councilmember Debora Juarez took a moment during the Council's final 2021 budget meeting to deliver a blunt assessment on police reform, the current political culture, and her hope for a path forward.
Cities

Durkan: We’ll Repair West Seattle Bridge Instead of Replacing It

Community feedback, including from the Community Task Force that Durkan convened, was evenly split between the two options.
Cities

Everything You Need to Know About Mayor Durkan’s Proposed City Budget

So with no drastic cuts to any departments, how did the City Budget Office balance the budget? Through a combination of actions.
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