One Question

One Question for Mayor Murray

One question about the proposed downtown streetcar for Mayor Ed Murray.

03/10/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

City Hall

Murray: "I Can Support a Reasonable Cap" on Companies like Uber and Lyft

Mayor Ed Murray says that although he's opposed to any caps on ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft in general, he supports a council compromise that limits the number of cars on the road at any one time.

03/05/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

City Hall

Murray Hires Top Staffer Who Worked for Cantwell, Kilmer—and Pro-Coal PR Firm

Mayor Ed Murray hires a new chief of staff who's worked for Maria Cantwell, Derek Kilmer, and Nyhus Communications, a PR firm that recently promoted a controversial coal terminal.

03/03/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Afternoon Jolt

Thursday Jolt: Mayor Murray's Reports of Jim Diers' Demise are Premature

Mayor Ed Murray mistakenly mourns death of former Neighborhoods Director.

02/27/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

City Hall

After Controversial Overturned Misconduct Findings, Council Briefed on "Convoluted" SPD Complaint Process

After a series of controversial overturned SPD misconduct findings, council gets briefed on "convoluted" complaint process.

02/26/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: The Adults in the Room

Caffeinated news and gossip featuring garbage, Macklemore, loopholes, and emails.

02/26/2014 By Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Simultaneous Fiasco

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring: devastating cuts, powerful unions, incompetence, and cautious optimism.

02/24/2014 By Morning Fizz

City Hall

August Parks District Vote Looks All But Inevitable

Based on a poll showing strong support for a long-term metropolitan parks district, and relatively anemic revenue projections from a traditional levy, the city seems likely to put a parks district on the ballot in August.

02/21/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: An Ongoing Property Tax

Caffeinated news and gossip featuring parks funding, transportation funding, and no funding.

02/21/2014 By Morning Fizz

City Hall

Murray's State of the City Speech

The lowdown on Mayor Murray's inaugural State of the City speech.

02/19/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Floored

Caffeinated news and gossip featuring speeches, failures, victories, and parking meters.

02/19/2014 By Morning Fizz

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: 36th District Action, State of the City, and Failing Your Way to Success

Today's picks for civic nerds.

02/17/2014 By Genie Leslie

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Claiming Victory

Caffeinated news and gossip featuring Kumbayas, victories, boycotts, and announcements.

02/17/2014 By Morning Fizz

Afternoon Jolt

Friday Jolt: Westlake Bike Lane Back on Track

The day's winners and losers.

02/14/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

City Hall

One Question For Mayor Ed Murray

One question for Mayor Ed Murray about ridesharing.

02/13/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Afternoon Jolt

Afternoon Jolt: Murray Suggests Seahawks Draft Michael Sam

The day's winners and losers.

02/10/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

Isn't it Weird

Isn't It (Kinda) Weird: Who's Missing at City Hall

Some weird things we noticed about who Mayor Murray axed.

02/10/2014 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Truth be Told

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring asterisk on hope, antsy about the minimum wage, and proud of being a gay football star.

02/10/2014 By Morning Fizz

City Hall

Becker Responds to Keblas Fans

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A QUOTE FROM MAYOR MURRAY'S OFFICE Kate Becker, Murray's appointee to replace popular film and music head Keblas, sends out email of her own.

02/07/2014 By Josh Feit

Opinion

Hey NFL, Seattle is Gay!

Yeah yeah. It's no big deal that Seattle has a gay mayor. But it is a big deal that no one like him is out on an NFL team.

02/07/2014 By Siobhan Ring