Today a magistrate judge has ordered unsealed the FBI search warrant for Mar-a-Lago and the FBI’s subsequent receipt for materials it seized.
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DOJ filing to unseal search warrant for Mar-a-Lago
The Department of Justice has filed a motion with a federal court in Florida to unseal the search warrant issued earlier this week to allow the FBI to look for classified documents at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The Times-Union, CBS and the New York Times have all filed motions …
Continue readingSPD staffing update
This week the Seattle City Council’s central staff presented a mid-year update on SPD’s staffing and budget expenditures. Their slides contain all the details, including the latest SPD 911-call response times. I hope you found this article valuable. If you did, please take a moment to make a contribution to …
Continue readingContract to manage $30M Seattle participatory budgeting program
In April, the City of Seattle announced that it had selected the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) to manage the city’s $30 million participatory budgeting program, pending completion of a contract. Last Friday the contract with PBP was finally signed. PBP will be paid $2.75 million to run the program. PBP …
Continue readingAppointment of Greg Spotts as SDOT Director
Mayor Harrell has nominated Greg Spotts to be the permanent Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation, pending the City Council’s confirmation. Here is the appointment packet Harrell transmitted to the Council, including Spotts’ resume. Of note: he used to be an entertainment manager, with a list of clients including …
Continue readingSeattle Human Services Department “financial improvement plan”
For several years Seattle’s Human Services Department, which has one of the largest budgets in the city’s government, has had chronic issues with financial management. Last year the department began a “Financial Improvement PLan to address these issues. Below are the slides due to be presented by HSD to the …
Continue readingAppointment packet for OPA Director nominee Gino Betts
This coming week the City Council will take up the confirmation of Gino Betts as the new Director of the Office of Police Accountability (OPA). Here is the appointment packet submitted by Mayor Harrell upon his nomination. I hope you found this article valuable. If you did, please take a …
Continue readingDraft Council district map
The five Seattle Redistricting Commission members met earlier this week and reached consensus on a draft map of new City Council district boundaries to circulate for feedback. The Commission will be holding a public forum on the draft map on August 9. I hope you found this article valuable. If …
Continue readingRedistricting proposals for Seattle Council districts
This evening the Seattle Redistricting Commission is holding a marathon meeting to discuss and try to come to agreement on new City Council district boundaries. In preparation for the meeting, each of the five commission members has offered up a proposed new map. All five propose different variations on where …
Continue readingSPD quarterly accountability report
As part of its ongoing responsibilities under the 2012 Consent Decree, today the City of Seattle filed a quarterly accountability report with the court detailing its recent activities in implementing the consent decree. Attached to the report are two documents: a set of testimonial quotes on SPD’s “Before the Badge” …
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