The Stranger’s recommendations have occupied the key policy setting positions in Seattle, other than mayor, for quite some time. They’re no longer the outsiders; they’re the insiders. If you love the Seattle City Council, you should follow The Stranger’s endorsements yet again.
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Ten Reasons I’m Not Voting for Lorena González as Seattle’s Next Mayor
When major outcome indicators are all moving in the wrong direction, and the process which generates these outcomes remains utterly broken for years, and even political allies describe the body one leads as dysfunctional, one should not get a promotion to an even higher position of responsibility.
Read More$3 Million in Spending… For What, Precisely?
What’s happened to the $3 million that City Council allocated for research to feed into participatory budgeting?
Read MoreSeattle Plows Ahead with 50% Cut To Police Department. Where are the Metrics Which Define Success?
Seattle City Council signals a veto-proof majority for a 50% cut in police funding. But where are the metrics?
Read MoreCongratulations to Seattle’s New City Council
There’s a new City Council in Seattle. If human beings actually behave as our new City Councilmembers seem to believe, we’re in for some major improvements.
Read MoreWhich Seattle Restaurants Have Had the Most Closures Forced by Inspectors?
King County’s Restaurant Inspection Grades, which is based upon the average of red-card violations in the past four inspections I’m exploring the Python stack for data analysis and machine learning. I know I’m late to the party, but have only recently discovered the impressive Jupyter Notebook (formerly IPython) data analysis […]
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