Goooooood morning: The Nationwide Climate Service predicts a 50% likelihood of rain at the moment, with a breezy night forward. Meteorologists anticipate wind speeds to probably prime 29 miles per hour, so batten down your rotting porch pumpkins individuals!
Time to speak {dollars}: Need to inform the Metropolis Council tips on how to spend your tax {dollars}? Go to public remark tonight at 5 pm at Metropolis Corridor. Or you possibly can take part remotely. You may go to inform them to assist a capital features tax, or oppose cuts to tenant providers. Or inform the Council to respect the Jumpstart spend plan and really use the payroll tax to pay for reasonably priced housing, because it was supposed. Examine again on the weblog for extra protection of the finances from Hannah.
ICYMI: With the blowout loss for former Council Member Tanya Woo, Hannah tells Metropolis Council Member Sara Nelson to depend her days. Native politicos plan to mount a severe problem to the conservative Council President Nelson subsequent yr within the hopes of ousting her and her pro-cop, pro-business agenda out of workplace.
Rob Saka Seeks Avenue Automobile phase-out: Saka proposed phasing out the South Lake Union streetcar and redirecting the funding to bus service within the Metropolis. The finances for the road automotive is about $4.4 million, which is not an entire lot of cash when you think about Saka desires $2 million to take away the Delridge median so he can take a left flip.
Final week, the Workplace of Police Accountability (OPA) accomplished its investigation into Seattle Police Division (SPD) Officer Kevin Dave, who hit and killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula as she crossed via a crosswalk in January 2023. The OPA discovered Dave violated the division’s driving insurance policies in addition to its insurance policies requiring officers to observe the legislation. The Metropolis should maintain a Loudermill listening to for Dave, which permits him to inform his facet of the story earlier than deciding on his self-discipline, so it could be a pair months earlier than we all know the ultimate final result. Within the meantime, Dave continues to combat the site visitors ticket Republican Metropolis Lawyer Ann Davison issued him for his killing of Kandula. Seattle Municipal Court docket exhibits Dave’s subsequent listening to is scheduled for 8:30 am on December 18 in courtroom 301.
BREAKING: OPA concluded its investigation into SPD Officer Kevin Dave on Friday and sustained coverage violations for breaking the legislation and automobile operation. Subsequent step will probably be deciding self-discipline for him.
— Ashley Nerbovig (@AshleyNerbovig) November 11, 2024
What’s your plan for this week anyway? Possibly you are trying out Christmas Dive Bar? Or perhaps it is too quickly? Possibly you are making an attempt to take pleasure in one thing with extra Thanksgiving vibes? Properly, as at all times, our sister publication EverOut has you coated with the highest 41 issues to do that week in Seattle.
Republicans more likely to management the US Home: Because it stands, Republicans have received 214 seats within the Home, with Democrats at 205, and 16 races but to be referred to as. To regulate the Home, Republicans want solely to choose up one other 4 seats, which they appear extremely more likely to do. Congress returned to Washington this week, prepared to start out setting Trump’s right-wing agenda into movement.
Trump plans to choose Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State: The worst individuals in American proceed to jockey for a place in Trump’s new administration, with Florida Republican Rubio probably securing the function of America’s prime diplomat, in accordance with Politico. We’re positive to listen to extra names within the coming days, together with individuals resembling Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Mothers for Liberty, who Trump might take into account for Secretary of Schooling. The nightmare continues.
Israel kills 14 in Gaza: Two Israeli strikes killed 14 individuals in an space Israel had largely declared to be a humanitarian zone. The deaths included at the very least two youngsters, in accordance with the Related Press.
Migos’ “Dangerous And Boujee” (Feat. Lil Uzi Vert): Been a minute since I checked out Tom Breihan’s the Quantity Ones column, and I am glad I plumbed it for a tune at the moment as a result of I usually would not take into consideration Migos round vacation season, however that is when “Dangerous and Boujee” climbed to the primary spot on the charts, so I suppose that makes it a vacation traditional.
