By Erica C. Barnett Seattle and King County owe the King County Regional Homelessness Authority around $8 million, KCRHA associate…
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Upheaval at the Mayor’s Office, KCRHA Gets a Lifeline, SPD Hiring Surges, and nine other PubliCola stories you may have…
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- PROTEC17, the union that represents workers at the city’s Office for Civil Rights, is renewing its call for Mayor…
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By Erica C. Barnett In the latest upheaval at the mayor’s office, Mayor Katie Wilson’s communications director, Seferiana Day, is…
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Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include KCRHA’s responses. By Erica C. Barnett Clark Nuber, the firm that…
The post Auditor: KCRHA’s Corrective Action Plan Fails to Take Audit Findings Seriously appeared first on PubliCola.
By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Katie Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay both announced that they plan to “embed…
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By Phil Mocek On Friday, Mayor Katie Wilson activated the Stadium District surveillance cameras for the duration of the FIFA…
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AI use by SPD, doubling taxes for transit, fare gates at light rail stations, and more. By Erica C. Barnett…
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By Erica C. Barnett On this week’s third (!) edition of Seattle Nice, we have a short but (I think)…
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- Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson used unspecified “general but credible threats to safety and security” during the upcoming World Cup games…
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By Erica C. Barnett Sound Transit is recommending a “pilot” project that would add fare gates to as many as…
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By Erica C. Barnett FOX 13 anchor Han Kim interviewed Wilson last night at an event sponsored by City…
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By Erica C. Barnett Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has proposed doubling a sales tax that funds transit service in Seattle,…
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By Erica C. Barnett On this week’s episode of the Seattle Nice podcast, we did a deep dive on the…
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Sound Transit stiffs Ballard, Councilmembers Push Police Cameras, Top Wilson Aid Resigns, and More By Erica C. Barnett Monday, May…
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By Erica C. Barnett Jon Grant, Mayor Katie Wilson’s chief advisor on homelessness and housing, resigned Wednesday morning after being…
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By Erica C. Barnett On Tuesday, Seattle City Councilmembers Rob Saka and Bob Kettle trashed Mayor Katie Wilson’s decision, announced…
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By Erica C. Barnett In a “corrective action plan” issued last Friday, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority laid…
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By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Katie Wilson told her staff this morning that she’s removing Kate Brunette Kreuzer from her…
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By Erica C. Barnett Mayor Katie Wilson told PubliCola she is dissatisfied with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s five-page…
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By Erica C. Barnett This week on Seattle Nice, we discussed tensions between Mayor Katie Wilson’s office and members of…
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Cops burn through sick time, county official accused of stalking must wear GPS monitor, Sound Transit announces “affordable” ST3 alternative,…
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By Erica C. Barnett Sound Transit board chair Dave Somers announced a revised, “affordable” capital plan for the regional rail…
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By Josh Feit Desperate to make anything stick to our unflappable and breezy left-wing mayor, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat…
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By Erica C. Barnett The city council’s land use committee approved the final piece of Mayor Katie Wilson’s shelter expansion…
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By Erica C. Barnett Is Mayor Katie Wilson proving herself to be a “gaffe”-prone executive, stumbling and bumbling her way…
The post No Wonder the Pundit Class Can’t Stand Her: We Discuss the Mayor’s “Gaffes,” Shelter Buffer Zones, and the KCRHA’s Financial Plight appeared first on PubliCola.
By Erica C. Barnett City Councilmembers Maritza Rivera and Joy Hollingsworth proposed amendments to Mayor Katie Wilson’s ambitious shelter proposal…
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A forensic audit finds widespread problems at the homelessness agency, county workers rally against in-office mandates, and a ton of…
The post This Week on PubliCola: April 25, 2026 appeared first on PubliCola.
By Erica C. Barnett It took electing a mayor who knows what it’s like to be on a bus that’s…
The post Fulfilling a Campaign Promise, Wilson Announces Denny Way Bus Lanes Coming This Year appeared first on PubliCola.
Homelessness Authority Undergoes Forensic Audit, County Assessor Won’t Have to Wear Ankle Monitor in Stalking Case, and More News from…
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