Capitol Hill business owner Steven Severin, who co-owns Life On Mars, Neumos, Barboza, and the Runaway Bar, claims he never agreed to sign a now infamous letter from area small business owners to Council Member Joy Hollingsworth opposing King County’s plan to site a Crisis Care Center near the Pike-Pine corridor. 

The upcoming Families, Education, Preschool, Promise Levy (FEPP) renewal is raising questions about how the City of Seattle wants the Seattle Police Department to interact with Seattle Public Schools. Unclear to what degree SPD may benefit from the proposed $235 million in funding for school safety, public commenters at Monday’s public hearing urged the council to reject funneling education levy dollars into the SPD’s already bloated budget. 

Last week’s meeting wasn’t a fluke: Former Council Member Kshama Sawant and her band of socialists have declared war on the Seattle City...