Tag: Ethics and Elections Commission

May 17, 2021

Text message cover-up shows Mayor Durkan is unfit for office

Mayor Jenny Durkan, then-Police Chief Carmen Best and Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins all deleted or otherwise lost their text messages from the midst of one of the most tumultuous times in Seattle history. The mayor has hidden the loss of these texts from the public since at least August in an apparent attempt to…
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tagged: carmen best, Ethics and Elections Commission, harold scoggins, jenny durkan, michelle chen
June 30, 2016

SDOT Director Kubly admits to Pronto ethics violations, could be fined up to $10K

SDOT Director Scott Kubly has admitted that he failed to obtain a waiver before working with his former employer about Seattle’s bike share system Pronto. The months-long ethics investigation concluded that Kubly violated ethics rules by working with former co-workers during the bike share system’s first year in operation. Under an agreement between Kubly and…
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tagged: Ethics and Elections Commission, marilyn brenneman, pronto emerald city cycle share, scott kubly
March 23, 2016

Pronto buyout draws ethics investigation against SDOT Director

Was it an improper conflict of interest when SDOT Director Scott Kubly started negotiations for the city to buy Pronto from the non-profit Puget Sound Bike Share? Did SDOT staff mislead the public and City Council by overstating annual member ranks during the buyout legislation process? These and other questions will be part of an…
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tagged: Ethics and Elections Commission, nicole freedman, pronto emerald city cycle share, scott kubly, sdot

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