Seattle's eyes are bigger than its budget
Seattle Now
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🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
While elections capture the headlines, the Seattle City Council is deep in its budget negotiations. Last week, it released a first draft of its plan, which will impact Seattle’s programs for years to come.
Seattle Now producer Clare McGrane breaks it down for us.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
| 0:01.8 | It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:06.4 | The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. |
| 0:10.7 | Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. |
| 0:17.5 | We get behind the headlines. |
| 0:19.4 | We get to the truth. |
| 0:22.8 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:26.5 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Today, we're talking |
| 0:33.0 | about the big political story on everyone's mind. The Seattle City budget. |
| 0:38.1 | All right, well, maybe not the most obvious story this week, |
| 0:41.5 | but the City Council is making important decisions that will impact Seattle for years to come. |
| 0:46.8 | Last week, we got the first window into what they're planning. |
| 0:50.1 | Seattle now producer Claire McGrain is here to catch us up. |
| 0:52.8 | But first, there's what's coming up this week. |
| 0:59.2 | Boeing machinists are expected to vote on the company's latest contract offer. The union is endorsing the plan, which contains a 38% pay raise over four years, but no pension. |
| 1:10.7 | Regardless of the outcome, Boeing reportedly |
| 1:13.6 | plans to lay off 10% of workers. King 5 News reports that a vetted source said those layoff notices |
| 1:20.6 | could go out in mid-November. And if you're a voter who likes to work to deadline, it is your |
| 1:26.7 | time to shine. |
| 1:28.0 | Election day is tomorrow. |
| 1:29.7 | You can take your ballot to the post office and have it postmarked or drop it in an official drop box by 8 p.m. |
| 1:36.2 | That's it for now. |
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