The Overcast
The Overcast
The Seattle Times
Ep. 14: Seattle's $108 million new dump and schools clinging to the edge of a levy cliff
20 minutes Posted Dec 9, 2016 at 8:14 pm.
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Assistant digital editor Gina Cole asks Seattle City Hall reporter Dan Beekman about his tour of Seattle's new North Transfer Station, a $108 million dump that isn't all that dumpy. Then education reporter Paige Cornwell schools Gina and Dan on the $74 million budget shortfall facing Seattle Public Schools. The gap is partly attributable to the so-called "levy cliff." Plus, this week's winner and losers in politics.