Two City Council members missed a vote: a fight over renter representation ensued
Something interesting happened – or rather, didn’t happen – last week at a Seattle City Council committee meeting.
There was supposed to be a vote on member appointments to the Seattle Renters’ Commission. That commission has seats for 15 members but currently only has five.
The vote didn’t happen. That’s because Council President Sara Nelson and Councilmember Rob Saka failed to attend, leaving the committee shy of its three-member quorum. That sparked a lot of outrage, including from Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck, who had this to say:
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