MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: December 15, 2020 after the Edmonds City Council moved up the decision date for selecting a new police chief, I promised that we would look into the process that Mayor Mike Nelson’s administration followed in the police chief selection. We have continued to do that work for the past week, and are publishing what we have learned so far because the process matters, especially since the mayor has announced the city will launch a new national search for a chief early next year. Teresa Wippel, Publisher
Sherman Pruitt, whom the Edmonds City Council one week ago confirmed as the city’s new police chief, was terminated from his first law enforcement job in 2004. Our investigation also produced other documents on a harassment allegation, and Pruitt testified in federal court that he was investigated for domestic violence against his two wives in a span that goes back two decades.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: December 10, 2020
The Highway 99 corridor runs through Edmonds from 244th to 212th Streets Southwest.
Mayor Mike Nelson took his virtual neighborhood tour to the Highway 99 and Lake Ballinger communities earlier this week. Among his top priorities:
Highway 99/Gateway corridor
Equity and justice issues
The purpose of the Zoom sessions is to lay out for the city’s neighborhoods what planners are considering, how plans will be funded and to take questions from residents. Joining Nelson during the Dec. 7 meeting were Public Works Director Phil Wiliams, Economic Development and Community Services Director Patrick Doherty, Development Director Shane Hope, and Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Director Angie Feser. The mayor’s office solicited questions before the session and also took live questions from participants.