SDOT director faces probe

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>SDOT director faces probe</h1>
                <h2><p>A formal complaint against Scott Kubly, the head of the Seattle Department of Transportation, has led to the hiring of an outside investigator, KING 5 reports. The complaint is related to the Pronto bikeshare system, which the city is buying out. But officials won't say what the focus</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>A formal complaint against Scott Kubly, the head of the Seattle Department of Transportation, has led to the hiring of an outside investigator, <a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/seattle/city-launches-investigation-into-sdot-director-over-pronto-ties/97249954?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">KING 5 reports.</a> The complaint is related to the Pronto bikeshare system, which the city is buying out. But officials won't say what the focus of the investigation is. Kubly had been president of Pronto's parent company before being picked by Mayor Ed Murray as SDOT's director.</p><p>Former King County prosecutor Marilyn Brenneman, who is conducting the investigation, tells KING that she is taking her time to ensure the examination is "thorough and fair."</p>
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A formal complaint against Scott Kubly, the head of the Seattle Department of Transportation, has led to the hiring of an outside investigator, KING 5 reports. The complaint is related to the Pronto bikeshare system, which the city is buying out. But officials won't say what the focus of the investigation is. Kubly had been president of Pronto's parent company before being picked by Mayor Ed Murray as SDOT's director.

Former King County prosecutor Marilyn Brenneman, who is conducting the investigation, tells KING that she is taking her time to ensure the examination is "thorough and fair."

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi