Bernie Matsuno Named Director of Dept. of Neighborhoods

Mayor McGinn named Bernie Matsuno the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods on Wednesday. She's been serving as the interim director since the beginning of February, so this doesn't mean too much of a shift in the way things are run. In bigger news, this story introduced a few things you maybe didn't know before: 1) there's a Department of Neighborhoods (and there has been since 1988). 2) They've had an interim director for the past few months. 3) They were hit hard by budget cuts this year. Well now you know. [Queen Anne View]