GeekWire has a pretty good live blog of what happened at the meeting, but the end result was that the city council sided with the taxi industry rather than allow newer transportation services to compete on their own merits.
Council sided against Alliance Atlantis when Councillor Terry Cavanagh changed his vote at the last minute, defeating the motion 6-5.
Shute's complaints to London resulted in the eventual issuance by the Privy Council of an Explanatory Charter for the province, in which the council sided with Shute on all of the major issues.
Who would think that you would see a women minister or women in the Shura council sitting side-by-side with men and talking about women's rights and calling for reforms?
Transport is the thorn in every city council's side - desperately expensive, dirty, noisy and terrible for the climate.
But that involves raising a lot of private money, and keeping Camden, the local council, on side.
The report inspired a "Borderlands summit" of councils either side of the border in April, hosted by Scottish Borders Council.
Why are you still supporting this project as it is presently designed?" Nonetheless, by the end of the evening, five of the six council members sided with the mayor in approving the financing, saying the development was need not only to ease parking problems but also to take better advantage of two underusedparcels of land in the heart of town.
The announcement is the latest step for councils either side of the Severn Estuary to work together to rival England's 'northern powerhouse'.
The announcement is the latest step for councils either side of the Severn Estuary to work together to rival England's "northern powerhouse" of cities. BBC Wales economics correspondent Sarah Dickins reports.
The Chukchansi of California, near Yosemite, spent the first part of this year brawling over control of their tribal council, with one side cracking the locks and smashing the windows of the government building to break in, while the other side cut the building's electricity and fumigated it with bear spray.
