Balter: Seattle Mayor's Honeymoon Is Ebbing
![caption: Western Washington U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan, left, looks on as Seattle Mayor Ed Murray addresses a news conference on police reforms in Seattle, Feb. 4, 2014](https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/6b67fc4249fb0021c50432ab8e58fcc8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=clip&crop=faces&auto=format&w=924&h=634)
Western Washington U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan, left, looks on as Seattle Mayor Ed Murray addresses a news conference on police reforms in Seattle, Feb. 4, 2014
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Ed Murray is two months into his new term as Seattle's mayor. Seattle Times news analyst Joni Balter says Murray was off to a strong start, but events in the past week mean "the hotel has slid the bill under the door, the honeymoon is winding down."