#seattlepol — Public Fediverse posts

"the initiative would give police power to arrest people who fall asleep in public"

So there's a fucked up ballot initiative coming that wants to make existing at all as a homeless person a jail-able offense.

It's sponsored by non-other than the Seattle police union (aka SPOG) and is a power grab to give useless cops an easy way to pack prisons.

Don't sign this bullshit initiative.

https://publicola.com/2025/07/29/initiative-would-criminalize-sleeping-outdoors-in-king-county/

#SPD #SPOG #Homeless #Seattle #KingCounty #ACAB #SeattlePol

Lmao the Seattle Times editorial clowns continue to be out of touch 🤡

(they also *didn't* endorse Alexis Mercedes Rinck, the best councilmember we currently have, and *did* endorse Sara Nelson)

#Seattle #SeattleElex #SeattlePol

Instead of telling ICE to stop hiding their identity, Seattle city council is working on fining graffiti artists.

#Seattle #SeattlePol #RobSaka #BobKettle #CityCouncil #ICE

Only 1️⃣ day more to join the 43rd District Democrats or renew your membership to be eligible to vote in our endorsements meeting!

📋 Sign Up: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/43rdmembership?refcode=mastodon

#Seattle #SeattleWA #SeattleElex #SeattlePol #Endorsements

Yay, glad to see this momentum so far- c'mon, Katie!

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2025/05/katie-wilson-36-bruce-harrell-33-npis-may-2025-civic-heartbeat-poll-finds-statistical-tie-in-seattle-mayoral-race.html

#Seattle #SeattleElex #SeattlePol

🥂 Ballots & Bubbly is next Tuesday, May 20th from 6pm at Seattle Central College, and you won't want to miss it!

Candidates for KC Exec, Mayor, City Attorney, Council, and School Board will be there- you'll be able to vote for your faves in the straw poll 🗳️

Tix: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ballotsandbubbly2025?refcode=mastodon

#SeattleElex #SeattlePol #SeattlePolitics #Seattle #SeattleMayor #SeattleCityAttorney #SeattleCityCouncil #KCElex #Candidates #Fundraiser #LocalPolitics

Want to let the Seattle City Council know that you don't want them to weaken the code of ethics they're held to?

Send them an email here before their meeting today: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/keep-seattles-ethics-code-strong?subscription_group=false&source=mastodon

#Seattle #SeattleCityCouncil #SeattleElex #SeattlePol #Ethics #Activisim

Seattle City Council is considering rolling back ethics protections- removing the requirement for officials to recuse themselves from votes benefiting them personally.

Disclosure alone isn't enough! Email your councilmembers (including the two Citywide CMs): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PGs-PHIelFd9-EJ8v45Yujhd6kEiloBXVE-o0ocNznA/edit?usp=sharing

#Seattle #SeattleCityCouncil #SeattleElex #SeattlePol #Ethics

I dipped out of the city council meeting to watch the I-137 community forum, was pretty obvious how this was gonna play out.

The council has passed the SODA/SOAP bills which makes looking like a homeless person, a sex worker, or drug user in Seattle a reason a cop can stop you.

You can be banned from neighborhoods and fined $5k for existing in the wrong places.

https://archive.ph/rFVaM

#SODA #SOAP #Seattle #SaraNelson #CathyMoore #BobKettle #Sexworker #Homeless #DrugWar #SeattlePol