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Katie Wilson’s Transition Team Features Mix of Advocates and Insiders

It won't be an easy breezy journey, but I trust her judgment in choosing the best possible talent for her transition team. Go Katie!

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Wilson Defeats Harrell

"Many reasons exist for the progressive shift, from stronger candidates and messaging to Trump backlash to rising economic anxieties to voter frustration from centrists leading differently than they promised during their previous campaigns. Plenty of time remains to conduct postmortems on moribund centrist campaigns and voter motivation."

For now, I will celebrate these results.

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Excited about Katie Wilson pulling into the lead? Want to politick with others who care about our local elections?

Join us on Tuesday, November 11th from 6:30pm @ Stoup Brewing (1158 Broadway, Kid & Pet friendly) for our monthly social!

#Seattle #SEAElex #SeattlePol #SeattlePolitics #LocalPolitics

Beleaguered Bainbridge Island Affordable Housing Project Hits Another Snag

"In an interview conducted in August, well before the appeal was filed, Janow told The Urbanist that she thought a project like 625 Winslow was too big for a city of Bainbridge Island’s size, and that the city should be focused on smaller-scale affordable housing projects."

Haven't we heard all that before? Anti-housing NIMBY neighbours making it sound like a valid concern, trying (in vain) to their ulterior motive of keeping their rich and white neighbourhoods intact. Makes my blood boil.

#NIMBY #SeattlePolitics

Lake Washington Boulevard Safety Upgrades Fully Designed Before Mayor Pulled Plug

I've never been a fan of Harrell, but after reading this, there's no way in hell I can conscientiously support him.

#SeattlePolitics #WilsonForSeattle #SafeStreets #VisionZero

Op-Ed: Closing Seattle Schools Is Still a Bad Idea

"Rankin’s memo and the sweeping austerity that it floats ought to become a central topic of discussion and debate during the hiring of a new superintendent, as well as in the fall school board election campaigns. Candidates should be asked whether they would support or oppose a new school closure effort or 'strategic abandonment' of district programs and services."

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#SeattlePolitics #SeattlePublicSchools #TaxTheRich

DoorDash slams Seattle over driver deactivation law, adds new service fees

I've never used third-party delivery services like DoorDash and Uber Eats, and based on this article, I will most probably never do.

#SeattlePolitics #DoorDash

#Seattle City Council was unable to appoint key members to #housing committees yesterday, because two councilmembers just didn't show up. If councilmembers not showing up to work bothers you, send a letter. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/vote-on-all-housing-committee-appointments-asap?source=direct_link&

#SeattlePolitics #SeattleCityCouncil

We need someone like Nathan Rouse as our City Attorney. No more Ann Davison.

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RE: https://mstdn.social/users/urbanistorg/statuses/114610853820598605

Harrell Chops Off Dozens of City Blocks from Planned Growth Centers

Harrell has GOT to go.

"Unfortunately, nearly a decade after the station was approved by regional voters in the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, Pinehurst/Haller Lake still hasn’t seen a rezone, and the scope of the plan just shrunk, apparently. The continued rezoning delay has also elicited criticism from Sound Transit Board members like David Baker — who has since left the board after losing his Kenmore City Council seat — arguing the region has invested too much in stations for the surrounding land to be squandered and left to low-density uses."

#SeattlePolitics #Housing

🥂 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

Don’t underestimate Katie Wilson

"Both Transportation for Washington (the politically-active sister organization to Transportation Choices Coalition) and Washington Bikes (the politically active sister org to Cascade Bicycle Club) endorsed Bruce Harrell this week. "

I cancelled my Cascade Bicycle Club membership when Washington Bikes endorsed Harrell last time. In a way, it's no surprise that they back Harrell again. But Transportation for Washington, too?

I'm afraid my list of advocacy organizations to support keeps shrinking.

#SeattlePolitics #SEABikes #BikeTooter

City of Seattle Prevails Against Housing Growth Plan Appeals

So most of the (NIMBY) neighbourhood groups who appealed One Seattle Plan didn't bother to comment on the EIS. That speaks volume of their nature.

#SeattlePolitics #OneSeattlePlan

“Harrell’s the status quo, and it’s not working,” Transit Riders Union leader Wilson says..

Katie Wilson would make a great mayor for Seattle!

#SeattlePolitics #SeattleMayor

Op-Ed: Bruce Harrell Is a Failed Mayor on Public Safety

"The statistics bear out that Harrell’s public safety approach has failed."

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You lie. You enter a private property illegally. You pressure a homeowner to put it in writing not to remove a tree when selling the property. All is justified in order to save a tree. Right? Right?

#SeattlePolitics #NIMBY

https://publicola.com/2025/02/24/activists-want-to-save-grandma-brooks-cedar-her-family-says-theyre-misrepresenting-their-mothers-wishes/#respond

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This makes perfect sense.

"By converting 120,000 of the city’s more than 500,000 on-street parking spaces, Seattle could meet its 30% tree canopy goal and distribute new trees equitably across the city. Today, Seattle’s wealthier neighborhoods have much more tree cover than poorer, more diverse areas."

#SeattlePolitics #Urbanism

https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/22/op-ed-convert-street-parking-to-trees-seattle/

Those NIMBY neighbours would get a bit more respect from me if they were honest about the reasons they opposed the One Seattle Comp Plan: "We want nothing but single-family homes in our neighbourhoods because we want to remain exclusively white and wealthy."

#HousingForAll #SocialJustice #SeattlePolitics

https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/14/residents-in-seattles-most-exclusive-neighborhoods-file-appeals-to-delay-harrells-growth-plan/

I am happy to see Prop 1A passing with a good margin. It means people in Seattle are not only big on social housing, but also willing to tax the rich to help redistribute wealth. CM Sara Nelson and her conservative cronies can go to... Texas? 😅

#Seattle #SeattlePolitics #SocialHousing

https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/11/social-housing-proposition-1a-up-big-in-early-returns/

From the Urbanist:

Prop 1A Ballots Have Arrived, Determining Social Housing's Future in Seattle

#SeattlePolitics #Housing

https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/01/28/prop-1a-ballots-have-arrived-determining-social-housings-future-in-seattle/?feed_id=5116&_unique_id=67992a96e1429

#Seattle residents: please sign Seattle YIMBY's petition to tell #SeattleCityCouncil to keep neighborhood centers, allowing more #housing (including #affordableHousing and #socialHousing) in neighborhoods like #Ballard, #Fremont, and #PhinneyRidge.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-our-nw-seattle-neighborhood-centers?source=direct_link&
#urbanism #inclusionaryZoning #compPlan #seattleCompPlan #seapol #seattlePolitics

#Seattle residents: please sign Seattle YIMBY's petition to tell #SeattleCityCouncil to keep neighborhood centers, allowing more #housing (including #affordableHousing and #socialHousing) in neighborhoods like #Ballard, #Fremont, and #PhinneyRidge.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-our-nw-seattle-neighborhood-centers?source=direct_link&
#urbanism #inclusionaryZoning #compPlan #seattleCompPlan #seapol #seattlePolitics

#Seattle residents: please sign Seattle YIMBY's petition to tell #SeattleCityCouncil to keep neighborhood centers, allowing more #housing (including #affordableHousing and #socialHousing) in neighborhoods like #Ballard, #Fremont, and #PhinneyRidge.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-our-nw-seattle-neighborhood-centers?source=direct_link&
#urbanism #inclusionaryZoning #compPlan #seattleCompPlan #seapol #seattlePolitics

#Seattle residents: please sign Seattle YIMBY's petition to tell #SeattleCityCouncil to keep neighborhood centers, allowing more #housing (including #affordableHousing and #socialHousing) in neighborhoods like #Ballard, #Fremont, and #PhinneyRidge.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-our-nw-seattle-neighborhood-centers?source=direct_link&
#urbanism #inclusionaryZoning #compPlan #seattleCompPlan #seapol #seattlePolitics

#Seattle residents: please sign Seattle YIMBY's petition to tell #SeattleCityCouncil to keep neighborhood centers, allowing more #housing (including #affordableHousing and #socialHousing) in neighborhoods like #Ballard, #Fremont, and #PhinneyRidge.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-our-nw-seattle-neighborhood-centers?source=direct_link&
#urbanism #inclusionaryZoning #compPlan #seattleCompPlan #seapol #seattlePolitics

More creepy disenfranchisement by Seattle City Hall courtesy Hizzoner @MayorofSeattle Harrell/Burgess and their goofy attempts to crisis manage the comprehensive plan. This time Maple Leaf Neighborhood
#Seattle #SeattlePolitics #MayorofSeattle #MapleLeaf
https://chng.it/b2chPNRG5m

Multiple links to @Publicola reporting this week: including interviews with King County Executive candidates, and Rory O'Sullivan running for City Attorney, to challenge the High Priestess of Nonsense, Ann Davison. #Seattle #SeattlePolitics #zoning

https://open.substack.com/pub/ericacbarnett/p/this-week-on-publicola-january-4?r=ct3l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

O'Sullivan certainly seems to be the right person to replace Davison, but again, who isn't?

#SeattlePolitics #NoMoreDavison

https://publicola.com/2025/01/02/publicola-questions-seattle-city-attorney-candidate-rory-osullivan/

A new race in King County is sizing up after current Executive Dow Constantine announced he's not running again. When people say stand up when the status quo needs changing, we look for young progressive energy. I've already sent support to @GirmayZahilay who is extremely well organized. Check out @ericacbarnett Q and A at her excellent Seattle news site @PubliCola
https://open.substack.com/pub/ericacbarnett/p/publicola-questions-girmay-zahilay?r=ct3l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#SeattlePolitics #Seattle #SalishSea #KingCounty

#SeattleCityCouncil member Tammy Morales (District 2) resigns effective January 6, 2025, and her going-away message is brutal. Best wishes to her. #seattle #seattlePolitics

https://mailchi.mp/seattle/call-to-action-support-our-amendments-tonight-8483547?e=08a3def5a1

A ray of hope for Seattle. Alex Rinck is comfortably leading Tanya Woo for the Seettle City Council Position 8.

The article calls Woo a "centrist Democrat." If that's true, it tells me a whole lot about the fundamental issue the Democratic Party has today. In my book, a person who "wants to continue investing in the city police budget to bolster officer hiring and retention" is a right-winger, at least in the US.

#SeattlePolitics

https://www.cascadepbs.org/news/2024/11/alexis-mercedes-rinck-way-ahead-tanya-woo-seattle-council-race

Don't ever add a service charge. Just be honest and raise the menu prices. SImple.

#SeattlePolitics

https://www.kuow.org/stories/when-seattle-s-tip-credit-expires-in-2025-will-tips-end-as-well

Looking forward to discussing the #SeattleCompPlan on 3/14 in Loyal Heights! We need more #housing.

https://engage.oneseattleplan.com/events/71e28fb8-71b7-43b9-bc27-e8dc2375a34f

#ballard #seattle #seattlePolitics #urbanism