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We can craft a state tax code that is far more progressive and far more pro-growth, that both invests in vital public services and incentivizes companies to continue to expand in our state.
This kind of virtuous cycle is a *good* thing, and I refuse to believe that a “grand bargain” is impossible.
This kind of virtuous cycle is a *good* thing, and I refuse to believe that a “grand bargain” is impossible.
He’s on a roll today.
TRUMP: I AM HEREBY CANCELLING ALL EXECUTIVE ORDERS SIGNED BY BIDEN
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
He’s on a roll today.
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"folx" is another one. I can understand the logic behind like "Latinx" even if I don't use the term, but not these. the amount of people you are avoiding irritating or offending cannot *possibly* be larger than the amount of people who find this weird and grating.
yeah this is exactly why USians continues to irritate me
Like it’s one thing for a group of people to say “I prefer to be called this” it’s another to TELL another whole country of diverse ethnicities and heritage that you will now be calling them something else.
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"folx" is another one. I can understand the logic behind like "Latinx" even if I don't use the term, but not these. the amount of people you are avoiding irritating or offending cannot *possibly* be larger than the amount of people who find this weird and grating.
We can craft a state tax code that is far more progressive and far more pro-growth, that both invests in vital public services and incentivizes companies to continue to expand in our state.
This kind of virtuous cycle is a *good* thing, and I refuse to believe that a “grand bargain” is impossible.
This kind of virtuous cycle is a *good* thing, and I refuse to believe that a “grand bargain” is impossible.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We can craft a state tax code that is far more progressive and far more pro-growth, that both invests in vital public services and incentivizes companies to continue to expand in our state.
This kind of virtuous cycle is a *good* thing, and I refuse to believe that a “grand bargain” is impossible.
This kind of virtuous cycle is a *good* thing, and I refuse to believe that a “grand bargain” is impossible.
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You don’t have to like Amazon.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
The Seattle economy is dependent on Amazon. The City of Seattle’s tax revenue is (massively and increasingly!) dependent on Amazon. In that sense Katie Wilson’s ability to implement her agenda is dependent on Amazon’s success, and their willingness to stomach her policies.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You don’t have to like Amazon.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
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7-11 making plans to do more food like they do in Japan is our only ray of hope along these lines
it is very strange to me that Americans just cannot do packaged, relatively cheap sandwiches. they're fucking awful here. (handmade sandwiches are often great, but, like, the £2.75 Tesco's 'good but not great' sandwich is a missing piece)
It is a huge problem to me that sandwiches in the US are both delicious and stupidly expensive.
There are days I miss a prawn mayo or tuna sandwich meal deal from Boots or WH Smith.
There are days I miss a prawn mayo or tuna sandwich meal deal from Boots or WH Smith.
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
7-11 making plans to do more food like they do in Japan is our only ray of hope along these lines
You don’t have to like Amazon.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
The Seattle economy is dependent on Amazon. The City of Seattle’s tax revenue is (massively and increasingly!) dependent on Amazon. In that sense Katie Wilson’s ability to implement her agenda is dependent on Amazon’s success, and their willingness to stomach her policies.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You don’t have to like Amazon.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
But if you think Seattle would have been as economically, socially, and culturally prosperous over the past 15 years without it, you are deluding yourself.
Amazon’s success is Seattle’s success.
The lack of a direct Amazon or Seattle Chamber rep here is a big, big problem, and in my view a bad look both for Amazon and for Wilson.
But other than that, I think this is pretty much a who’s who of normal slightly left-of-center big city politics.
But other than that, I think this is pretty much a who’s who of normal slightly left-of-center big city politics.
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson just announced her transition team, with 61 members overseeing different policy areas. Transition teams are largely an expression of values and policy focus, although I expect some of these folks will end up in the administration. publicola.com/wp-content/u...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The lack of a direct Amazon or Seattle Chamber rep here is a big, big problem, and in my view a bad look both for Amazon and for Wilson.
But other than that, I think this is pretty much a who’s who of normal slightly left-of-center big city politics.
But other than that, I think this is pretty much a who’s who of normal slightly left-of-center big city politics.
Peak midrise architecture:
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
Which building looks better, the older ornamented box or the new one with upper floor stepbacks, massing breaks, and numerous facade colors?
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Peak midrise architecture:
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor, “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks
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I mostly stay off twitter but I occasionally go back because all the left NIMBYs stayed. The complete copefest going on over Mamdani putting YIMBYs on his housing transition team has been chicken noodle soup for the soul.
Posts of people who know they lost.
Posts of people who know they lost.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I mostly stay off twitter but I occasionally go back because all the left NIMBYs stayed. The complete copefest going on over Mamdani putting YIMBYs on his housing transition team has been chicken noodle soup for the soul.
Posts of people who know they lost.
Posts of people who know they lost.
If you want single-stair to become the norm in the USA, you need to upzone single-family zones to allow not just plexes, but this level of residential density.
Otherwise, change building code all you want; single-stair will never pencil *at scale* in the limited zones where density is allowed.
Otherwise, change building code all you want; single-stair will never pencil *at scale* in the limited zones where density is allowed.
And put it all together to create incremental courtyard urbanism.
50% lot coverage. 2 to 3FSR.
35' max floor plates where there's no side yard.
12' front yard
20% side yard beyond 50' of lot depth
(or)
3 storey lane house with 4' side yard.
50% lot coverage. 2 to 3FSR.
35' max floor plates where there's no side yard.
12' front yard
20% side yard beyond 50' of lot depth
(or)
3 storey lane house with 4' side yard.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If you want single-stair to become the norm in the USA, you need to upzone single-family zones to allow not just plexes, but this level of residential density.
Otherwise, change building code all you want; single-stair will never pencil *at scale* in the limited zones where density is allowed.
Otherwise, change building code all you want; single-stair will never pencil *at scale* in the limited zones where density is allowed.
One way we need to do this is by lifting the absurd 1% annual cap on levy increases.
His challenge with the budget is "the lack of use of our 6-year forecast, the lack of focus how this budget will help to close our structural gaps." Cathcart thinks they need to be thinking further in the future about budget sustainability so there aren't future deficits.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
One way we need to do this is by lifting the absurd 1% annual cap on levy increases.
Boom: Modest 6-12% commercial parking tax passes 5-2, with Cathcart and Bingle voting no. Takes effect starting April 1.
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Boom: Modest 6-12% commercial parking tax passes 5-2, with Cathcart and Bingle voting no. Takes effect starting April 1.
Cathcart probably rightly notes that the process of enacting this parking tax was poorly done.
It’s effectively being used to plug a budget hole, and it would have been better to have a deeper conversation about setting the budget on a more sustainable path given ongoing economic chaos.
It’s effectively being used to plug a budget hole, and it would have been better to have a deeper conversation about setting the budget on a more sustainable path given ongoing economic chaos.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Cathcart probably rightly notes that the process of enacting this parking tax was poorly done.
It’s effectively being used to plug a budget hole, and it would have been better to have a deeper conversation about setting the budget on a more sustainable path given ongoing economic chaos.
It’s effectively being used to plug a budget hole, and it would have been better to have a deeper conversation about setting the budget on a more sustainable path given ongoing economic chaos.
In his commentary, Michael Cathcart says that when he knocked doors during his campaigns, he never heard a single positive thing about downtown.
That’s a…big and WILD statement to make.
That’s a…big and WILD statement to make.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
In his commentary, Michael Cathcart says that when he knocked doors during his campaigns, he never heard a single positive thing about downtown.
That’s a…big and WILD statement to make.
That’s a…big and WILD statement to make.
I feel like it’s getting lost that driving downtown is a *CHOICE.*
If you don’t want to pay a modest parking tax, don’t drive downtown! Take the bus! Walk! Bike! Take a scooter!
If you don’t want to pay a modest parking tax, don’t drive downtown! Take the bus! Walk! Bike! Take a scooter!
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I feel like it’s getting lost that driving downtown is a *CHOICE.*
If you don’t want to pay a modest parking tax, don’t drive downtown! Take the bus! Walk! Bike! Take a scooter!
If you don’t want to pay a modest parking tax, don’t drive downtown! Take the bus! Walk! Bike! Take a scooter!
And they openly admit that they’re just gonna pass it on to consumers anyway!
I’ve noticed that the loudest voices urging City Council to vote no on the Local Option Transportation Tax are wealthy property owners. They warn it will cut into their profit margin even though they make plenty from their flat parking lots already.
Betsy Cowles (yes, that Cowles) Is here to speak on behalf of Riverfront Square and the Cowles Company. She wants them to vote no. It won't be an incentive to develop surface lots, she said, because development cost too much and "the rents don't connect."
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
And they openly admit that they’re just gonna pass it on to consumers anyway!
It’s literally not a transit agency.
Next question is from @jzimbabwe.bsky.social: what can we do to get this built faster.
In a fairly telling moment, the ST team tried to get Kirk to answer that, and then gave kind of a non-answer.
In a fairly telling moment, the ST team tried to get Kirk to answer that, and then gave kind of a non-answer.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It’s literally not a transit agency.
It is essential that our downtown leaders start telling a more positive, exciting, and forward-thinking vision for downtown, instead of focusing so often on what is wrong with it.
Rose is extolling the virtues of downtown, but hates how much of downtown is devoted to "cars and parking." There are huge empty lots "where buildings used to be, where housing and local businesses could grow." Imagine how nice it could be to walk to the waterfalls from your downtown apt, she said.
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It is essential that our downtown leaders start telling a more positive, exciting, and forward-thinking vision for downtown, instead of focusing so often on what is wrong with it.
#SpoCouncil is currently hearing from Jon Snyder, our Transportation Director, as he gives an explanation of the local option parking tax.
He’s framing the tax as part of the long arc of actions taken by the City to incentivize building downtown.
He’s framing the tax as part of the long arc of actions taken by the City to incentivize building downtown.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
#SpoCouncil is currently hearing from Jon Snyder, our Transportation Director, as he gives an explanation of the local option parking tax.
He’s framing the tax as part of the long arc of actions taken by the City to incentivize building downtown.
He’s framing the tax as part of the long arc of actions taken by the City to incentivize building downtown.
Seems like a decent compromise, honestly. Good idea to do the work of thinking long-term about what roles are most essential to have in a Council office.
Staff are funded for 4-6 months while there’s some kind of expensive study on staffing structure that will produce recommendations on which staff the council actually needs.
After 4-6 mos there’s no more funding guaranteed for staff and they’ll have to pass a special budget ordinance to keep staff
After 4-6 mos there’s no more funding guaranteed for staff and they’ll have to pass a special budget ordinance to keep staff
November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Seems like a decent compromise, honestly. Good idea to do the work of thinking long-term about what roles are most essential to have in a Council office.
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My kingdom for a prominent voice in media to say:
“Middle income specialists are fine. It is bad how much of a habit it has become for aristocratic elites from Ivys to talk down to middle class professionals like educators and health care workers and pit them against ‘real americans’”
“Middle income specialists are fine. It is bad how much of a habit it has become for aristocratic elites from Ivys to talk down to middle class professionals like educators and health care workers and pit them against ‘real americans’”
And of course we get the brain-dead political analysis. The biggest crisis of public education (and the greatest threat to kids with mental illness) is the Republican Party's funding cuts. But guess who gets blamed in the conclusion of the article?
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My kingdom for a prominent voice in media to say:
“Middle income specialists are fine. It is bad how much of a habit it has become for aristocratic elites from Ivys to talk down to middle class professionals like educators and health care workers and pit them against ‘real americans’”
“Middle income specialists are fine. It is bad how much of a habit it has become for aristocratic elites from Ivys to talk down to middle class professionals like educators and health care workers and pit them against ‘real americans’”
Friends don’t let friends buy DTC e-bikes.
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Friends don’t let friends buy DTC e-bikes.
Left YIMBYism is the future. 🎊 🏠 🏗️
Our Executive Director @AnnemarieGray.bsky.social on joining @ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social's transition:
"Bringing down the cost of living, especially the soaring cost of rent for working New Yorkers, has been the core of your campaign and the heart of my career in housing."
"Bringing down the cost of living, especially the soaring cost of rent for working New Yorkers, has been the core of your campaign and the heart of my career in housing."
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Left YIMBYism is the future. 🎊 🏠 🏗️
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November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM