Thaddeus Whelan for Mayor
@thadformayor.com
Fighting for the Seattle we all deserve.
To my Seattle community, please be safe and know your rights tomorrow.
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
To my Seattle community, please be safe and know your rights tomorrow.
Erica has the right of it here. The loss of affordable housing cannot be a reliance on capital interests. The local government MUST instantiate systems that act as a counter lever to these systems moving up in cost with impunity.
This story—fundamentally, about the loss of "naturally occurring affordable housing" since 2008—has an interesting premise (there are fewer cheap units now than before the housing crisis) but doesn't support it: According to the data in the story, there are more. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Where did Seattle’s affordable housing go?
In one decade, Seattle turned into a vastly riskier place to live for poor people. It became nearly impossible to afford even the cheapest market-rate housing.
www.seattletimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Erica has the right of it here. The loss of affordable housing cannot be a reliance on capital interests. The local government MUST instantiate systems that act as a counter lever to these systems moving up in cost with impunity.
Collaboration with fascism is fascism.
Nobody is coming to save us, and we need leaders that are willing to do the most basic political action to save their people. Schumer is a disgrace.
Nobody is coming to save us, and we need leaders that are willing to do the most basic political action to save their people. Schumer is a disgrace.
Schumer: "For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address far too many of this country's needs. But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."
March 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Collaboration with fascism is fascism.
Nobody is coming to save us, and we need leaders that are willing to do the most basic political action to save their people. Schumer is a disgrace.
Nobody is coming to save us, and we need leaders that are willing to do the most basic political action to save their people. Schumer is a disgrace.
After a long weekend, I'm back in the saddle.
It's time for another deep dive into a Seattle problem with a policy solution! Today, I want to cover one of the more direct criticisms I have of Harrell and the OneSeattle plan, its anemic public transit ideas.
It's time for another deep dive into a Seattle problem with a policy solution! Today, I want to cover one of the more direct criticisms I have of Harrell and the OneSeattle plan, its anemic public transit ideas.
March 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
After a long weekend, I'm back in the saddle.
It's time for another deep dive into a Seattle problem with a policy solution! Today, I want to cover one of the more direct criticisms I have of Harrell and the OneSeattle plan, its anemic public transit ideas.
It's time for another deep dive into a Seattle problem with a policy solution! Today, I want to cover one of the more direct criticisms I have of Harrell and the OneSeattle plan, its anemic public transit ideas.
Sara Nelson's continued efforts to gut an already incredibly conservative OneSeattle plan continue to hurt us at every level.
At council briefing, Dan Strauss says that he has been removed as the vice chair of the select committee on the Comprehensive Plan, and replaced with Mark Solomon. He says that Sara Nelson never directly told him this change was happening and calls the move highly unusual.
March 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Sara Nelson's continued efforts to gut an already incredibly conservative OneSeattle plan continue to hurt us at every level.
Reminder that Harrell called Elon a "smart innovator".
If tearing our international credibility down at record pace is innovating, I don't want it.
If tearing our international credibility down at record pace is innovating, I don't want it.
February 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reminder that Harrell called Elon a "smart innovator".
If tearing our international credibility down at record pace is innovating, I don't want it.
If tearing our international credibility down at record pace is innovating, I don't want it.
Hello, Seattle! This is, in fact, the official Thad for Mayor account. For the most part, this will be a more formal correspondence area for me, and today, I'm going to outline one major policy that I have for the City.
I'm tired of the vibes based running, as we need better answers now.
I'm tired of the vibes based running, as we need better answers now.
February 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hello, Seattle! This is, in fact, the official Thad for Mayor account. For the most part, this will be a more formal correspondence area for me, and today, I'm going to outline one major policy that I have for the City.
I'm tired of the vibes based running, as we need better answers now.
I'm tired of the vibes based running, as we need better answers now.