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![ROB: Watching council president Sara get obliterated at the polls on Tuesday got me thinking
-What type of legacy am *I* building at City Hall?
-Will people remember me for my deep commitment to affordability and traffic safety?
-Or my eloquent oratory in defense of equity and social justice?
-Or perhaps- [CURBY appears as an apparition]
CURBY: Ahem
-There’ll be no left turns for you, ROB](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:carj4mhaflwfubqzioy5wxl3/bafkreiffl6as4n7ch4lo2wppu6x2zlpbjezczetjpwlgytzvfu3yo34zfy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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These "Health Through Housing" units include intensive services, including health care, for people who need them. Compared to the cost of Seattle's 116-member encampment sweeps team, or a month of jail nights, $2,800 a month for service-rich housing is a bargain.
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
These "Health Through Housing" units include intensive services, including health care, for people who need them. Compared to the cost of Seattle's 116-member encampment sweeps team, or a month of jail nights, $2,800 a month for service-rich housing is a bargain.
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it's almost like... there's a direct connection between fossil fuels heating up the planet and loss of water resources
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
it's almost like... there's a direct connection between fossil fuels heating up the planet and loss of water resources
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
you might even acknowledge every tanker of imported oil displaces a tanker's load of fresh water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Completely unrelated, but this little shop wouldn’t be compliant in new construction in Seattle where retail mandates a 30’ depth for some arbitrary reason. Zoning codes and city planners do not know how to make good buildings.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Completely unrelated, but this little shop wouldn’t be compliant in new construction in Seattle where retail mandates a 30’ depth for some arbitrary reason. Zoning codes and city planners do not know how to make good buildings.
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Shocked to discover that Sara Nelson is spending her lame duck period on the council going on conservative talk radio to frame budget legalization that she had ample time to amend as Council President as being "rammed down our throats in one budget session."
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Shocked to discover that Sara Nelson is spending her lame duck period on the council going on conservative talk radio to frame budget legalization that she had ample time to amend as Council President as being "rammed down our throats in one budget session."
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We will do a 2,500 page environmental review on a new highway that we know will lead to more traffic, and then rule out a bus lane with analysis that is done on the back of a napkin.
Idk what stage this is at, but it was eye opening when we prodded about the Route 8 study (which SDOT took as fact) but it just counted cars in 2 lanes then multiplied delay by two for adding a bus lane. No factoring in of mode shift, alternate routes, etc. I'd imagine that's what WSDOT is doing too
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We will do a 2,500 page environmental review on a new highway that we know will lead to more traffic, and then rule out a bus lane with analysis that is done on the back of a napkin.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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NEW: Mayor-elect Katie Wilson picked a City insider with Tim Ceis connect, the Protecc17 ED, social housing champ, Friends of Little Sài Gòn ED, and economic development guy for transition team. WHAT A COMMUNIST!
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: Mayor-elect Katie Wilson picked a City insider with Tim Ceis connect, the Protecc17 ED, social housing champ, Friends of Little Sài Gòn ED, and economic development guy for transition team. WHAT A COMMUNIST!
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In the end, only Rinck opposed amending the 2020 Seattle Transit Measure, approved by 80.32% of voters, to add a new spending category for transit safety and security.
The $250,000 budget amendment will directly siphon funds from transit service that the city buys from King County.
The $250,000 budget amendment will directly siphon funds from transit service that the city buys from King County.
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In the end, only Rinck opposed amending the 2020 Seattle Transit Measure, approved by 80.32% of voters, to add a new spending category for transit safety and security.
The $250,000 budget amendment will directly siphon funds from transit service that the city buys from King County.
The $250,000 budget amendment will directly siphon funds from transit service that the city buys from King County.
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Sure, it took almost a decade to build one apartment building, but what matters is that in the end we broke up the massing
More than nine years after the process started, the "Save Madison Valley" building is finally getting close to opening its doors to residents.
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Sure, it took almost a decade to build one apartment building, but what matters is that in the end we broke up the massing
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I had no idea owning a car and living in a detached house were requirements of being mayor. Oh well nobody gives a fuck about the Washington Post anyway
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I had no idea owning a car and living in a detached house were requirements of being mayor. Oh well nobody gives a fuck about the Washington Post anyway
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
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Exactly! If Democrats need to focus on affordability, just ... focus on affordability. Don't constantly give lectures about how other people with the exact same job as you need to do it differently.
Step aside from even the content. Why are you advising on messaging- just deliver the message. Reminds me of Newsom saying he doesn't know what the Dem party stands for on his podcast. Motherfucker you are the dem party!
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Exactly! If Democrats need to focus on affordability, just ... focus on affordability. Don't constantly give lectures about how other people with the exact same job as you need to do it differently.
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Today the Seattle City Council is set to amend the guardrails on the 2020 voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure again, allowing them to tap into those funds for another purpose that is not direct transit service funding.
In this case, it's to pay for a "Chief Transit Security and Safety Officer."
In this case, it's to pay for a "Chief Transit Security and Safety Officer."
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today the Seattle City Council is set to amend the guardrails on the 2020 voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure again, allowing them to tap into those funds for another purpose that is not direct transit service funding.
In this case, it's to pay for a "Chief Transit Security and Safety Officer."
In this case, it's to pay for a "Chief Transit Security and Safety Officer."
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This is a WILD example of poor governance not mathing
1. Sound Transit fares are $42M, 1.4% of the annual ST budget
2. Lost fares are ~$5-14M
3. Fare gates cost >$104M or 7-20 years of unpaid Fares
4. Fare enforcement is $33.6M per year, 2-6 times higher than lost fares
Free Link: archive.is/MYHOx
1. Sound Transit fares are $42M, 1.4% of the annual ST budget
2. Lost fares are ~$5-14M
3. Fare gates cost >$104M or 7-20 years of unpaid Fares
4. Fare enforcement is $33.6M per year, 2-6 times higher than lost fares
Free Link: archive.is/MYHOx
September 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is a WILD example of poor governance not mathing
1. Sound Transit fares are $42M, 1.4% of the annual ST budget
2. Lost fares are ~$5-14M
3. Fare gates cost >$104M or 7-20 years of unpaid Fares
4. Fare enforcement is $33.6M per year, 2-6 times higher than lost fares
Free Link: archive.is/MYHOx
1. Sound Transit fares are $42M, 1.4% of the annual ST budget
2. Lost fares are ~$5-14M
3. Fare gates cost >$104M or 7-20 years of unpaid Fares
4. Fare enforcement is $33.6M per year, 2-6 times higher than lost fares
Free Link: archive.is/MYHOx
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Throwback: In 1976 a woman was pulled over and ticketed for biking on Greenwood Ave because she was not going the 35mph speed limit. She and @cascade.org challenged (and lost), and Seattle Police leaders told the Council that they should ban biking on city streets. The SPD spokesperson? Tim Burgess.
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Throwback: In 1976 a woman was pulled over and ticketed for biking on Greenwood Ave because she was not going the 35mph speed limit. She and @cascade.org challenged (and lost), and Seattle Police leaders told the Council that they should ban biking on city streets. The SPD spokesperson? Tim Burgess.
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I’m sorry our mayor is not a rapist, mysoginist, millionaire, or a corrupt lawyer- we tried all those and they all sucked ass so apologies the we elected a mom who lives in an apartment and rides a bike jfc
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I’m sorry our mayor is not a rapist, mysoginist, millionaire, or a corrupt lawyer- we tried all those and they all sucked ass so apologies the we elected a mom who lives in an apartment and rides a bike jfc
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Harrell is a tremendously wealthy 67-year-old man who has been rich for decades. His family was working-class when he was a kid. His dad retired as a top executive at City Light. Whenever he talks about his upbringing, though, he describes a life of abject poverty so bad you wouldn't even believe.
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Harrell is a tremendously wealthy 67-year-old man who has been rich for decades. His family was working-class when he was a kid. His dad retired as a top executive at City Light. Whenever he talks about his upbringing, though, he describes a life of abject poverty so bad you wouldn't even believe.
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The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
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Having down time and rest should be more of a badge of honour than being busy.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Having down time and rest should be more of a badge of honour than being busy.
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Katie Wilson will be Seattle's next year. The progressive challenger expanded her lead over Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell to nearly 2,000 votes in Wednesday's count.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/12/w...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/12/w...
Wilson Defeats Harrell » The Urbanist
# Katie Wilson will be Seattle's next year. The progressive challenger expanded her lead over Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell to nearly 2,000 votes in Wednesday's count, and The Urbanist and other local o...
www.theurbanist.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Katie Wilson will be Seattle's next year. The progressive challenger expanded her lead over Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell to nearly 2,000 votes in Wednesday's count.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/12/w...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/12/w...
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Wilson Wins In a Squeaker (That Should Not Have Been This Close)
Wonder if incumbent Bruce Harrell will call her "Mayor-Elect Wilson" or if he'll keep referring to his successor as "this person" and "she."
publicola.com/2025/11/12/w...
Wonder if incumbent Bruce Harrell will call her "Mayor-Elect Wilson" or if he'll keep referring to his successor as "this person" and "she."
publicola.com/2025/11/12/w...
Wilson Wins In a Squeaker (That Should Not Have Been This Close) - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett The voters have spoken: Katie Wilson will be the next Mayor of Seattle. On Wednesday, incumbent…
publicola.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wilson Wins In a Squeaker (That Should Not Have Been This Close)
Wonder if incumbent Bruce Harrell will call her "Mayor-Elect Wilson" or if he'll keep referring to his successor as "this person" and "she."
publicola.com/2025/11/12/w...
Wonder if incumbent Bruce Harrell will call her "Mayor-Elect Wilson" or if he'll keep referring to his successor as "this person" and "she."
publicola.com/2025/11/12/w...
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Congratulations Seattle Times for a clean sweep in the 2025 election—for mayor, city attorney, and city council, all of your endorsed candidates lost!
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Congratulations Seattle Times for a clean sweep in the 2025 election—for mayor, city attorney, and city council, all of your endorsed candidates lost!