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Was @C2CUrbanist on the other site
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Some truly despicable people in the @council.nyc.gov who have had their minds melted to goo on the issue of housing by the corrupt way they have wielded their power for the past few decades.
Facing reduced housing powers, City Council wants to lock in affordability rules
Adams administration officials warned against a package of bills requiring bigger, more affordable homes.
www.crainsnewyork.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Some truly despicable people in the @council.nyc.gov who have had their minds melted to goo on the issue of housing by the corrupt way they have wielded their power for the past few decades.
IMO cutting Graham Street is probably a good thing. If we're going to extend this line all the way to Tacoma, it makes little sense to add infill stops that will further lengthen travel times. Building a stop so theoretical future TOD is a 5min walk instead of 15min walk from light rail seems silly!
Escalating Costs Could Push Sound Transit to Reconsider Two Infill Stations » The Urbanist
# Long promised and approved by voters in 2016, the cost to build two deferred light rail stations in Seattle and Tukwila has jumped by more than two-thirds in just a few short years. The two projects...
www.theurbanist.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
IMO cutting Graham Street is probably a good thing. If we're going to extend this line all the way to Tacoma, it makes little sense to add infill stops that will further lengthen travel times. Building a stop so theoretical future TOD is a 5min walk instead of 15min walk from light rail seems silly!
Even with this reduced number, I would be surprised if the race didn't seem done after tonight.
The word from King County Elections is we'll probably get around 35,000 Seattle ballots in today's count. That will leave roughly 10,000 left. It sounds like they had quite a few "cured" ballots come in over the weekend that will be counted Tuesday (Yes, they're counting on Veteran's Day).
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Even with this reduced number, I would be surprised if the race didn't seem done after tonight.
It’s actually pretty embarrassing that Sound Transit puts up the signage for new lines/extensions months (more than 1/2 a year in this case!) ahead of their actual opening. This will confuse a lot of people needlessly! It’s not that hard to put the signage up/change computer screens the week before.
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It’s actually pretty embarrassing that Sound Transit puts up the signage for new lines/extensions months (more than 1/2 a year in this case!) ahead of their actual opening. This will confuse a lot of people needlessly! It’s not that hard to put the signage up/change computer screens the week before.
Not ideal but if King County Metro was unwilling and/or incapable of doing this competitively, it's probably the best choice. It's increasingly odd as Sound Transit grows for it to have no real in-house operations, would be curious if any other big American transit system is run the same way?
A $433 million contract with MV Transportation extends through 2032, and includes full start-up costs for Sound Transit's three Stride lines. It's the first time that Sound Transit has contracted with a private operator for core transit services.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/s...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/07/s...
Sound Transit Selects Private Bus Operator for Stride BRT Network » The Urbanist
# The $433 million contract with MV Transportation extends through 2032, and includes full start-up costs for the three Stride lines. It's the first time that Sound Transit has contracted with a priva...
www.theurbanist.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Not ideal but if King County Metro was unwilling and/or incapable of doing this competitively, it's probably the best choice. It's increasingly odd as Sound Transit grows for it to have no real in-house operations, would be curious if any other big American transit system is run the same way?
Fun fact: NYC's mayoral race, national news everyday and lauded for its incredible turnout, will end up around at around 40% turnout. Seattle's mayoral race, a race in which the average resident of Bellevue (much less a national reporter!) couldn't tell you who's running, will end above 55%.
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fun fact: NYC's mayoral race, national news everyday and lauded for its incredible turnout, will end up around at around 40% turnout. Seattle's mayoral race, a race in which the average resident of Bellevue (much less a national reporter!) couldn't tell you who's running, will end above 55%.
FWIW, I do not think this will end up particularly close. Likely ends up with a margin of around 2 points or so for Wilson.
Wilson has well overperformed what she needed tonight. The race is all but over.
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
FWIW, I do not think this will end up particularly close. Likely ends up with a margin of around 2 points or so for Wilson.
Wilson has well overperformed what she needed tonight. The race is all but over.
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wilson has well overperformed what she needed tonight. The race is all but over.
One quick caveat to this, actually. Out of curiosity, I changed the aggregate to weight each district's 2023 turnout in the projection (districts with higher turnout influence the aggregate more). Not certain the same districts will be higher turnout this yr, but if so we're looking at a nailbiter!
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One quick caveat to this, actually. Out of curiosity, I changed the aggregate to weight each district's 2023 turnout in the projection (districts with higher turnout influence the aggregate more). Not certain the same districts will be higher turnout this yr, but if so we're looking at a nailbiter!
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The core here though is that even if today looks pretty bad for Wilson (expect it to!), that may just be what her path looks like! The big progressive jump we usually see on Friday is likely yet to come. (2/2)
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The core here though is that even if today looks pretty bad for Wilson (expect it to!), that may just be what her path looks like! The big progressive jump we usually see on Friday is likely yet to come. (2/2)
In the aggregate of this projection, this is what we would expect out of today's drop. Despite predicting a Wilson victory in the end, it predicts today to be a pretty bad day for her! Only a marginally better dump than yesterday, needing an even higher % of the remaining votes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In the aggregate of this projection, this is what we would expect out of today's drop. Despite predicting a Wilson victory in the end, it predicts today to be a pretty bad day for her! Only a marginally better dump than yesterday, needing an even higher % of the remaining votes.
For anyone looking for numbers for the Seattle mayoral discourse, here's a couple excel screenshots to explain what I would expect out of today's drop, and the fate of the race as a whole. First, a day-by-day projection of where I'd expect remaining ballots to end us up. More details below.
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
For anyone looking for numbers for the Seattle mayoral discourse, here's a couple excel screenshots to explain what I would expect out of today's drop, and the fate of the race as a whole. First, a day-by-day projection of where I'd expect remaining ballots to end us up. More details below.
Would caution anyone from taking too much information from today's drop then, it seems likely they're still working through what would have been counted yesterday or by election day in past years (i.e. expect it to lean more Harrell than you'd expect from late votes).
Per King County elections, expect around 30,000 ballots in Seattle's drop today. Seems likely this thing is headed to next week.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Would caution anyone from taking too much information from today's drop then, it seems likely they're still working through what would have been counted yesterday or by election day in past years (i.e. expect it to lean more Harrell than you'd expect from late votes).
Bluesky hiding all "rude" content by default is not a great look considering... well every stereotype about it.
The "service" includes settings for hiding certain types of content, warning you that the skeet contains such content before you see it, or simply turning off the filter. If you've never been here before, you'll find things like "rude" or "threats" are set to "Hide".
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Bluesky hiding all "rude" content by default is not a great look considering... well every stereotype about it.
Wilson now needs to win 54.1% of outstanding ballots, well within the range of Morales’ comeback in 2023.
🚨 As of 8:00am today, King County Elections is reporting that turnout in the City of Seattle has reached 54.83% with 277,102 ballots received.
A note about last night’s update: turnout was actually reported as 50.26%. So turnout has grown another 4.5% overnight.
A note about last night’s update: turnout was actually reported as 50.26%. So turnout has grown another 4.5% overnight.
🚨 🚨 As of 6:00pm today, King County Elections is reporting that turnout in the City of Seattle has reached 52.06% with 253,988 ballots received. That was a VERY big increase from ballot drop box votes yesterday, compared to the updates we were seeing earlier today.
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wilson now needs to win 54.1% of outstanding ballots, well within the range of Morales’ comeback in 2023.
With the new drop Wilson has to win about 55% of the remaining vote to pull ahead. I would expect a ~50k ballot drop tomorrow, she needs to be winning them by a few points at least to be feeling confident moving forward.... I would still give her a slight edge, but I'm guessing a close finish.
This turnout number makes much more sense in logical terms (is actually above 2023 & the 2025 primary as you would expect), but is really odd in data terms. I've never known KC Elections to drop a big number like this, but happy to be corrected by anyone who has seen this before.
🚨 🚨 As of 6:00pm today, King County Elections is reporting that turnout in the City of Seattle has reached 52.06% with 253,988 ballots received. That was a VERY big increase from ballot drop box votes yesterday, compared to the updates we were seeing earlier today.
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
With the new drop Wilson has to win about 55% of the remaining vote to pull ahead. I would expect a ~50k ballot drop tomorrow, she needs to be winning them by a few points at least to be feeling confident moving forward.... I would still give her a slight edge, but I'm guessing a close finish.
This turnout number makes much more sense in logical terms (is actually above 2023 & the 2025 primary as you would expect), but is really odd in data terms. I've never known KC Elections to drop a big number like this, but happy to be corrected by anyone who has seen this before.
🚨 🚨 As of 6:00pm today, King County Elections is reporting that turnout in the City of Seattle has reached 52.06% with 253,988 ballots received. That was a VERY big increase from ballot drop box votes yesterday, compared to the updates we were seeing earlier today.
As of 4:00pm today, King County Elections is reporting that turnout in the City of Seattle has reached 38.04% with 192,234 ballots received.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This turnout number makes much more sense in logical terms (is actually above 2023 & the 2025 primary as you would expect), but is really odd in data terms. I've never known KC Elections to drop a big number like this, but happy to be corrected by anyone who has seen this before.
Wait what the hell, King County Elections just randomly jumped from 38% to 50%?? This is either a data entry error or they wayyyy undercounted ballots yesterday.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Wait what the hell, King County Elections just randomly jumped from 38% to 50%?? This is either a data entry error or they wayyyy undercounted ballots yesterday.
Still kind of blown away how low turnout seems to be ending up in Seattle. A bizarre ending after how the primary went.
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Still kind of blown away how low turnout seems to be ending up in Seattle. A bizarre ending after how the primary went.
If I was considering only the precedent of the primary and the shift in the general of 2021, I'd rather be Wilson. Definitely not a certainty though, these late shifts can always be weird and the murmurs in the days leading up to this were all about low turnout.
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
If I was considering only the precedent of the primary and the shift in the general of 2021, I'd rather be Wilson. Definitely not a certainty though, these late shifts can always be weird and the murmurs in the days leading up to this were all about low turnout.
This is now the 2nd somewhat recently painted 2-way PBL without dividing lines after 20th St near the FDR. Is there some sort of shortage affecting @nyc-dot.bsky.social? People routinely bike on the wrong side on 20th St thinking it’s one-way, would hate to see that perpetually on Union St too.
New short two-way protected bike lane connector on Union Street in Gowanus. Thanks @nyc-dot.bsky.social! Another project supported by @bkcb6.bsky.social. Glad to see the network taking shape in this part of the neighborhood.
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is now the 2nd somewhat recently painted 2-way PBL without dividing lines after 20th St near the FDR. Is there some sort of shortage affecting @nyc-dot.bsky.social? People routinely bike on the wrong side on 20th St thinking it’s one-way, would hate to see that perpetually on Union St too.
I respect @ronpdavis.bsky.social but this is a complete miss. Calling Zahilay's abstention from the Seattle mayoral race (he hasn't endorsed Wilson!!!) "courageous" is a biiiiiiig reach. He didn't endorse simply because he's running this year as well and didn't want to alienate any possible voters.
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I respect @ronpdavis.bsky.social but this is a complete miss. Calling Zahilay's abstention from the Seattle mayoral race (he hasn't endorsed Wilson!!!) "courageous" is a biiiiiiig reach. He didn't endorse simply because he's running this year as well and didn't want to alienate any possible voters.
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Proposals #2-4 are pro-affordable housing proposals that have been the subject of more misinformation and intentional smears than any other proposals I've ever seen in NYC history, including an ILLEGAL electioneering campaign by the city council!
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-...
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-...
hellgatenyc.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Proposals #2-4 are pro-affordable housing proposals that have been the subject of more misinformation and intentional smears than any other proposals I've ever seen in NYC history, including an ILLEGAL electioneering campaign by the city council!
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-...
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-...
I will never vote for any current council member, for any and all future positions, ever again who does not denounce this blatant misuse of millions of taxpayer dollars. This is a tactic straight out of the Trump admin (strikingly resemblance to the Sec Noem TSA video!).
October 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I will never vote for any current council member, for any and all future positions, ever again who does not denounce this blatant misuse of millions of taxpayer dollars. This is a tactic straight out of the Trump admin (strikingly resemblance to the Sec Noem TSA video!).