Unprecedented Special Interest Money Floods Bellevue Election
A disturbing trend in an already business-friendly city.
We all want our votes to mean something in the city we love. Passionate residents make size-limited donations...
Elect a Broadband Champion to Seattle Mayor
Vote for González!
We will never return to the world as it existed before the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last year and a half, Seattle...
Lake Forest Park Ballot Measure Would Increase Park Access and Fund Safer Streets
While Shoreline's park bond measure did not make it to the November ballot, neighboring Lake Forest Park's ballot contains a measure to increase funding...
Seattle Budget Amendments Advance Design Review Reform and Comp Plan Outreach
The Seattle City Council has prepared more than 200 amendments to Mayor Jenny Durkan's 2022 budget proposal.
Among them are amendments that would initiate...
Disingenuous vs. Bad Faith: Arguments and the Way We Receive Them
Recently, I got called out in a discussion where I labeled something a “bad faith” argument. We were talking about the last Seattle City...
Everett Takes Stock of Findings on a Possible Transit Merger, Charts Next Steps
A merger of Everett Transit with Community Transit that would significantly increase transit service in the region may still have legs. Everett policymakers have...
NPI Poll Finds Uphill Fight for Progressives in Seattle General Election
A poll completed by Change Research for the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) indicates plenty of reasons why supporters of progressive candidates in Seattle's general...
Seattle Times Rescinds Kathy Lambert Endorsement Over Racist Mailer
The King County Council could get a shakeup this election, and those odds went up last week as Republican incumbent Kathy Lambert lost her...