Seattle Progressives Hope for Late Turnout Surge to Seal Victories
With one day left before polls close on the 2021 election, campaigns are in a mad dash to the finish line. Voters have some...
Sunday Video: Why Are We Still Widening Highways in US Cities?
https://youtu.be/NcUx5r_ksk8
Dave Amos explains why it’s so hard to oppose highway expansion projects and why highway expansions are so pervasive in America, even though highway...
Bellevue Faces a Crossroads: Embrace Progressivism or Conservative Entrenchment
Three Bellevue City Council seats are up for election this year and voters face a stark choice. Electing progressive challengers Ruth Lipscomb and Dexter...
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...