The best time to build rail to Ballard was 50 years ago when voters rejected Forward Thrust. The second best time to build light rail to Ballard is right now. Voters approved it, Seattle's planned its future growth around it, we've passed legislation to get it done faster. Build the damn trains.

Let's goooo! Build all the rail, all of ST3. The Save Ballard Rail folks have been very consistent on that point: we're here to build the whole system, save all the lines and stations. We are all in this together.

Living in Ballard shouldn’t mean you have to be pen pals with your friends in Capitol Hill. Come help save Ballard light rail.

Recognizing this is good and cool, while also staring down a 50 minute bus ride home to Ballard while working in this very building.

Launching my campaign for bagel mayor with a strong affordability platform.

I wore this as my Halloween costume 12 years ago. 1) Wild how some things never change 2) I’ve always been like this.

One thing about the Mariners, it was always going to be game 7.

Ichiro is warming up in the bullpen.

The Council approved my amendment to the supplemental budget which will add $300K in legal defense for our immigrant neighbors! This funding comes out of underspend from a jail contract. Transferring these funds to this urgent need facing community is a major win!

The Seattle City Council just passed an amendment to the supplemental budget, offered by CM Rinck, adding $300k to legal defense for unaccompanied children facing detention and deportation, taken from underspend from the City's much criticized SCORE jail contract.

The Seattle Shield Initiative has passed unanimously and will be on the Seattle ballot in November.

Tomorrow afternoon Councilmember Hollingsworth and I will be restoring “Hot Rat Summer” in Cal Anderson Park. This mosaic was wrongfully painted over and we are going to fix it.

“seemed very nice” - The Seattle Times Editorial Board www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

I'm sitting in an unusually crowded meeting of the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, which commissioner Kristin Hawes just said had an "unprecedented" amount of public comment—all of it against changes to the ethics code that would remove recusal reqiurements for councilmembers with conflicts

DOJ says the Civil Rights Division is investigating a new “anti-Catholic law” in Washington state that requires priests to report suspected child abuse or neglect:

This was an excellent program that worked well and made people's lives easier. Government at its best. Of course Trump wants it gone.

Happy e-bike rebate launch day to all who celebrate. The lottery portal is now open! ebikeswsdot.aptim.com

tesla car vehicles will have more legal protections than trans people

National Parks, humanitarian aid, and civil rights are actually cool as hell. Thank you, federal workers. Hold the line.

Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.

My landlord distributing fire blankets after being hounded by rental inspectors for a year and framing it as a Valentine’s Day present is WILD behavior.

I don't always agree with the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social editorial board, but agree very strongly on this. Maritime industrial lands and union livelihood should not be sacrificed for CM Nelson's far-fetched campaign year schemes. #Seattle #waleg www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

This is a huge deal for grocery workers and shoppers who fought tirelessly to make sure this disastrous mega-merger never happens. @ufcw3000.bsky.social

Congratulations and welcome to @alexis4seattle.bsky.social at City Hall! (Featuring @tammymorales.bsky.social and @jessefranz.bsky.social 😊)

Ran into one of the new bosses today at Seattle City Hall. Seems pretty cool. @alexis4seattle.bsky.social

66,990 CUSTOMERS?! Hope this power outage map is wrong. I’m watching it like Kornacki.

The outage map going out can’t be a good omen for this windstorm.

Exactly this. As with Obama's presidency, Biden didn't deliver big enough, though he delivered more than Obama did.

Seeing more and more familiar faces in #Seattle news and politics on this site! So we've updated our starter pack to include the new arrivals: @kromandavid.bsky.social @hannahkrieg.bsky.social @naomiishisaka.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/Tdxzvfr

Seattle folks attending tonight's public hearing: - Hearing starts at 5 PM - Participate in person or virtually - Watch live via Seattle Channel - Childcare available until 7 PM on the second floor - Searchable table of all budget amendments at the link below council.seattle.gov/2024/11/12/s...

Hello! If you’re new following me here, you should probably know that the final public hearing on Seattle’s budget is this Tuesday at 5 PM.

The cops’ lawyers in this case have, again and again, gone above and beyond to make the most disgusting arguments.

Does anyone here feel like they’re following most of the Seattle local politics Twitter who have transferred over? That list is literally the only thing keeping me on the other app.

I thought this was a Henry Kissinger post at first.

This is the Bluesky moment.

The Seattle City Council passed legislation that will help expand public EV charging options ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Good news! We just banned corporations from using algorithms to arbitrarily fire workers. Dystopia postponed.

Really interesting story from KUOW. I’m really curious if people would actually want the City, whether that be Ethics and Elections or some other department, to host debates.

CHOCOLATE POPCORN UPDATE: Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis just proposed new funding to help SIFF buy the Cinerama, open it this year, and provide public benefit programming there. We break down how it would work in this post.

Former Seattle Times editorial board members denounces claims he defended Hitler… goes on to defend Hitler’s motives.

The Seattle City Council approved $1.75 million for the Northwest Abortion Access Fund after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. In its first 9 months, a fraction of that money has been used to help more than 750 people access reproductive care.

WELCOME TO THE WONK ZONE: Seattle’s rent control legislation will go to a vote of the full Seattle City Council on August 1. Here’s what the legislation would actually do, only if and when Washington State lifts the ban on cities implementing residential rent control.