Should Seattle sales tax be increased to subsidize wealthy suburban road building? No! But that's what the King County Council is proposing to do this Friday. Tell them to treat Seattle fairly, and not siphon $3 million sales tax for Bellevue etc. Take action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/8415...

As I recall for SDOT the bid we got was for all new shelters, public WiFi, and ~$100M paid (minimum) over 20 years.

It really, really, really bothers me that Washington’s Insurance Commissioner @pattykuderer-waoic.bsky.social is trying to do essentially the same thing in Washington. We MUST shut them down in the next session of #waleg. If you live in the WUI, you need to pay for the risk.

On the regressiveness of sales taxes vs car tabs to fund the Seattle Transit Measure: Tabs tax residents exclusively. Sales tax captures tons of out-of-city revenue. Seattle is a big shopping, tourism, and event destination. The cruise passengers downtown pay the full sales tax. Zero on tabs.

trump went from “biden is to blame for inflation” to “i dont care about inflation” to “i love the inflation” in like a month lol

In his state of the county address, Girmay Zahilay just announced that King County will advance plans for an 80 unit tiny house village on county land in Seattle.

Seattle has a significant pedestrian area around the stadium.

It's wild to me that all those voices about safeguarding our tax dollars have completely gone silent when discussing Seattle sending sale tax money to some of the richest cities on the planet earth. The Seattle Times has not covered this tax yet. Thank goodness for @typewriteralley.bsky.social.

Spokane does not currently have the necessary framework to site and permit data centers. A moratorium gives us time to evaluate and plan for future development, while keeping neighborhood and environmental impacts at the forefront of our decision making. my.spokanecity.org/news/release...

y'know UCSD has some pretty smart folks on the economics of insuring CA wildfires. you should talk to them.

Seattle and King County taxpayers deserve a more thoughtful distribution of proposed sales tax for roads #SEAbikes #Seattle

Saw Barry Bonds patiently and obviously intentionally hit a dozen foul balls in a row until he got a pitch he liked, which he smacked off the wall in center for a stand-up double. It just seemed impossible that a hitter could do that. Everyone in the stands was laughing and shaking their heads.

I’m super happy Ave For All is trying again in the fall. A lot of people were excited for this and its cancellation was a big mistake by the city. @lhjseattle.bsky.social and Cory Crocker worked hard and they aren’t giving up.

New murals are being bolted to walls on the mezzanine level at Sound Transit’s Pioneer Square station

Seattle Fire just responded to a driver hitting someone on a bike at Eastlake Ave E and Fuhrman Ave E just south of the U Bridge.

I authored this letter to fight for Seattle residents and their tax dollars. In addition to millions that would be directed away from our community, I'm concerned with the precedent this "cap" would set for Seattle. I'm grateful to my colleagues for signing on and hopeful for the path forward.

I personally love to interact with kiosks. That's something you can take to the bank, and I'm sure many of my fellow Seattle residents feel the same - we're juiced to get downtown and build community by interacting with kiosks.

In a letter to King County Councilmembers, eight members of the Seattle City Council call a proposed Seattle-only cap on pass-through funding from a new countywide 0.1% sales tax "not acceptable nor equitable" and ask that it be fully dropped at Friday's planned vote.

Updates here www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/06/driv...

Hear @bretthamil.bsky.social on Ferguson’s austerity program on today’s @citycastseattle.bsky.social: open.spotify.com/clip/0WEy5fR...

Everyone who stayed there for fear of losing their followers and having to rebuild their follower base elsewhere is enabling this. This is ESPECIALLY so of journalists driven by Main Character Syndrome more than by any real desire to inform the public. History will not look kindly upon that.

Seattle has public power, is building green social housing, and just enacted a ban on data centers and people will still insist you can't create utopia in our lifetimes but idk seems like they're gonna give it a shot

We have growing transit and bike ridership, too! We can keep doing big bold things that make our city more livable and affordable. We have a lot of work to do to support the people who are struggling, but we can make change. So let’s keep going.

so the 'residents for thoughtful growth' think the cost of land is free if you build a 4-plex. also: AI slop explains a lot!

Danny is so close to getting it. The labor productivity gains are all going to landlords and capital. That’s why people are pissed. The solution is progressive statewide taxes and building a bunch of housing.

We ought to make it safer for this guy to get where he’s going on MLK.

This is from this morning (06/09), around 8:00 AM. Flashing beacons were flashing. The driver, who failed to stop, saw me.

So does the governor think we had the exact right amount of services in Washington eight or twelve years ago? Like, is the argument that things were better when we had fewer people on AppleCare, fewer kids in preschool, and fewer parks and trails?

We have been asking to take a comprehensive look to do more of these from at least 90th to 109th and along Northgate Way. None of the city council thought it to be of concern to publicly call out the previous mayor when SDOT said they could not consider without further study.

It's no secret that the city council and mayor aren't getting along right now but as someone who has had to endure this violence in my neighborhood, I am disgusted that some of the council see this as an opportunity to try to score some political points.

IMO, Sound Transit board reform is a “when” question, not an “if” question. It’s pretty clear after last month that Seattle is going to be on its own as soon as the spine is complete. Snohomish, Pierce, and much of the rest of King County seem to have zero appetite for more than that.

come up with a new shtick BOB

This is completely the wrong approach, and we need to organize and push back hard against austerity

A complete guide to all sorts of trails you can access by transit from Seattle! 😍🚌🥾🌲 www.wta.org/go-outside/s...

Seattle Fire just responded to a driver hitting someone on a bike at 23rd Ave S and S Judkins Street.

"Reasonable centrist" NYT did not get the memo from "reasonable centrist" Seattle Times that bicycle weekends are out to destroy lives of car users near Seward Park.

I was cited in the New York Times today providing the very insightful suggestion that biking the Elliott Bay Trail is cool. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/travel/5-great-north-american-biking-cities.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pFA.KQP5.DB-rX-sLoiss&smid=url-share

Bahn mi bracket update. It’s Saigon Deli (the Little Saigon one, though the unrelated UDistrict joint is worth a try) vs. MLK Way’s Q Bakery. Saigon Deli is the clear favorite but definitely go check out Q, and the future Graham Street Station site, too.

‘“This is the city at your fingertips,” [Sara] Nelson told GeekWire. “Not only is there important information for emergencies, but it also supports our small business community — it is a focal point, it’s a gathering spot, and that is what we need more of downtown.”’

This park feels criminally underutilized/activated

Sponsored: Park your bike for just 5¢ an hour at dozens of transit stations across the region #SEAbikes #Seattle

It’s my last year chaperoning the annual walking field trip to Golden Gardens 😢 Kids who normally balk at climbing these stairs with their parents think it’s good fun with their friends

Seattle #1 🚲 Thanks to all the people who continue to make Seattle a great biking city! @seattlebikeblog.com @streetsalliance.bsky.social @seattledot.bsky.social and a shoutout to @rvgreenways.bsky.social for delivering the LWB weekends mentioned www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/t...

NBER working papers get too much weight in our profession

I've been car-doored in London before, and it is awful, but I have never had the same terror of it that I have here, because the vehicles driving alongside you in London are generally not the size and weight of tanks, with cabs 10ft up in the air where the driver won't even see you

Everyone is *rightly* focusing on the crappy painted bike lane being the infrastructure failing that caused Riley O'Neil's death, but I do think another problem is the prevalence of enormous trucks doing the sorts of deliveries that in Europe would definitely be done by small vans

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Feed those in need while enjoying live music during Spokane's Street Music Week! Take your lunch break outside this week and join me in supporting Second Harvest!

Pretty hilarious that mere days after Nithya takes 2nd the very first attack by Bass is that she didnt sweep homeless encampments.