Thank you to the many pro-housing Seattle residents who wrote to city council and showed up to support better housing options! And we couldn't have done it without the leadership of @futurewise.bsky.social and @housingconsortium.org!

Agreed! Through a lot of hard work we've created several progressive funding sources for housing: Jumpstart, Prop 1A, the housing levy. Let's retire the regressive MHA tax on renters and focus on building!

Great list of ideas now what hope is back on the menu in Seattle!

BE STRATEGIC ABOUT CONGESTION PRICING. City streets are a classic case of the tragedy of the commons. When provided free to drivers, they are over-used to the detriment of everyone. Use pricing to free up space, reduce negative externalities, and generate revenue for the benefit of all.

SEATTLE!!! We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!

Suck it Nate Silver! We're going wild on bluesky tonight!

Go hawks! What a game! 🏈🏈🏈

We just might have managed to legalize some cool housing options in Seattle...

"Harrell directed his city council staff to perform tasks for the Royal Esquire Club [...] The work included filling out insurance paperwork, collecting membership dues, drafting an event proposal, and contacting dozens of people, including city employees, to invite them to club events."

Looking forward to a new era of government transparency once @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social is in office 🙈🙉🙊

@publicola.bsky.social and @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy are straight up more informative for Seattle politics and I'm happy to be a monthly supporter of both! If you only read @seattletimes.com you'd likely be confused about what is at stake in this election

I wrote about my experience working with @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social at the MASS Coalition years ago to win major walking, biking, and transit improvements. Give it a read and let me know what you think: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...

"The failure of Democratic Party politics to stop Trump’s election … it’s like, OK, now we see that the government can move fast. It can do some really bad things really fast. So why can’t it be some good things?" Terrific piece from @monicapotts.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2024...

Love to see hard working leaders like @councilmember-amr.bsky.social take "wouldn't it be cool if" ideas and turn them into reality

+ @girmayzahilay.bsky.social OneBusAway, an app and service used by hundreds of thousands of people here in Puget Sound and millions of people around the world, gets by on a shoestring budget of small dollar donations. 1/300th of RR R's budget would fund fulltime development. Help us out w/ that.

I just got around to actually reading this @kuow.org piece on me, and there’s ANOTHER major inaccuracy, beyond the "parents pay my bills" bit. 🧵

“Moms and grandmas, get out there and vote!” ❤️

City Official Used Internal Teams Chat to Solicit Department Directors’ Contact Info on Behalf of Harrell Campaign At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for their boss’s campaign. publicola.com/2025/10/27/c...

Over on Insta - @joemallahan.bsky.social has a video that should disqualify Harrell from ever being in office again. We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it. Vote for Katie Wilson

New thread, also on the Seattle Parks Foundation beat: Why was West Seattle Skylink a partner? And probably still would be if I hadn't followed up again after donating? While looking into TAS I found this. WS Skylink hasn't posted anywhere in well over a year, yet they still had an active SPF page

Wow. Katie Wilson leads the Seattle mayor’s race by 12 among all voters - but among likely voters that lead shrinks to 4 points. Let’s turn out all the young voters we know to help elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!

What an amazing set of leaders! Let's get them in office and get to work!

Let's go win some votes today! @tech4housing.org @alexis4seattle.bsky.social @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social

If the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission doesn’t step in the head of that department should be fired

Wow... Important reporting on how our mayor acts when there isn't a news camera rolling

It's not just Mamdani. Michelle Wu, Katie Wilson--the Dems may soon have a remarkable cast of young, gifted mayors www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Yay! Green stacked flat bonus (amendment 91) passed! This version is important because it rewards both preserving existing trees *and* adding new trees and green space to lots that don't yet have enough to preserve.

Again, the desires of incumbent homeowners not to allow renters near them should not be the primary basis for land-use decisions that will determine where new residents can live, and whether existing residents who don't own houses will be able to stay here, for the next 20 years.

🌳 🌲 We love trees. 🌳 🌲 And! 🚨 We want people to have lots of housing choices in Seattle. Advocates focused solely on trees are prioritizing short term policies with ** harmful ** generational consequences. Please sign & share this action letter today. 🚨 ⚠️ 📧 actionnetwork.org/letters/amen...

it's telling that almost no one who supported CM rivera's tree bills (93 & 102) actually expressed support for housing as well but there's another thing i want to point out with amendment 102. this is so poorly written it's going to have severe unintended (or perhaps intended) consequences.

Alright folks, it's game day! Join us to fight for housing this afternoon at city hall!

Amazon is trying to buy Seattle’s election! Send your Democracy Vouchers or donate money to @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social to help cancel Corporate PAC spending. #ThisIsYourCity WilsonForSeattle.com

It should come as no surprise that pro-housing champion @councilmember-amr.bsky.social also has the highest approval rating in Seattle city government. Voters want leadership on housing affordability!

An advocate to reduce car dependency and give residents more transportation options is leading the primary vote in the race to be Seattle's next mayor — and sending the latest signal that transportation reform might just be a winning campaign issue in local elections across America.

Did you know some council members want to slash development to protect homeowners, force redesigns if new housing threatens a tree of ANY size, and give the city HOA-like authority to dictate the type of siding on some houses? I read the comp plan amendments so you don't have to.

If we re-elect this loser in November I am going to scream for days www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

What until you see the outtakes… Join me in supporting Dionne Foster for Seattle City Council Pos. 9!

Thank you to Seattle City Light and committee chair @councilmember-amr.bsky.social for prioritizing street light repair in High Point, West Seattle. We'll need many policies working together to end gun violence, but this investment is a good first step.

Affordable housing, public safety and 2,000 shelter beds. Just kidding! 🤡 Seattle, don’t forget to Vote Katie Wilson this August and November 🗳️🗳️🗳️

Should Seattle make it easier for families to live near their kid's school?

A UW professor recently called Washington State “a tax haven like the Cayman Islands.” What did he mean? Let’s get into it!

Is the dream of homeownership dead in Seattle?

Station depth, width, length, and the ways in which access to the station is build, are HUGE drivers of cost. Instead of spending like the cold-war defense department, let's use best practice and save billions and get these projects done! rondezvous.beehiiv.com/p/action-let...

Excellent reporting. One of the few that get at the heart of the issue. If you aren't willing to give up a parking spot to save a tree, how much do you really love trees?

Very helpful explanation! Let's learn from international best practice and show America how it's done! 🏗️🏙️🏗️

Join us this Thursday at 6 PM! Bring your pressing questions and unassigned democracy vouchers for the awesome candidates running to make our city better. @alexis4seattle.bsky.social @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social @jamieforseattle.bsky.social @meatopinion.bsky.social @electrory.bsky.social and more!

Why @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social is the pro-business candidate for Mayor of Seattle

Today on Volts: parking is the "dark matter" of land use, invisibly making everything worse, but most municipalities continue to mandate minimum levels of it. WA state just passed some awesome parking reform & I dig into it with @citizen-cate.bsky.social & Alan Durning of @sightline.org.

Not exactly what I'd call "space needle thinking" 😞