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In Seattle, we believe that healthy food should be available and affordable to everyone. Recently, I spent time with Representative Pramila Jayapal talking about Fresh Bucks, the innovative local program that provides $60 per month to Seattleites to purchase fruits and vegetables…
We’ve updated LeftyCheatSheet.org with General election endorsements from The Urbanist! 🗳️
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The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · 13h agoNEW STORY // 2026 General Election Endorsements By The Urbanist Elections Committee via @theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/2026-general...
COLUMN: Seattle already has alternatives to policing. Why not give them more funding? Jesse Hagopian makes the case for investing in youth jobs, violence prevention, and civilian crisis response. Read here: soseaem.org/4hMDGYQ #Seattle
COLUMN | Seattle Knows Public Safety Takes More Than Police. Why Not Fund It?
Youth jobs. Housing. Civilian crisis response. Jesse Hagopian argues Seattle already has tools to prevent violence — and asks why its budget doesn't invest more in them.
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NEW STORY // 2026 General Election Endorsements By The Urbanist Elections Committee via @theurbanist.org www.theurbanist.org/2026-general...
2026 General Election Endorsements
The Urbanist Elections Committee is thrilled to announce our 2026 general election endorsements. Be sure to vote by November 3.
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NEXT WEEK: Seattle Nice is hosting a City Council debate! Come learn about the candidates to represent North Seattle's District 5, Nilu Jenks and Julie Kang—6pm on October 21 at the National Nordic Museum, 2655 NW Market St.(doors at 5:30). This race impacts the whole city; we hope to see you there!
How many reporters would, without owning a car, cover a town council meeting in a tiny suburb on a Tuesday night? Ryan Packer would. Support your local journos!
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · yesterdayGreetings from a crowded dining room in Beaux Arts Village, Washington (pop. 310), where the town council is holding a meeting. On the agenda is a hearing that involves the town's compliance with the 2025 Housing Accountability Act.
NEW STORY// 'The Ave for All' Transforms U District's Main Thoroughfare By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
'The Ave for All' Transforms U District's Main Thoroughfare
For one Saturday, pedestrians took over The Ave in a demonstration of the demand for people-focused spaces in the heart of Seattle's densest neighborhoods. Building on an idea that has been around since 1955, the advocates who put on the event hope it can start a trend.
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The WA state legislature could end this madness with a one paragraph SEPA exemption bill! @jessdbateman.bsky.social @juliareedwa.bsky.social please let us build housing in the state's largest city
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2d agoBruce Harrell proposed incredibly modest neighborhood center & transit corridor upzones in March of 2024 and it will likely be late 2027 or early 2028 that those zoning changes will be able to be adopted... ...assuming no further delays due to appeals (a big assumption!!)
Pulitzer Prize winner Eli Sanders is returning to The Stranger as its new Editor-in-Chief, the paper announced Tuesday.
Eli Sanders Is Named Editor-in-Chief of The Stranger - The Stranger
Exciting news in Strangerland: Eli Sanders is returning to the paper as Editor-in-Chief in November. Longtime Stranger readers will recognize his name—he worked his way up the journalistic ranks as a ...
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For the love of god, please read this thread lol I also made fun of orca/tree NIMBYs for this here: youtu.be/GB7n56k5HZc My dream is for urbanists to stop obsessing about their made up tree talking points (esp about how they help w/ stormwater) & understand real stormwater/river restoration solns
TCA Orca Appeal Webinar Reaction Video #2 (stormwater!!)
YouTube video by Cities for Salmon
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[MS]@rockoperapenguin.bsky.social · 5mo agoDear The Seattle Times, I'm an engineer with a BS and MS degree in stormwater, a PE license, and have over 20 years of professional experience. If you have a musician to explain why development in Seattle hurts orcas, would you let me explain why she's full of shit? Love, MS
An update from OPCD to the Seattle planning commission last week confirms that the pending Centers & Corridors zoning update is likely to remain on hold for a full year as the city conducts more analysis, in the wake of a state hearings board ruling. www.theurbanist.org/seattles-cen...
Seattle's 'Centers & Corridors' Zoning Update Delayed Another Year
A ruling last month from a state hearings board is prompting additional work on the environmental review underpinning Seattle's twenty-year growth plan. While that update isn't set to change the plan'...
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But it shouldn’t matter. Progressive Seattle voters should stop defaulting to the Stranger when voting. Instead, use them as one of many sources. The leftycheatsheet.org is the way to go - aggregating grassroots endorsements, and the Stranger, to help voters make wise choices on their ballot.
Lefty Cheat Sheet
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If you missed The Ave For All this Saturday, you’re in luck! We’re doing it again on 10/17!
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
🛒 The Seattle City Council passed a new law to prohibit large grocery stores from using algorithmic grocery pricing! Introduced by @councilmember-amr.seattle.gov and @mayor.seattle.gov, this law prevents price gouging and discrimination based on personal data. www.thestranger.com/news/seattle...
Seattle Votes 7-2 to Restrict Algorithmic Grocery Pricing - The Stranger
The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to limit how companies use personal data to set prices in grocery stores. The move will prohibit large grocery stores from using algorithmic pricing for individu...
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NEW: WA Ferries wanted you to think their workers are whiny babies who make $350k. The truth is more complicated and more sympathetic --- workers making $65k, engine room paid 20% less than above deck, and those making the big bucks working 70 hour weeks. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...
Washington State Ferries Tried To Turn You On Their Workers By Posting Eye-Popping Salary
Ferry service has returned mostly to normal after 23 Ferry engine room workers called out sick, shutting down 13 out of 18 vessels on Monday. While there’s no official confirmation workers coordinated...
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She was getting questions from callers last month like “Seattle is full. Why do you want more growth?”. Please call in at 12:30 to ask about issues you care about!
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · last wk.Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's monthly appearance on @kuow.org's Soundside is this afternoon, and the mayor will be taking live questions during the segment starting at 12:30pm. The number to call is 206-221-3213.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's monthly appearance on @kuow.org's Soundside is this afternoon, and the mayor will be taking live questions during the segment starting at 12:30pm. The number to call is 206-221-3213.
Good afternoon! Your friendly cyber mechanic here! I'd like to share some knowledge on a poorly understood topic that boosters and critics chronically misrepresent. Let's talk about what computer scientists mean by "AI" and "LLM"s. They aren't what you think they are; this is important.
📰 Bellevue's downtown is struggling. Here's why that's Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's fault
Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2w agoCan you imagine the largest property owner in downtown Seattle (on an order of magnitude that doesn't actually exist) putting their holdings up for sale, and cancelling a major planned development at the same time, and having that not be seen as a reflection on city leadership?
Park Rangers Advise Hikers to Ward Off Bears by Loudly Announcing Median Housing Prices: tinyurl.com/5xrhtxp5
The landlord lobby knows exactly who Will Dreher is. Do you?
Will the news outlets that ran headlines about KCRHA losing $13M (most of which has since been found) be publishing about Seattle Police Department’s unauthorized $13M expenditure?
Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2w agoSPD Overpaid Officers By $13 Million. Now the City Wants It Back. Officers got retroactive paychecks that were as much as $32,000 too high. If the city wants to recover the money, they have to cut a deal with the police union. publicola.com/2026/10/01/s...
@sound-transit.bsky.social, could someone explain why you put a big photo of District 5 City Council Candidate Julie Kang at the newly opened Pinehurst Station? This is an outrageous use of public resources. This photo needs to be taken down, or at least covered up, until after the election.
It's interesting that budget chair Strauss doesn't think providing food is a "charter responsibility." I wonder how recently he's read the charter. Politicians love to say "public safety is our number 1 charter responsibility," but actually the charter lists "health" first, followed by "safety."
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Amy Sundberg@amysundberg.bsky.social · 2w agoAs promised, here's my latest piece on Seattle's budget season. I discuss councilmember reactions to the budget as well as details of the SPD budget and the trade-off of affordable housing dollars Wilson made in her proposal.
Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · 2w agoSure looks to me like Bob Kettle knew for a year and a half that SPD had massively expanded its surveillance capabilities without a public vote and…just sat on that knowledge without doing anything about it. A massive scandal. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Sure looks to me like Bob Kettle knew for a year and a half that SPD had massively expanded its surveillance capabilities without a public vote and…just sat on that knowledge without doing anything about it. A massive scandal. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Has the 372 & 522 bus changes impacted you? Share your stories with Nondriver Action & Nilu Jenks at our #WeekWithoutDriving bus stop storytelling event tomorrow at 4pm! Meeting at the northbound bus stop at 125th & Lake City Way
