King County elections wya

Did the Secretary of State forget about districts 41-49? Seems to cut off at 40? results.votewa.gov/results/publ...

In the words of Carmen Best: Sad about this. RIP

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 7d ago

Hearing on good authority that Police Chief Shon Barnes has just been fired. He just left the mayor's office this evening after being inside for quite a while. Barnes is currently calling around the police department to tell his captains. Still waiting on confirmation from mayor's office and SPD.

Now Kettle is bringing up the war against Iran and Kosovo, for some reason. I guess he doesn't like the word "weaponize" which has been used by supporters of SEPA reform.

“too important not to make” except for yesterday when he voted to not make the investment

Councilmember Dan Strauss@cmdanstrauss.bsky.social · 2w ago

We just announced a proposal to fund universal free school meals for all Seattle Public School students starting this fall, while maintaining new investments aimed at ensuring low-income students have food on their tables at home. Some investments are just too important not to make.

The universal school meals would cost significantly less than what we spend on pointless graffiti removal. We'll give this money to cops or fund pet projects without any debate, but suddenly when it's to feed kids we have a moral imperative to cut spending at all costs.

Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · 2w ago

Universal School Meals loses 6-3. Saka, Lin & Rinck all opposed the means testing amendment

Nudity is the new ecoblock

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 3w ago

My favorite sentence is this one suggesting people are driving through the city naked: "Some naked park users parked their cars in front of the neighboring properties and on their driveways, preventing the residents from accessing their homes."

Confused how @naomiishisaka.bsky.social can write a column premised on male Instacart shoppers being bad without even once noting how the pay structure and classification as contractors affects how they are rewarded for the quality of their work. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The male Instacart shopper problem is deeper than groceries

Gender imbalances in household labor persist, despite gains for women in the workforce, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes. It can show up in unexpected ways.

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Fun fact: In the Primary, Katie Wilson's vote share increased 4.54% from Election Day (when they counted about 50% of ballots) to the final count. In the General, her share has increased 4.51% from Wednesday's drop (when they counted just about 50% of ballots) to now. Amazingly consistent.

The online reporting thing is just updated but only showing 279,044 ballots. They posted here 286,731 ballots. Pretty big difference given the margins we're looking at so which one is right, my spreadsheet needs to know. Any insight @ronpdavis.bsky.social @guyoron.net ?

King County Elections@elections.kingcounty.gov · 9mo ago

Here you go!

Anyone know why this graph shows 286,731 ballots while the their data visualization thing shows 278,906?

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King County Elections@elections.kingcounty.gov · 9mo ago

Here you go!

Hey @elections.kingcounty.gov you sent me an email saying you received my ballot, but you listed a totally different name in that email. Text says you got ot, online tracker with my info says no. How can I tell if you got mine or not?

Funny thst Danny Westneat gave a column to Tim Ceis to pre-spin his clients that they didn’t waste money on Harrell, actually he’s gonna lose because of Trump & tech CEOs. Not cause of Harrell & Ceis & that lot at all. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The switch that flipped in Seattle politics

The sight of unimaginable Big Tech wealth at the gates of American democracy shook Seattle politics. The mayor, among others, may not survive the quake.

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Amazing campaign email content that definitely wasn't written by AI — Sara Nelson "can think outside the box because she knows the box."

Nice attempt to make this look like it came from KUOW

It also remains interesting (if a bit predictable) that Harrell's entire pitch against Wilson seems to be that Seattle can't accomplish big things and must accept the inadequate status quo.

I’ve flipped. I’m now in favor of Rob Saka using AI on his newsletters because it’s better than when he just improvises bullshit like this : www.theburnerseattle.com/post/council...

Council Member Rob Saka Tells Muslim Council Hopeful That Muslims Are Already “Well-Represented” By Him, The Non-Practicing-Christian Grandson Of A Muslim

Seattle City Council Member Rob Saka seemed to dismiss Nilu Jenks’ Muslim and Middle Eastern identity during a City Council meeting to select finalists to fill the District 5 vacancy. Jenks, a finalis...

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Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · last yr.

Seattle Councilmember Rob Saka on Tuesday: "I like writing!" Seattle Councilmember Rob Saka's newsletter on Wednesday: "AI-generated content may be inaccurate." Beep boop!

Stop creeping in my email Tim

As rumored, Debora Juarez applied for D5 vacancy. Probably would be best case scenario with this council. seattle.gov/cityclerk/co...

Love love love that the ST Ed Board is *still* campaigning to lower ethics standards and insisting it's a "reasonable reform". They should read THEIR OWN EDITORIAL FROM 2016 where they took the opposite position on the same policy: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

No need to water down ethics code for Seattle City Council

Seattle should keep a bright-line rule separating council business from the personal interests of council members.

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Hey @uniteherelocal8.bsky.social , is this an *unpaid* internship you're shopping here? Wondering how you feel about when restaurants do unpaid "staging" internships, because this seems similar, and both seem bad! unitehere.jotform.com/251316042256...

The funny thing about appointing Patience Malaba to the D5 seat (which @ericacbarnett.bsky.social as a possibility) is that she has been a key part of Cathy Moore's unfinished push to repeal tenant protections. So she could carry out Moore's unfinished work of making it easier to evict people.

Amazingly apt — a statement of support for Cathy Moore which itself has a conflict of interest!

Chef’s kiss, no notes

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · last yr.

From what I have been told, Moore is demoralized and doesn't feel like she signed up for a job where she gets yelled at and criticized regularly by the public.

NEW: Seattle City Councilmember Cathy Moore is withdrawing her bill to lower ethical standards for council members by allowing them to vote when they have a financial conflict of interest, saying it's "clear that we require more time to ensure we get this right."

See, there are so many choices better than Wayne Barnett www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

Trump Nominates a Former Far-Right Podcast Host to Head an Ethics Watchdog

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City Council will be meeting TODAY at 2pm before voting on the council bill next week- show up at least 15m before the meeting start time to give public comment in person, or sign up for virtual public comment: www.seattle.gov/council/comm... #Seattle #CityCouncil #Ethics #PublicComment

“It’s my impression that we’ve strengthened the ethics code” — CM Nelson with another banger

“We need to have a common middle ground approach”... the clear middle of the city is to NOT ROLLBACK ETHICS RULES.