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I may be peaceful, but I'm pissed. Policy Wonk, Gardener, Seattleite and Native Texan
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JohnZ@fmbucky.bsky.social · 3d agoI hope you get a personal and on air apology from Bill. My wife and I heard the show and yeah, it was clear to us they were talking about you and also that it was BS. On the plus side, I just signed up on Patreon to support PubliCola. I hope others do too.
@seattletimes.com @kuow.org Are you going to demand that the CEO of Sound Transit have a presser on this? Or is your outage only for leaders who are women?
Jason@jrock08.bsky.social · 3d agoJust want to check I didn't miss anything. Dow Constantine still hasn't held a press conference about the downtown portion of the system being shut down for 14 hours right?
There are more than 52,000 Black people in Seattle. That's larger than the population of 255 cities in Washington. So can we please stop talking about "the Black community" as though it's a monolith?
This needs to be a front page story. Everyone knows we have a structural budget problem. Council knows you can't fund a new program from the general fund without taking it from another program. Yet all the CMs calling for "AUDITS" and fiscal responsibility refuse to say what cuts they will make.
Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2w agoI'm surprised to see this being reported elsewhere is "council funds school meals AND food vouchers, yay." Paying for additional things out of the general fund means cutting other things—and this council doesn't like to make cuts (especially to police). And there's already a $175 million deficit.
¡Vamos España!! Thanks for hosting Victory Hall! A quick light rail ride made this the easiest sporting event watch party ever!
Fireworks in Spain setting off car alarms I'm told! #FIFAFINALS
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This is exactly the issue. Decisions are so clearly made to suit the priorities of the property owning class of Seattlites at the expense of the working class. The cognitive dissonance is shameful.
Brett Hamil@bretthamil.bsky.social · 4w agoWelcome to Seattle. It's good to block roads to cars off Aurora for crime but bad to block cars from Lake Washington Blvd for enjoyment. It's bad to remove parking spots in Queen Anne for emergency access but good to remove thousands of parking spots in SoDo to stick it to homeless ppl. Got it?
Well shit.Tillman was amazing tonight, but Belgium just outperformed us. So ¡¡VIVA ESPAÑA!! 🇪🇸⚽️🇪🇸⚽️🇪🇸
I disagree with some Stranger endorsements, but not their support of @rebeccasaldana1.bsky.social D2 County Council. As they say, "Rebecca Saldaña has one of the strongest progressive records in the last decade of Washington politics." She's wonky, she's earnest, and she gives a damn.
Rebecca Saldaña for King County
Daughter of immigrants. Cancer survivor. Union organizer. Now more than ever we need leaders at the local level who not only share our values, but who know how to take on the system that is rigged aga...
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At Tom's Watch Bar. The crowd is overwhelmingly rooting for Iran. No offense Egypt, but this is a Fuck Trump crowd
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Seattle Social Housing Developer@seasocialhousing.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe want to hear from you ! We want your input on how to best form our social housing resident governance systems. Please take this 5 - 10 minute survey !
Rainier Beach Skatepark is nearing completion of Phase 1 to provide youth and families with a dedicated place to enjoy wheeled activities! To complete the planned community art elements, we need to raise $80,000. Will you donate today and help us make this vision a reality?
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Ten THOUSAND people applied for the Seattle social housing lottery! People are eager for permanently affordable, publicly owned housing. Their housing and financial security depends on it.
Seattle Social Housing Developer@seasocialhousing.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe news is in — not only have Seattleites voted for social housing twice, but thousands applied to our first housing lottery. The support and need for social housing in Seattle is clear. We are in the process of notifying applicants of their status. www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...
I'm calling this another win for the former D2 Crew! Congrats to @devinsilvernail.bsky.social who supported my office in passing the Just Cause Eviction ordinance a few years ago. First Social Housing, then LWB, now this. Gratifying to know we made a material difference for Seattle.
Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2mo agoWilson Backs Down on Tenant Protection Rollbacks, Fire Department Funding Plan Fizzles, Privacy Advocates Push Back on Surveillance During World Cup Today's Morning Fizz. publicola.com/2026/06/08/w...
Loved hearing this profile of Senait and the creative work she and her peeps are doing to make ownership a reality for their community. AND WTF are we doing to make housing stability so fragile?
KUOW Public Radio@kuow.org · 2mo agoWith housing costs out of reach for many people in Seattle, more city residents are thinking about going in with friends to buy homes together.
Following @selenagomezfanpage.bsky.social because I love Only Murders in the Building and because SHE'S A SPURS FAN!!! GO SPURS GO!!
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · 2mo ago“So much of urban planning is organised around a guy getting to work as quickly as possible. That's the worldview. The only time I care about the city is when I'm in my car and need to get to work as fast as possible. Looking through that lens is so incredibly toxic.” LISTEN: youtu.be/hUR3rmr845s
Excited to kick off this project with @nondriver.bsky.social.
nondriver@nondriverpodcast.bsky.social · 2mo agoMost policy & urbanist discussion centers on those who choose to give up their car. We can achieve better policy and better communities if we center those who never had a choice. nondriver is a podcast about the stories of those people. Coming to you June 5th. Subscribe: youtube.com/@nondriver
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch & share this news story. It’s pretty much perfect. Ford claims wrongly that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/1...
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
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Fyi, for the people who were heckling us today. Here's what happened to the sidewalk repairs. It was former Mayor Harrell. And there was $120K of TIB funding set aside for LWB safety improvements that got yanked from the project because of his delays of the safety improvements.
A. Zivarts@nondriver.bsky.social · 5mo agoSo I finally got my Lake Washington Boulevard sidewalk repair FOIAs back. Guess what, former Mayor Harrell's administration designated the sidewalk repairs as "low priority." The repairs were slated to happen last summer. www.seattle.gov/parks/about-...
Wow, talk about critical mass! Fantastic turn out for the first Bicycle Weekend on LWB. Thanks to @rvgreenways.bsky.social and Safe Streets Alliance for organizing this celebration.
From dream to fruition in 5 years. Congrats to @houseourneighbors.bsky.social and @seasocialhousing.bsky.social on your first acquisition for social housing! I'm honored to have played a small part in this historic move toward publicly owned, permanently affordable housing in Seattle.
