Listen: Arguments In Front of Seattle Ethics and Elections

Back in June, we made our case in front of the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC) that Councilmember Sawant. Please remember the Councilmember Sawant is not the problem in Seattle. She’s one vote on a 9 member City Council that, along with the Mayor, is supposed to be running a City of thousands of […]

Who Should You Vote For on August 4th? Or Should You Vote At All?*

*Updated with a recommendation on the Attorney General election. There are three points of reference I’ll give you when considering my advice on how to vote in the upcoming primary (although you already should have your ballot). The first is from an English historian of Polish descent, who wrote about English politics in the 18th […]

Council Extends the Eviction Ban: You Were Ignored

The Seattle City Council went ahead and passed an extension to the COVID-19 eviction ban. Here’s the email I sent out to our mailing list. It is a short explanation and has a link to a key staff person in the Mayor’s office if you’d like to urge a veto. That likely will not happen […]