Scott Berkley

Presumably it will cost a lot more to actually plant the trees than to create a plan for how/where to do it

+ @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.

Katie Wilson can barely afford to live in Seattle. That's why she wants to be mayor Katie Wilson presents herself as a sensible coalition-builder who runs a small nonprofit and has lived the working-class life. A renter and a mother, she runs on issues close to her heart. She speaks ...

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 - PubliCola At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for…

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.
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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

Planners Proposed Bigger Upzones Before Harrell’s Team Intervened, Records Show » The Urbanist # A paper trail from fall 2023 shows that Mayor Harrell's office overruled his planning department and cut transit corridor upzones and halved the number of proposed

What a shame the Space Needle Thinking was out to lunch when this decision was being made... www.theurbanist.org/2024/04/16/p...

Thank you for your investigative work!

Screenshot of Seattle Parks Foundation website for the "West Seattle Skylink Feasibility" project, with a "donate now" button.

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

The Polling Is In: Seattle Wants to Elect Progressives This Fall Let’s start with the big news: Progressives are ahead. Among likely voters, 33 percent plan to vote for Dionne Foster, compared to 24 percent who plan to vote for Sara Nelson. Erika Evans is pol...

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!

Scott in front of yard signs

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

Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party? Zohran Mamdani isn’t the only candidate challenging the status quo—and having fun doing it.

It's not just Mamdani. Michelle Wu, Katie Wilson--the Dems may soon have a remarkable cast of young, gifted mayors
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"restaurants" are still allowed just not "eating and drinking establishments" I don't know the legal distinctions between those categories.

Bars

Yes, Amendment 65 to allow neighborhood commercial on all lots (not just corners) passed via the consent package. But @councilmember-amr.bsky.social's 66 to expand allowed uses and hours failed.

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.

Amendment 102 will not protect the urban canopy – and in fact may do the opposite Seattle needs more affordable housing AND trees. Help us convince the Seattle City Council to do both by opposing Amendment 102, which makes new housing much more expensive and worsens existing inequi...

🌳 🌲 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. 🚨
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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.

Fire along I-5 near beacon Hill

Lots of brush burned. We couldn't see the impact on top of the hill

Public comment on Seattle comp plan today at city hall. Rally at 1 PM. Comment from 2:30-6:30.

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

One Seattle for All has been updated! oneseattleforall.org/amendments/ It has help with topical comments, as well as breakdowns of good and bad amendments. Credit to @jp4all.bsky.social

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!

Katie Wilson's Success in Seattle Shows Again that Urbanism Is A Winning Campaign Issue — Streetsblog USA The transit advocate's strong early performance in Seattle's mayoral primary is rekindling a national conversation about the power of bold transportation reform to win at the ballot box.

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.

Council Amendments to Comprehensive Plan Show Competing Priorities - PubliCola The comprehensive plan sets rules for how Seattle develops in the future, including where the city will allow its renter…

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.

Guest Rant: Bruce Harrell Is a Failure Unfit for Office In this guest rant, contributor Ron Davis makes his case for why, with primary election ballots on the way, Seattle voters should dump the city's Mayor and former City Councilman Bruce Harrell.

If we re-elect this loser in November I am going to scream for days
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