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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2h

Uptown and North Downtown need a library. Eastlake needs a library. Georgetown needs a library. Madison Valley/Park needs a library. Alaska Junction needs a library. Ballard needs more than one library.

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Streetcrafting @streetcrafting.bsky.social · 1h

@seattledot.bsky.social please install official micromobilty parking at E Pike & Melrose Ave. This area has long needed it, and without it we constantly see bike lanes and sidewalks obstructed with bike & scooter share vehicles.

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 1h

this thing where we build flush sidewalks/curbs without bollards

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Kate Macfarlane @katemacfarlane.bsky.social · 2h

Bruce Harrell likes to bluster about standing up to Trump

But behind the scenes, SPD is collaborating with ICE, and Harrell’s trying to hide it until after the election

ICE wants data? No prob, that will take 4 days

Journalist question about data sent to ICE? Sorry, best we can do is 4 months

Glen Stellmacher @glentalk.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’
www.hardpressed-info.com/seattle-poli...

Seattle Police Prioritizing ICE’s Records Requests Over Citizens’

HardPressed

www.hardpressed-info.com

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 1h

10 years since @mayorofseattle.bsky.social said it was time to make Rainier Ave safe: www.kiro7.com/news/residen...

Something like 4400 crashes on Rainier since then.

Residents along Rainier Avenue want changes on dangerous street

Activists rallied Wednesday night along what they call Seattle's most dangerous street. Rainier Avenue South averages one car crash a day, about 1,200 in the last three years.

www.kiro7.com

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2h

Great reporting. We cannot continue to let SPOG bargain away safety, accountability, and the health of our city's budget.

David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 5d

The chief of Seattle’s new police alternative “CARE” says police officers are systemically waving off crisis responders in what staff call a “pattern of subversion”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

www.seattletimes.com

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 16h

Phase 1: people get injured. Phase 2: people get seriously injured. Phase 3: a sign that says "please look" or "slow down if you don't mind"

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 19h

“We’re not going to comment on Teams chat pontifications from non-Mayor’s Office employees,” Harrell spokesperson Callie Craighead wrote to The Urbanist.

Really screams "we appreciate the vital role local journalism plays in maintaining government accountability"

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 22h

A major intersection redesign near Seward Park was ready to go to construction with a Mayor's Office review the only impediment, records show. The exchanges reveal what was happening behind the scenes as the public was kept in the dark about the upgrades.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/07/l...

Lake Washington Boulevard Safety Upgrades Fully Designed Before Mayor Pulled Plug » The Urbanist

# A major intersection redesign near Seward Park was ready to go to construction with a Mayor's Office review the only impediment, records show. The exchanges reveal what was happening behind the scen...

www.theurbanist.org

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 20h

The "but hardly surprised" inside the em dashes here really encapsulates the vindictive meanness that has been characterizing the Harrell campaign since the primary.

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 23h

Bruce Harrell's campaign has decided to start calling Katie Wilson a quitter because she dropped out of Oxford six weeks before graduating.

I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. My parents, hard-working city employees, overcame racial bias and financial hardship to create a better life for my brother and me, just as Joanne and I have done for our children.

For my family, like most Americans, a college education isn’t just a piece of paper; it’s a gateway to financial stability, opportunity, and family pride.

So I was shocked — but hardly surprised — to read in The Seattle Times that my opponent dropped out of Oxford just weeks before graduation because she was turned off by “careerism.”

As the Times notes, her story reflects “no small amount of privilege.”

In Seattle, we celebrate educational advancement and career opportunities.

This program is rooted in an initiative I started while on our City Council for South Seattle youth from disadvantaged communities–the kind of kids whose families work hard to send their children to local college, let alone Oxford–and these kids don’t quit to make a political statement because they value the opportunity.

When things get tough in our city, or when forced to compromise, will Katie quit and walk away?

At a time when Trump is threatening violence in our cities, and our economy is fragile, we need a Mayor who understands and prioritizes the challenges facing our families, and who will fight for our future.

I’ve never taken access to education or opportunity for granted, and I’ll never quit on Seattle.

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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 5d

The chief of Seattle’s new police alternative “CARE” says police officers are systemically waving off crisis responders in what staff call a “pattern of subversion”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Seattle officers ‘undermining’ city’s police alternative, report says

The CARE team has become a darling both inside City Hall and among candidates for office, but Seattle police often aren't using this resource, records show.

www.seattletimes.com

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of my favorite places. I love camping at Beverly and going up into Bean Creek Basin.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting that King County Metro (Seattle) is proactively hiring more than 100 new security guards and police on the assumption that they make riders safer, but human service resources are a "maybe" and Metro plans to hold steady but not increase sanitation.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Security changes ahead for King County bus riders

King County Metro is seeking money to staff up with more police, guards, behavioral health teams and bus-stop clearers -- all in the name of more safety.

www.seattletimes.com

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 1d

I have looked and can't find any evidence that he's walked anywhere in the city since he's been mayor outside of a photo op, campaign, event, etc. Nor on a moving, in-service bus.

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no, I recognize the city in two of those photos :-(

Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

You may be aware, but the LEAD program is asking folks for testimony in favor of continued funding at tomorrow's budget hearing.

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

Speedy Claxton deserved better

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

Seattle Mayor Harrell has repeatedly mocked his opponent, Katie Wilson, for saying she wants to add 4,000 new shelter beds over four years. Meanwhile, his administration was wasting millions keeping available hotel rooms empty.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2d

"Because it is Lisa" and "because I want her out of the homelessness business." That's what Deputy Mayor Tiffany Washington said when asked why she denied a request by Purpose Dignity Action, headed by Lisa Daugaard, to open a shelter in North Seattle.

www.propublica.org/article/seat...

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

Much of this is pretty incoherent, but I had a good chuckle at "and you had many progressive politicians on the city council before I created Seattle as a human rights city"
Since @ericacbarnett.bsky.social has been keeping score, he did not use Katie Wilson's name in this interview either.

jseattle @jseattle.bsky.social · 2d

The mayor of Capitol Hill: Why you should vote for Bruce Harrell*

In 2021, when he won his race for the Seattle mayor’s office, CHS focused on Bruce Harrell’s Central District story as the political veteran rose from Garfield High School to City Hall. Four years later, Harrell is in the fight … Continue reading →

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them. by @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social @kuow.org

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

The ped/bike ROW was definitely moving more people than the vehicle ROW at this particular time right after the Seahawks game ended and an hour or so before the Mariners game

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

As a bonus, I watched a guy with obscured plates run a red light at 1st and Jackson in order to block the crosswalk while SPD making 2x wages were "directing" traffic

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

Photos don't do it justice, but we built Alaskan Way vehicle ROW for peak vehicle demand. We did not build the sidewalks for peak pedestrian demand.

People in Seattle seehawks jerseys and gear walking along a sidewalk and in a two-way bike lane alongside a road

A small maintenance truck on the sidewalk alongside a road. in the distance there are many sports fans approaching the vehicle

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

And then these fellas showed up

Brick plaza, with leafy trees, recycling and garbage cans, scooters and bikes, people in sports jerseys, a white volvo, a large black pickup truck with bull bars occupied by ostensible law enforcement officers

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 2d

So tired of one of the very few pedestrianized* blocks in our street being used for parking with no consequences. On a Mariners (playoff) and Seahawks gameday! FWIW, Lexus, BMW, Tesla, Volvo, SPD pickup truck.

* pedestrianized all hours but 6am-11am

A brick plaza with masonry buildings, people, strolling and biking, leafy trees, and several parked cars

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