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Tag Archives: Seattle City Council
Democracy Slouchers ~ Part 4: Where was Lorena?
October 1, 2017 News of my complaint to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission on Lorena Gonzalez made the Seattle Weekly. Good on them. One correction to their story: Weekly writer Dan Person noted correctly that I was a candidate … Continue reading
Speaking Truth to Power
June 1, 2017 Here’s a video excerpt of a brave Seattle woman confronting the City Council with my “Anatomy of a Swindle” blog article. This took place on October 14, 2016. The context is a discussion about Mike O’Brien’s proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, SHARE
Tagged Anatomy of a Swindle, Blog Quixotic, corruption, Seattle City Council
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Politics and privilege in the Emerald City
January 20, 2017 What do Sally Bagshaw and Donald Trump have in common? More than you might think. I’m not talking money here; I’m talking attitude. See, when you’re rich, you can’t help having one. An attitude, that is. A … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged income disparity, Sally Bagshaw, Seattle City Council, wealth gap
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Seattle Burnin’ Down
December 11, 2016 Last month I began collaborating with Harley Lever on his Safe Seattle Facebook page. The Blog Quixotic and Safe Seattle share many concerns about public safety, but Safe Seattle has a much wider audience and is more of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Homelessness, Humor
Tagged Ballard, Facebook, Harley Lever, homelessness, Mike O'Brien, radicalism, Safe Seattle, Seattle City Council, social justice
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Sex, Lies, and the Seattle City Council
November 21, 2016 The presence of transient sex offenders in Seattle points up why the city’s current approach to illegal encampments is so dangerous. In 1998, the man pictured below was convicted of sexual assault on a child. (Reference RCW … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Swindle: How a Rogue Non-profit Captured the Emerald City
September 13, 2016 The Set-up For four years I’ve been investigating a publicly supported non-profit homeless group in Seattle called SHARE. SHARE runs 14 indoor shelters around Seattle, for which it annually gets several hundred thousand dollars from Seattle’s Human … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, General, Homelessness, Media, Nickelsville, SHARE, Tent City
Tagged corruption, David G. Jones, Efren Agmata, HSD, LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute, Mayor Ed Murray, Peggy Hotes, Pete Holmes, Scott Morrow, Seattle City Auditor, Seattle City Council, Seattle Human Services Department, SHARE, Sharon Lee
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The Friends of Kshama Sawant: Progressive politics and influence at City Hall
November 13, 2015 ~ Seattle A “People’s Budget Town Hall” Late last month, one week ahead of city council elections, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant hosted her second “People’s Budget Town Hall” event at City Hall. Cleverly disguised as a public … Continue reading
Posted in General, Homelessness, Nickelsville, Politics, SHARE
Tagged affordable housing, bruce harrell, Jarvis Capucion, Kshama Sawant, LIHI, Lisa Herbold, Low Income Housing Institute, progressive politics, Scott Morrow, Seattle City Council, Sharon Lee, socialism, Socialist Alternative
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Lisa Bright and Dark
Lisa Herbold is the presumptive new Seattle councilmember for my district. Her campaign platform is that she works for the little people (just like Kshama Sawant) and that she’s not for sale to corporations. She might not be for sale, … Continue reading
Outrage on Demand: How Seattle’s Kshama Sawant packs ’em in at the Seattle City Council
On October 6, I was treated to something I’d never seen in 27 years of following Seattle politics: Paid shills drumming for a councilmember during an official meeting. It was at a public hearing on budget priorities. Twenty minutes in … Continue reading
Posted in General, Politics
Tagged 15 now, Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council, socialism, Socialist Alternative
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My Little Socialist: Kshama Sawant
Seattle Councilmember-elect Kshama Sawant is all over the Interblogz these days, and not just for being a nerdy young Woman of Color who beat out a stodgy Old White Man. That would have been news enough, but on top of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Politics, Profiles
Tagged economics, Kshama Sawant, sawant, Seattle City Council, socialism
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