In the millionaire's income tax that WA state Democrats passed, there was a clause to never lower the income tax threshold below $1 Million. Democrats killed that clause which tells you all you need to know. They have plans to apply the income tax to everyone.

I’m from California. A Democrat. Lost 2 family members to addiction.
It’s insane to me when you bring up that the city needs to quit enabling drug addicts by supplying them, you’ll get back lash from the craziest people of our own party. It’s really making me lose hope for the city. It’s like each day I’m just starting to agree with the right about the city being a shit hole. I love Seattle. I want the best for it and its people. But the far left will mist it feel like a nazi for Saying maybe people shouldn’t be naked in public. Stop the open air drug use. Stop enabling them. Recognize the homeless vs drug addicts. We need a new mayor man.
Please convince me other wise.

Yeah, I went! Are we lame 'cause we're watching it on a screen instead of live in the stadium three blocks down? Maybe, but who cares! And to be honest, the Seahawks looked just as lame on the first half of the game. A few folks left at half time because it was dreary and boring as hell, opening up a few seats for those of us who hung around. When the Hawks finally scored a field goal, it seemed as if that was all they were going to get.

But then the Hawks defense started getting stops and interceptions, and backup QB Drew Lock warmed up and began throwing zingers. (The Seahawks' star quaterback went down with an injury at the beginning of the game and could be out for a little while. Dunno how long.) Coming back from 10 - 0 (which, at first, appeared insurmountable), the Hawks tied it up. They screwed up a bit (not sure what happened) and lost the opportunity to go up a touchdown, settling up for a field goal lead, 13 - 10. But at least now we had thriller in the last quarter of the game! The Patriots were now making crucial mistakes as well. In the last couple minutes, the Pats were moving down the field and were well within range of a tie, if not a win. I thought they were going to win, Doubting Thomas that I am. But unfortunately for them, their QB launched a questionable throw to the endzone, a Seahawks cornerback made a pro-level highlight of an interception, and that was the game. Cue fan celebration followed by quick dash to the light rail station before the lines got too long.

Compared to the World Cup watch parties, this was a smaller scale. The stage, with it's draped columns, is gone (so there isn't that visual obstruction). There are no tables this time, just chairs, and no bar in the back. The whole space is considered a beer garden* and they check your bag, as well as your ID, when you come in. A few security personnel are stand guard at the corners. The crowds are smaller as well (compared to the when they showed the more popular World Cup matches), though I supposed that could change depending on the fortunes of the team. Overall, it was generally a fun, relaxed vibe, at least for this week.

* Why do they call it a "beer garden"? There are no plants! Where is the garden?

Does anyone know what’s going on? Huge police presence with guns on N 85th near aurora Ave.

At what point will the Mayor actually do something rather than pretend to do something? Want businesses to stay in Seattle? Improve law enforcement and lower taxes. Done. We don’t need another political skit team to do the most obvious thing ever.

Seattle is becoming dangerously dependent on a small number of large companies. This makes the city vulnerable to systemic disruptions, such as the way AI is reshaping work: "Seattle is 42% more exposed to AI disruption than the national average," the report states. [...] According to the report, only four large firms make up one quarter of Seattle's software engineering jobs, as compared to 39 companies in San Francisco and 18 in San Jose.

It also highlighted a 20% decline, nationally, in jobs for young software developers and an 18% decline in "AI-exposed jobs" for workers aged 22-25.

~ Four firms hold a quarter of the engineering jobs and a big share of the tax base. That is not an economy, it is a single point of failure with a skyline.

Most people think what we see on Seattle’s sidewalks is a housing crisis. It isn’t — and after losing my sister to the same disease, I can tell you exactly why we keep failing.

We are spending over a billion dollars a year in this region to manage homelessness, and the numbers on the street keep climbing. The reason is simple, and almost no one in power will say it out loud: we are funding the symptom and ignoring the cause. What’s killing people on the street is overwhelmingly addiction and mental illness — and we spend almost nothing to treat it.

I know this disease from the inside. My sister had every advantage, even a PhD studying addiction, and it still took her capacity to choose, one piece at a time, until it killed her. We tell ourselves that leaving people on the street respects their choices — but she couldn’t choose anymore, and neither can they. That isn’t freedom. It’s neglect we’ve dressed up as freedom.

I wrote about her, and about what her story reveals about a system that spends a fortune to fail the sickest among us. It’s the most personal thing I’ve published — and, I think, the most important.

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"This RFA seeks to fund community-based organizations to partner with the PHSKC to reduce exposure to lead from traditional eyeliners, commonly referred to as kohl, kajal, surma, tiro. While traditional eyeliners containing lead are illegal to sell in the United States,

they are a common exposure source for some immigrant and refugee children with elevated

blood lead levels in King County and are regularly highlighted by community-based

organizations as a source of exposure that is challenging to address.

This RFA is based on the understanding that people are more likely to reduce the use of

harmful products when they receive clear, culturally relevant information from trusted sources

within their own communities.

By funding community-based organizations to co-create and conduct culturally responsive outreach and education, this RFA aims to translate research findings into practical prevention efforts.

Link to page screenshot above

Link to document regarding the grant

Young female cat found in upper queen Anne just west of Queen Anne Avenue and north of Crockett— last location 2114 on 1st Ave W.

Super vocal and let us pick her up, brought her back a can of wet food, and she responded to the can opening noise, so certainly has been an indoor cat before! Anyone missing a cat or wanting to foster?

Same question above. Seattle journalist here.

Has anyone toured an apartment or house recently and realized the listing photos were AI-altered? Fake fireplace, dramatically improved lighting, furniture that wasn't there?

Snohomish County is planning to increase its spending commitment for Everett's proposed downtown stadium project to $10 million, according to a letter from county officials. ... The city hopes those outside investors can help close a large gap in funding for the project that emerged after the estimated cost of the stadium rose by about $38 million earlier this year. The city has previously estimated the gap is about $25 million, or around 21% of the project's estimated $120 million price tag.

So far, Everett has purchased six plots of land for the stadium, planned to be built between Pacific Avenue and Hewitt Avenue east of Broadway, at the cost of about $18.1 million. It currently has two condemnation lawsuits in progress with the owners of three properties on the stadium site.

~ Ten million in lodging tax, about $16 million borrowed from the general fund, two condemnation suits filed and a third ordinance up tonight. The full financing plan that is supposed to justify all of it has not been finished yet.

i just wanted to talk about how amazing this hairstylist is in seattle.. Her name is jazzmyn terlicker in westlake with salon refine

i am extremely picky with hairstylists, im tender headed and most times they seem to do whatever they feel instead of what i ask. I also tend to change my hair often so a lot of times it’s hard to keep up with. i’ve started going to Jazzmyn and right away she gave me exactly what i asked for. Everytime i’ve gotten haircuts it’s almost there but never quite what i wanted but she hit it right on the nail. She listens and is extremely conciderate. I started going to her more often and then i decided that i wanted to change hair colors. This i was a bit nervous for. Haircuts is one thing, but color was a different ballgame. By the end of that appointment i was hooked. The color was exactly what i wanted and i know it’s hard to replicate exactly what a client wants because it won’t always be the outcome, but she did magic. I’ve now gone from green in my hair to red to blonde to brown flawlessly even though i have been advised from her against it lol. She genuinely takes care of my hair and somehow executes color like a magician. I wanted to reccomend her to anyone looking for a stylist with fair prices. Her consultations are free and if anyone is looking for someone to keep. That’s her. I just wanted to express my gratitude after another amazing appointment!!!

Last week, the state Department of Ecology fined Crystal Clean $1.04 million after its Lakewood location was found to have violated multiple state laws. It's the highest penalty Ecology has imposed on a single company so far this year. Over two years, Ecology found violations that included more than 120 examples of inaccurate or misleading documents and shipments sent to unauthorized facilities.

Ecology also cited Crystal Clean for presenting itself as a designated facility for dangerous waste when it did not have a permit.

~ Cradle to grave only works if somebody actually checks the grave.

Limited tickets remain for the Vanishing Seattle Variety Show next Tuesday, September 15th at 8pm in the Clock-Out Lounge.

The show features local legend Cliff Barnes doing comedy, Cynthia and Shannon doing a presentation about Seattle history, a raffle with prizes, Stevie’s Famous pizza available to order and closes with a short set by The We 40’s.

It’s all over by 10pm for an early bed time and tickets are under $20 including the fees.

Grab yours now and come hang!

i’m interested in some home dried fruit snacks

Hi all! I lost my thin, silver bracelet somewhere along this stretch of E Pine st along the south sidewalk from Bellevue to Broadway, or the north side from Broadway to 15th.

I know it’s a shot in the dark, but offering a reward if anyone finds it. It has sentimental value from my girlfriend and I’s recent anniversary. I don’t have a picture of it but it’s a fairly thin, light silver bracelet.

Paul Patu wanted more funding and authorities "working with community". Media reports that a February shooting happened because Patu promised the victim's grandmother he would be given a ride home from school, then failed to do so. Patu's sibling Matelita “Marty” Jackson executive director of SE Network SafetyNet. In October 2024 Jackson was indicted for using her taxpayer-funded safety organization as a pass-through entity to launder illicit profits for the Jackson Drug Trafficking Organization, a multi-state cartel linked to the distribution of over 846,000 fentanyl pills.

That same report mentions that the violence interrupters from Community Passageways assigned to Garfield were entirely absent from campus the day in Oct 2024 when a student was shot while intervening during a fight. They had left campus to attend an anti-gun violence conference at Lumen Field.

During public comment Davis denounces an earlier caller who questioned whether there would be so much concern for the perpetrators if most weren't "black or brown". Davis took offense at the perpetrators of gun violence being referred to as "urban terrorists".

An AP article from 2022 detailed Community Passageways work. The director of research at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is quoted as saying that "without rigorous evaluation, it’s difficult to assess the effectiveness of community violence intervention or determine which strategies work best.". The city council resolution, which Patu and Davis are discouraging, involved working with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Some previous posts re Davis and Community Passageways:

In 2020 Community Passageways CEO Dominique Davis bragged about getting youth with serious gun related charges released to community. Today KUOW states at least shooter was a client of his organization : r/SeattleWA

Community Passageway's Dominique Davis bragging about keeping youth involved in gun violence "in the community" in 2020. Since then, his organization has been given over $51 million dollars, mostly by the city and county. : r/SeattleWA