Tag: kshama sawant
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Councilmember Sawant expanded what is possible in Seattle
Kshama Sawant, the City of Seattle’s most tenured elected official, will not run for reelection after a decade in office. Seattle Bike Blog has endorsed Sawant consistently since she pulled a remarkable upset to unseat Richard Conlin during the 2013 election, a seat elected citywide at the time. Despite Council terms typically being four years…
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Hey District 3, vote NO on the Kshama Sawant recall
This election is only open to voters who live in Seattle’s City Council District 3 (PDF map), encompassing Capitol Hill, the Central District, and some surrounding areas. If your registration is up-to-date, you should have received your ballot in the mail this week. You can check the status of your registration or update your address…
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City Councilmembers show the leadership our city needs + Mayor Durkan should resign
EDITOR’S NOTE: Seattle Bike Blog supports the Defund Seattle Police effort initially led by a large group of community organizations and leaders, including No New Youth Jail, Decriminalize Seattle, Block the Bunker, Seattle Peoples Party, COVID-19 Mutual Aid, Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network, BAYAN, La Resistencia, PARISOL, CID Coalition, Asians for Black Lives, APICAG.…
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District 3 Endorsement: Kshama Sawant
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Register to vote in King County With a victory in District 3, Kshama Sawant would become the senior member of the City Council. And in her time in office, she has redrawn the path to power in our city. She has…
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Who’s the best District 3 candidate for biking and safe streets?
District: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 As noted in our previous posts, Seattle Bike Blog is not doing official endorsements this primary. Instead, I’ll be going district-by-district, posting videos from the MASS Coalition’s transportation forums along with a roundup of transportation-related endorsements and other notable news items and thoughts. District…
‘Our crumbling streets can be rebuilt later, our humanity cannot’
As advocates for safe streets, Seattle Neighborhood Greenways has spent a lot of its efforts lobbying, campaigning and building support for infrastructure investments. So with lots of local transportation funding at risk if the Trump administration succeeds in its threat to pull federal funding from so-called “sanctuary cities,” where does Seattle Neighborhood Greenways stand? “Our…
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