So it begins: Opponents of Seattle’s transportation levy have begun popping out of the woodwork, together with a one-time assistant to former Mayor Norm Rice who claims tax fatigue in a Seattle Instances op-ed. On the opposite aspect, Seattle Bike Weblog is amped on the levy, calling it “by far one of the best Seattle transportation funding measure in latest reminiscence.”
Former Port police chief wins $24M in wrongful termination case: A King County jury awarded former Port of Seattle Police Chief Rod Covey $24.2 million in damages Monday following a wrongful termination lawsuit go well with. The Port positioned Covey on go away in 2020 after a port police officer accused his superiors, together with Covey, of racial discrimination. The port then fired Covey the next yr. Covey’s lawyer claims Port investigations have been unfair, and that the Port “capitalized on” the 2020 racial protests, the Seattle Instances stories.
Cops arrest teenagers for brandishing weapons at a parade: Seattle police say they arrested two 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old for brandishing handguns at a Seafair Parade within the Chinatown-Worldwide District this weekend, KING 5 stories.
Surveillance cameras coming to a neighborhood close to you: The Metropolis hopes to cut back crime by including closed-circuit cameras to the Chinatown-Worldwide District, Aurora Avenue North, and Third Avenue downtown, the Northwest Asian Weekly stories. The ACLU will not be happy.
Initiative polls do not look nice: In a web based ballot of probably voters carried out by SurveyUSA, 46% of Washingtonians say they’ll vote to repeal the capital good points tax, 23% will vote no, and 31% do not know but. That tax on the wealthy brings in cash for schooling. In that very same ballot, 52% of probably voters say they’re going to vote to successfully repeal the state’s new long-term well being care profit, 27% say they’re going to vote no, and 22% do not know. A payroll tax funds that first-in-the-nation profit, which provides individuals a pot of cash to assist take care of the monetary prices incurred for any long-term care; caregiver pay, accessibility enhancements to houses following catastrophic damage or simply outdated age stuff, et cetera.
Heather Weiner, a guide engaged on the initiative campaigns, notes some flaws within the surveys:
2 main failures in @seattletimes @KING5Seattle ballot on WA initiatives I-2109, I-2124, I-2117
1. Used fictional poll language, not precise poll titles voters will learn
2. Hid fiscal affect statements, which inform voters results of initiatives#waelex— Heather Weiner (@hlweiner) July 23, 2024
Remembering Matt Driscoll: The 43-year-old Tacoma Information Tribune columnist and one-time alt weekly author died unexpectedly on Sunday. Driscoll’s colleagues and spouse remembered him as empathetic and welcoming, with an eye fixed for tales in his neighborhood. “For me, Matt Driscoll is Tacoma. He’s Pierce County,” stated the paper’s president and editor, Stephanie Pedersen.
Tacoma nonetheless has the Rainiers and the Narrows Bridge, however our Metropolis of Future has a gap in our hearts on the lack of Matt Driscoll. What a giant coronary heart and an insightful pen he gave us. I miss him already. https://t.co/agGeNTM8Zj
— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) July 23, 2024
Matt was a talented author, a considerate and caring neighborhood advocate, and a faithful husband and father. His passionate dedication to creating the Metropolis of Future a greater place to name dwelling can have an enduring affect. https://t.co/RbKuKvCmCb
— Rep. Derek Kilmer (@RepDerekKilmer) July 23, 2024
Denny Blaine activists to Bruce Harrell: What the fuck? The organizers who fought to avoid wasting the traditionally queer nude seashore have been offended to be taught that Mayor Bruce Harrell shared the “disgust” of the wealthy seashore neighbor who was apparently the impetus for the Metropolis’s disastrous and short-lived plan to construct a kids’s playground at Denny Blaine, Vivian stories. “All people else has to undergo chains of command. All the things the working class inhabitants has to take care of is so additional down his listing of to-do,” beachgoer Lex Leighty advised The Stranger. Pals of Denny Blaine is now elevating cash for enhancements to the park, and a $25 donation will get you a postcard despatched to the mayor’s workplace studying, “This member of a disgusting subgroup votes.”
Pedestrian killed in Lake Metropolis: Police say a driver hit a 33-year-old pedestrian early Monday morning, killing him. Police say there was a “disturbance” between two males forward of the crash. The suspect fled and police haven’t discovered him.
Do you will have your tickets to Candidate Survivor but? Sure? Nicely then thanks, I can not wait to see you tomorrow at Madam Lou’s in Belltown at 7:30 pm. No? Nicely then what may you POSSIBLY be ready for??? Do not you need to watch candidates eat scorching wings whereas answering powerful questions, after which showcase just a little expertise in your vote?? Bear in mind when WA Stonewall Democrats Chair Andrew Ashiofu carried out a quantity in a leather-based harness? Or when state Sen. Bob Hasegawa vape-fluted? Or when former Mayor Jenny Durkan handed out tequila to an all-ages crowd? Nutso stuff. You do not need to miss. Reserve your tickets right here. As all the time, it is free!
Delegate Domme: In only a day, Vice President Kamala Harris secured greater than sufficient help from delegates forward of the Aug 19 Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago, in response to a survey from the Related Press. The “unofficially tally” exhibits Harris with 2,668 pledged delegates, and candidates solely want 1,976 to win. In the intervening time, none of these delegates come from Washington State, however Hannah can have extra to say on that rating someday immediately or tomorrow.
Donor Domme: On Sunday evening a digital assembly of Black ladies organizers that often attracts round 1,000 drew over 44,000 individuals to help Our Woman of Context, the Washington Publish stories. The Win With Black Girls group raised “greater than $1.5 million for her marketing campaign in three hours.” Not too shabby. General, Harris “smashed” fundraising information, elevating “greater than $81 million within the 24-hour interval since Biden’s announcement,” a marketing campaign spokesperson advised the AP.
Kamala’s menu of potential VPs pic.twitter.com/JUf9BSFodM
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) July 21, 2024
Who’s gonna be the VP’s VP? CNN’s most up-to-date roundup contains all of the names which have been flying round for the final couple days: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (good location, dangerous on Palestine), North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (nice location, he is term-limited out of one other run, and he is good at combating Republicans), Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (good location, vacated seat can be crammed by a Dem), Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (a “gentle crisp dry white,” good at combating Republicans), Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (a really wealthy white, charismatic, midwestern), Transportation Secretary Pete Booty-Decide-Judy (homosexual, midwestern, good at combating Republicans, tweets @Delta extra usually then a journey influencer with misplaced baggage).
Kamala’s listing to this point additionally contains Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (aka Large Gretch!!) and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Breaking on @MSNBC:
The Harris marketing campaign has requested vetting supplies from the next potential vice presidential nominee picks:
NC Gov. Roy Cooper
PA Gov. Josh Shapiro
AZ Sen. Mark Kelly
MI Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
MN Gov. Tim Walz— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2024
Harris will skip Netanyahu’s tackle to Congress, however not as a result of she’s cool. She already had plans to talk on the nation’s oldest Black sorority this Wednesday, the day Republican Home Speaker Mike Johnson organized for the butcher of Gaza to talk earlier than all of the Home lawmakers who’ve voted to allow the genocide of Palestinians. In accordance with the New York Instances, Harris will meet with Netanyahu later. The Instances additionally notes that our very personal US Senator Patty Murray declined to fill in for Harris.
Who the fuck drinks Weight loss plan Mountain Dew? In an try and personal the libs, JD Vance claimed we might most likely name him racist for consuming Weight loss plan Mountain Dew. No, Vance, we’ll simply name you a phony. As any true hillbilly is aware of, Middletown, OH, the place Vance was born and raised, AIN’T IN APPALACHIA. (I’m not a real hillbilly, however I did go to grad college in Appalachia, go Bobcats.)
Man says he’s from Appalachia after which talked about consuming DIET Mountain Dew. https://t.co/mnFgQbvbz5 pic.twitter.com/YTxIpZvoK8
— nick (@nickmoscato) July 22, 2024
JD Vance’s solely redeeming high quality is that he kinda seems to be like this man:
The slaughter of Kan Younis continues: The most recent assault in southern Gaza raised the loss of life toll by 77 Palestinians, Al Jazeera stories. The Israeli navy additionally allegedly attacked “a ‘clearly marked’ UN convoy touring to Gaza Metropolis in ‘coordination’ with Israeli authorities,” displaying as soon as once more that Israel holds little respect for the “rules-based worldwide order” that US battle hawks accuse so might different international locations of disrespecting.
Labor unions come out in opposition to funding genocide:
Seven main labor unions, the UAW, AFA, SEIU, NEA, APWU, UE, and IUPAT have referred to as on the Biden Administration to halt all navy support to Israel pic.twitter.com/8X8VnM2mii
— Michael Sainato (@msainat1) July 23, 2024
Welcome to the membership, Congress: At a Home Oversight Committee assembly yesterday, Democrats and Republicans united over their irrepressible frustration at Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle for deflecting all their inquiries to different regulation enforcement companies and for declining to reply different questions on account of an ongoing investigation into the assassination try on Donald Trump. To provide you a style of the vibe within the room, US Rep Nancy Mace of South Carolina stated Cheatle was “filled with shit immediately,” in response to Politco. NOW YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION OUT OF THE COPS, CONGRESS. NOW YOU KNOW HOW WE JOURNALISTS LIVE. Anyway, to nobody’s shock, Cheatle resigned this morning.
We gab like chimps: Latest analysis within the journal Present Biology finds that chimps additionally solely wait a cut up second to take their flip to speak, they usually typically speak over one another utilizing hand indicators and facial expressions, the BBC stories. Dialogue delay ranges amongst chimps have been bigger than they have been with people, although. Enjoyable associated reality: “One 2009 linguistics research timed these variations—displaying that, on common, Japanese audio system took seven milliseconds to reply whereas Danish audio system took about 470 milliseconds to intervene.”
In honor of Appalachia, I go away you with the most important band to make it out of Athens, Ohio. Maintain onto your butts:
