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Seattle Moderate Voters Guide, 2025: Four Easy Choices.
Four easy choices for Seattle moderates in the November General Election: Nelson, Davison, Harrell and Savage. Share this guide to fellow moderates, or those on the fence.
5 Reasons I’m Not Voting for Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor
Between 2015 and 2022, a wave of progressive policies promised equity and compassion, but delivered skyrocketing homelessness, surging crime, and inflation which hit working families hardest. Wilson and her allies have been at the heart of these pushes. No thanks.
Capital Flight On the Horizon for Washington State
If you were retired, and moving your primary residence could save you hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, would you do it? That question is increasingly a topic in Washington State’s highest net worth households.
Alignvote Launches in NYC
Alignvote, the voter-candidate matchmaker platform, launched in version 3.0 form, for the voters of NYC.
West Coast Progressives: It’s Time to Show Your Work.
It's October 2023. Let's check-in on the empirical results of progressive policymaking over the past decade. Has it been the "compassionate" and "effective" approach that we were promised?
Introducing Seattlebrief.com: Local Headlines, Updated Every 15 Minutes
I've built a news and commentary aggregator for Seattle. Pacific Northwest headlines, news and views, updated every 15 minutes.
New Book Argues That Our Approach to Homelessness Won’t Work
Why are west coast cities suffering through a seemingly intractable growth in homelessness? What can we learn from the relative successes of Amsterdam, Lisbon, Miami and even New York City?
Which Seattle candidate most agrees with you? Take the all-new Alignvote quiz.
Which candidate most agrees with you in the Seattle 2021 general election? Take the all-new Alignvote quiz to find out.
Candidate Questions for the 2021 Seattle Election: Homelessness, Compassion Seattle and Summary
Part III of my 3-part series featured in Post Alley about the big issues in the upcoming Seattle election. Today's post: the city's approach toward homelessness, and a summary of the key "slates": the more Leftward Slate vs. the more Moderate slate.
If you or other voters are just coming up to speed on the big issues facing us with this election about the direction of our city, feel free to share this three-part series on zoning, crime and homelessness.