Brad

Brad

@bradzsmith.bsky.social

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Living on $60K shouldn't mean 5 roommates just to get by. I'm advancing an affordability agenda that's taking on junk fees, building housing, and investing in the creative economy. The people who make our city vibrant should be able to afford to live here, too. www.seattletimes.com/business/liv...

seattletimes.comWhat living in Seattle on $60K a year looks likeAdriana Gomez-Weston makes $60,000 a year and lives with five roommates to accommodate other expenses. This year, she hopes to move out on her own.

Hey Girmay - What gives? KC resident here who voted for you, but was that a mistake? We need local governments to lead on climate now more than ever and it's deleted from your website now (??), but didn't you say you were going to cut county emissions 50%? @girmayzahilay.bsky.social

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social

Hearing from multiple sources that King County's Executive Climate Office (ECO) is set to be fully eliminated under the new administration.

Brad reposted

One thing I really wish I could pound into the heads of the people at the Times is that some of us are neither trans nor activist but just think their trans coverage is dogshit journalism, as journalism

Tom Scocca@tomscocca.bsky.social

Ah but when you look at the historical example of gay marriage, the moderates who said civil unions were enough were wise and the extremists who wanted marriage equality were unnecessarily aggressive, and that is why the moderates won and gay people are content with only civil unions today

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