The ferns and the moss are happy with this gray. But I can use some sun.

• Fuck ICE
• Also, fuck long COVID.
• Fuck CONCACAF, as long as we’re here.
• I don’t even drive, but fuck these gas prices.

Happy Transit Operator Appreciation Day everyone. If you said “thank you” enough while exiting your bus, the Water Taxi fairy will reward you.

• Nobody wants the TransAlta power plant but President Trump orders it to stay open is a real microcosm of his entire administration.
• Matt Shea, go away.
• Are there more important elections this year than the banner in the International District? Maybe. But I won’t see my member of Congress or state legislators as often.
• 500 shelter units by the end of May feels very ambitious.
• A nurse is a human in Washington.

Hey gang, how was your weekend?

Just seeing the list of bills Governor Ferguson has signed, it looks mostly good. But other than the billionaire tax, nothing strikes me as particularly bold. Like, I don’t need every bill to be amazing, but I do want more.

I don’t know. Let’s he’s definitely better than any Republican would be. But, in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor since 1980, that’s not enough.

Surprise! It’s snowing in Downtown Seattle. Nothing sticking, but maybe upland or a place with a little less urban heat island? Anyway…

• Sine Die on a legislature that passed the millionaire tax, but probably unnecessary pain until it’s implemented. In general, a lot of good things, but also a lot of potential left on the table.
• WTF KIRO?
• I love every story about people using waste for good products.
• I’m not the hiker, and I don’t think any of the writers here are hunters, but man big money ruins everything.
• Wild that they’re still making preparations for the Iran game in the World Cup.

I have lived a fairly privileged life. But someone making $1 Million a year is so outside my daily experience. On top of that to complain about taxes on the million and first dollar and beyond? I mean, these captains of industry have to have their pet legislators pull an all nighter to try to stop a tax on dollar one-million and one that year. Just pathetic. If you’re making that money, the state has been very good to you. Show some goddam appreciation.

Anyway, this is my last post before the end of the session, so your last reminder to contact your legislator.

I don’t know about you, but I got my ass kicked by the time change. Where do I go to get my hour back? Anyway…

• Did you attend the Women’s March?
• The legislative session ends this week and hopefully they have done enough to secure the state from President Trump.
• Also, landlords have to disclose flood risks to tenants. In practice, I’m sure it will be part of a long list of things in the agreement you sign to move in. Still, better than nothing.
• The Senate version of the mosquito fleet act has a lot of unnecessary provisions that I hope can be removed in the final version.
• Call or email your legislator.

Good morning lovelies and uggos.

• Oh, hey. Some real qualifications for sheriffs and police chiefs.
• It’s tough to read about organizations that do good treating their employees poorly.
• In general I think Mayor Wilson’s proposal to expand the number of tiny homes and shelters is good. But not sure that relying on volunteers is sustainable.
• Call your legislator right now. I don’t care that you’re on the bus: Make the straphangers next to you uncomfortable with your passion for the budget.

Good morrow ladies, gents, and all the lovely people who don’t slot well into the binary.

• Data center regulation is dead this session.
• Ban new ICE facilities and old ones. And despite members’ concerns, local jail.
• Yesler bike lanes that don’t randomly end forcing you into traffic? Yes please.
• Write your legislators. Or call them. The session is almost over, so you might as well do it now.

Last nice day for a moment. Let’s enjoy it.

• Hunts Point mayor/ ICE landlord is a combination.
• Not sure what the minority party in Congress can do about a lawless President, but at least Representative Jayapal and Senator Murray are saying the right things and calling for a vote.
• The millionaire tax is still progressing.
• Write your legislators and members of Congress.

Good morning.

• How has it taken so long to fix the English speaker with a Spanish accent problem? Ridiculous.
• The Urbanist article about Seattle libraries and homeless people is at least disputed by the library system.
• TB making a comeback in the States.
• Legislators probably shouldn’t drink on the job.
• Pedestrianize The Ave.
• Today is a good day to contact your legislator.

Gooooooood morning.

• Doesn’t seem like letting SPOG dictate how effective the CARE team is will work out great.
• Hey, Tukwila, that 6-month ban on new ICE facilities is looking pretty good.
• Big hearing for the millionaire tax today. And big day for fraudulent sign ins.
• Go contact your legislators.

Forgot to hit publish yesterday…

Good morning. Woo boy it really came down yesterday night, huh?

• I’m glad people are skipping the State of the Union.
• How little coverage Lilli Moreno’s death gets in the mainstream media is really sad making. Maybe in general how regular it is for drivers to hit people.
• The kids are alright.
• Your legislator is out there not being contacted. Just, just give them a quick call.

Stay warm everyone.

• Let’s investigate that, um, someone killed, oh gosh, someone else. Somewhere.
• ICE needs to get out of Saint Joseph, and Tacoma, and Washington.
• The kids protesting ICE are alright. The adults harassing them can fuck right off.
• Call your legislator.

What a lovely, crisp morning.

• Is it bad that the Hanford Advisory Board is in shambles? It seems bad.
• Age verification on the Internet seems like more an excuse for surveillance than protecting children.
• Tax the wealthy.
• Contact your legislator.

Good morning.  I hope you are well.

• That extra $11,000 in Jaahnavi Kandula’s settlement is heartbreaking.
• It is wild that an anti ICE executive order is needed. But King County is right to have one.
• Also appreciate Maritza Rivera opposing cooperation with ICE. Although we’ll see about the implementation.
• If you like football puns, you’ll love this story about transit during the Seahawks parade.
• Good to see the rare instance of Representative Gluesenkamp Perez not on the wrong side of a critical vote.