Good morning. I went to my first Mariners game of the year over the weekend. Good times.

I don’t know if the staff are wit the M’s or the stadium, but I do want to give them a shout out. I was there with someone who sometimes needs a wheelchair, and they were very accommodating. Sorry to vaguebook here but I do want to say they checked in without being obtrusive and generally very helpful.

How is everyone?

• The Forest Service is good for forestry business. Such short sighted cuts.
• Let the health inspectors in to the immigrant detention center.
• Hey, stop deporting people who are doing good. And really anyone who isn’t here to do harm.
• The native plant sale is going on now at the UW.

Guys, I’m exhausted. Biking to Drinking Liberally and back is great. But! Sometimes I get an adrenaline rush, especially if I take a different route because of all of the construction on Eastlake. And so I got home at a reasonable time, but didn’t get to sleep for a while. I don’t know. I’m going to ride my bike more now that it’s nice out.

I don’t know, it’s much nicer than a car and quicker than the bus in many cases. Maybe it’s time to get an e-bike?

I hope you had a nice Easter, or if you don’t celebrate, a nice Sunday where some shops were closed.

I still haven’t taken the 2 Line on the Eastside since the connection. But this week for sure. Where would you go for a nice dinner, or a good tourist trap to waste an afternoon? Or a nice bike ride?

Good mornin’.

• Stop sharing information with ICE goons.
• Can’t go big enough on density. Good for Mayor Wilson.
• What killed Blazing Bagels? Spoiler alert: It wasn’t that there will be a millionaire tax in a few years.
• Agrotourism isn’t where you go to another country and yell at them. Apparently.
• Librarians and press staff at the UW walked out the other day.

Oh, no, I was totally prepared and didn’t forget to write anything until a few stops away from work. Um, you did!. No, it was totally me, April Fool’s.

Other than opening day, I still have not taken the 2 Line on the Eastside. But, now it’s connected. You can catch a train in Downtown Seattle and get North, South, and East out of the city without transferring. New stations opening. Less car dependence for everyone.

The future looks pretty great for the region. For connectivity. For ditching the stress of driving. It has come a long way since I was a suburban kid who had to take a winding bus to get Downtown. I can only imagine what 10, 20, 30 years hence looks like if we have the political will to keep up the momentum.

On Saturday you can take light rail across the lake to a No Kings rally.

• So many types of bees.
• I can’t believe that Wilson is still Assessor. At least he’s facing consequences.
• Appreciate Axios’s 3 part look at the Seattle crisis response team needing cops to tag along.
• Look at all of the volunteer commissions in Spokane County. There’s probably one to join, or at least get involved with, in your area.

I feel like recently I have started these by talking about the weather. But today is different I am talking about talking about the weather.

• Look at all of the No Kings events.
• Some Seattle City Council members really like the Flock cameras (item 2).
• Cherry blossoms. So dang many.
• 3 cheers to the kids doing ICE Out protests.
• Family Promise of Puget Sound has money to keep going.

Good morning. I am still adjusting to the nice weather. How lovely, though. Too cold for shorts  not that it stopped some of you.

• The fewer Flock cameras, the better.
• The fewer parking spots, the better.
• The fewer ICE agents at airports, the better. And SeaTac has 0 as the correct number.
• I am struggling to figure out what the sign off should be. Contact your member of Congress is fine, but maybe something more Washington specific?

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.