July 18, 2025
It works at a populist economic message, which puts the availability of care for its heart and mobilize young organizers.
Zoran Mammani’s victory was not. It is now being built in Seattle, three temporary zones from a large apple. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell slides on the way to re -election. He has received support Developers and technical oligarchs. All opinion leaders go on a trip with the mayor. Of course, he is going to win.
But it is strange that the vote of the people caused this wisdom. Last year, housing activists in Seattle collected signatures for the city council to pass tax on excess compensation for financing social housing. A tax that pays employers charges a 5 percent tax on individual compensation exceeding $ 1 million. Attracting $ 60 million, and when connected, it will produce thousands of economically integrated premises, which no tenants will pay more than 30 percent of their rent.
The City Council put voting on this measure on February 11, waiting for a low and conservative turnout. Council also put Competition measures in the newsletterwhich has taken $ 10 million from an existing low -income housing fund to build several social housing units.
The corporate community led by Amazon and Microsoft has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in the opposition campaign. The mayor Harrell entered the act, with his face to all opposition literature. It seemed that she had died for the victory of the status quo over real social progress. Only it wasn’t. The election led to a 26-point victory of social housing over the mayor’s proposal.
This was forced by Katie Wilson, the founder and Secretary General of the Seattle Transit Riders, to rethink the 2025 elections. Katie had Already launched Transit Riders Union, which acquires free transit for schoolchildren and low -income people. She organized successfully Companies with a minimum wage In the suburb of Seattle. She has developed Jump start taxEmployers’ tax if individual compensation exceeds $ 189 371. Without this tax, Seattle would be surprised by the reduction of public services.
So Katie decided it was a good time to become a mayor to gain progressives, what progressers must convert our city. It embodies Politics and hopes and dreams of most of us in Seattle that cannot understand how to pay for childcare and rent an increase and healthcare, or those of us who recognize and want to provide solutions for these problems.
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Katie is the leader and member of Precariat. She rents a one-room apartment with her husband and a 2-year-old daughter. She has no car. It is bicycles and accepts a mass transit throughout the city. She lived on the budget for many years. She understands child care – she pays $ 2000 a month for three days a week. Her company focus on Expanding the rights of workers, financing family housing, making care for children available and compensation for child care, not step, as well as opening our parks and streets for walking, restoration, bikes and a simple creature.
Does she have a chance? Seattle’s democratic institution and large labor unions have shown their willingness to whining, but not to challenge, a status quo leaving millions of Washington residents who do not control health costs, children care costs, senior care, and unafneurnance. But wait, the rank and submission of each organization of the Democratic District was supported by Katie Wilson. Can their live experience be closer to the reality of Seattle residents?
New York is voting in the election, allowing little-known candidates to become legal applicants, not destroyed as a result of voting and dismissal. While in Seattle, the voting version of the election election begins by 2027, we have a unique system of vouchers of democracy. Each resident can use four vouchers for $ 25 for city candidates. Six hundred residents must support these candidates. Then every resident of Seattle can make the vouchers of democracy in their preferred candidate. Through them Vouchers of democracyKatie Wilson mobilized great grassroots support.
This stagnation of funding can be upset if the corporate community builds an “independent” pack to enhance Harrell. They already have interviewed for a “right” message. When this opposition campaign begins, Katie will be allowed to raise even more funds from democracy vouchers. Her thousands of volunteers will push to get all the possible voices for her.
Is there enough in Seattle as usual? We will get this in less than a month, mostly on August 5. Possibly As the Chapman’s Trisa sings“Finally the tables begin to turn / talk about” about the revolution … “
