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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mamdanism is the way forward! Progressives, get on board or get left behind.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 22/09/2026

Lots of love for Mamdani pointing out how important it is for progressives and socialists to reclaim the mantle of efficient government from the right. Seattle’s own @mayor.seattle.gov has been saying similar things. And she’s giving a budget speech later today that might just make similar points:

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Consumer protection isn’t a city’s job! It needs to be done at the state level! It’s wildly counterproductive that Seattle keeps passing these laws that end up effectively just punishing their residents.

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Nithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For your consideration: A mayor who will fight for LA, every day. Catch this ad on NBC tonight, before and after the Emmys.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This isn’t a “bold action.” It’s a walkback of a (premature!) announcement of a plan she made in the spring, and it cuts the number of shelter beds she’ll deliver by more than half. It’s good that she’s being more realistic now, but sometimes politicians “learning on the job” end up overpromising.

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Seth Rieder @sethrieder.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I wanted to add to this one. 1) Some people have bad taste and it’s showing in the comments. The build on the right is objectively bad. 2) Here’s some great examples of simple boxes that are brand new from my neighborhood. And these don’t showcase the well done modernist ones.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The tone of this piece is so off-putting that people will probably miss the nugget of truth within it: Washington’s leaders ARE too quick to raise taxes and fees without addressing the underlying system. We can have a more progressive, competitive tax code. We need leaders who’ll fight for it.

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Seattle Turns Hostile to the Great Businesses It Made

Starbucks is moving jobs from Washington state to Tennessee, and it isn’t alone in looking elsewhere.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Police accountability is part and parcel to improved community safety. They should be judged on actual solve rates and call-close rates—and quality of work—instead of being allowed to basically just do whatever they want. You know, kind of like how everyone else’s work performance is judged.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don’t think “more policing” or “increase police pay” is the answer, but I wish there were someone offering a real progressive vision for public safety in Seattle. What happened in Belltown over the weekend is completely unacceptable and progressives should have a better theory for how to stop it.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Let me just say that if the Meridian barriers and metal detectors deployed today for the Waterfront Block Party are intended to be a safety clampdown after the Bite of Seattle shooting, that’s incredibly stupid. That was a gang-related shooting! You kinda ruined the vibe of this awesome event!

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s been interesting to watch the public reaction to the creation of the fare gate program, which seems to be a mix of “FINALLY” and “this should have happened a decade ago.” It might be the most positive feedback Sound Transit has gotten in the past five years.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

How about a police chief that prioritizes reducing and eliminating crimes that affect a large number of people every year, like bike theft?

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 22/08/2026

Canada is NOT the 51st state. Trump owes our friends and neighbors an apology for nearly 2 years of his boorish insults and jeers. Canada IS Washington state’s biggest trading partner and our country’s closest ally. Dump Trump’s tariffs. NO TRADE WAR. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I just had my fare checked on light rail for the first time in 7 years! 🥹🥰

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

With such an absurdly captured media environment, and lots of wealthy progressives, I don’t understand why Seattle can’t seem to make a legitimate alternative media outlet work at scale. The Urbanist and Publicola are good, but a ~25-reporter center-left outlet could make a real difference.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I was wildly incorrect about this yesterday. I thought it would be a group like Spokane’s task force—which proactively works with individual developers to speed up permit reviews and other work for individual projects, and provides incentives. Another stakeholdering process ain’t it.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Spokane did this to great effect. Good move!

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

That’s because Bellevue is basically just a neighborhood of Seattle when you’re talking to domestic or international companies. The region’s economy rises and falls together. Seattle’s policy moves have ripple effects.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

once again asking why katie wilson shouldn’t be held accountable for ensuring pike place stays people-first

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Newly-released data shows that Seattle is expecting more than 2.1 million cruise visitors in 2026 across more than 300 ship arrivals, a new annual record. These visitors stay at local hotels, dine at local restaurants, and shop at local businesses. Cruise is an essential part of the PNW economy.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

imo mayor wilson should be held accountable for this abject failure

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Lauren @lpangborn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Spokane’s speed and red light cams are the *sole* funding source of traffic calming projects, which are incredibly popular, politically. There is clear daylight between Flock and the speed and red light cams here — namely, the latter only take photos of guilty parties and are highly regulated.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Reforms to reduce/end unfunded IZ mandates often *increase* the number of affordable units, as in markets where they do the most harm, market-rate rentals are already close to median incomes, and the filtering literature suggests big benefits across the market. www.metroabundance.org/how-inclusio...

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How "inclusionary" are market-rate rentals? - Metropolitan Abundance Project

An ambitious new state law championed by Maryland Governor Wes Moore will allow denser multifamily housing within three quarters of a mile of the state’s many rail transit stations. The law also inclu...

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I don’t understand why there isn’t more conversation in progressive spaces about Seattle City Light’s exorbitant planned rate increases of nearly 10% each year in 2027 and 2028. Is affordability a central issue…or not?

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 13/08/2026

One of my hot takes is that I think safe streets advocates would be a lot more successful if they focused a lot less on safety and a lot more on the economic benefits of livable streets. Especially in commercial areas, these types of investments can seriously increase retail sales and visitation.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I’m looking forward to seeing some rigorous economic research on the effects of this legislation. The presence of pets ABSOLUTELY increases insurance, management, and maintenance costs for property owners, so I’d expect this to cause both (a) higher rents and (b) properties to stop accepting pets.

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Melissa Huggins @themelisser.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I don't know about y'all but I wept reading this. I've been feeling helpless from afar and obsessively reading/watching all the local journalism but the immediacy of Alex's account, present at the actual moment people had to decide what to grab and when to get it out, is really something.

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 08/08/2026

I can now comfortably say that the measure to extend a 0.2% sales tax that funds ~40% of Spokane Transit’s service hours will pass! Yes: 51,687 (51.78%) No: 48,108 (48.19%) Yes for Buses successfully overcame the third-largest “no” campaign for a transit measure in Washington State history.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The really bold, radical move––and probably the move that would best advance public safety––would be to replace him with Amy Barden, the head of Seattle’s CARE Department. But that’s NOT going to happen, lol.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I’ve been working on and off with the Old Bellevue Merchants Association for the past six years on projects that rethink the way they use public space. Tonight, they’re self-hosting their first-ever market, complete with 25 vendors, music, a beer garden, and food trucks. I’m so proud of them!

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

1️⃣ Hop on the 2 Line toward Redmond. 2️⃣ Hop off at BelRed Station. 3️⃣ Check out this incredible and colorful Andy Arkley art piece, an excellent and dance-y DJ, artist vendors, and Cascadia Pizza. It runs until 8pm tonight!

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I want to be very clear: The people who trash downtown Seattle are wreckers, plain and simple.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The pandemic and the phones have really done a number on the social contract.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

There’s still a tool available. It’s called an election.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Seattle needs a legitimate alt-weekly. The Stranger is so snarky that it’s counterproductive. The indy journalists are great but don’t have the reporting resources or brand they need. There needs to be a legit newsroom. (Really Seattle needs something like the @inlander.com or @rangemedia.co.)

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 14/05/2026

Sometimes we progressives can be slow to pick up on shifts in the discourse and voter concerns. In cities like Seattle it took way too long to pick up that homelessness and public safety was an issue. Similar thing is happening on the economy. CEOs are doing layoffs — and blaming progressives.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 13/05/2026

Our region has at least 400 miles of paved and dirt trails, but each is seen as an individual park rather than part of a cohesive system. Spokane could see huge economic benefits if we invested in connecting these into a trail network like other communities have.

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Why the greater Spokane area needs a branded regional trail network

What the region can learn about economic development from the Methow Valley and Bentonville

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Futurewise @futurewise.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Why is Futurewise always talking about stacked flats? A 🧵 (1/5)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/05/2026

It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Bluesky has been a net negative for US politics. They corralled everyone on the left into a little glass fishbowl where they shout at one another & everyone else ignores them. Meanwhile, all the pols & institutions stayed on X & are being dragged farther right.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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Seattle Turns Hostile to the Great Businesses It Made

Starbucks is moving jobs from Washington state to Tennessee, and it isn’t alone in looking elsewhere.

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Stephen Fesler 🧦 🥑🚶‍♂️🚌 🚊 🚆 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇪🇺🇻🇦🕊️ @safesler.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It’s also wild that anyone cares about the legal status of employment. More employment period is better for the American economy. More consumers. More tax take. More gross domestic product growth. More R&D capabilities. More use of institutions. More wealth and prosperity for every single American

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This is a party asking to die

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Lauren @lpangborn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If only the state legislature would pass laws that actually address safety issues, like the noise camera bill or the BAC bill www.krem.com/article/news...

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Spokane County Sheriff warns of growing danger from reckless driving at car meets

Two motorcyclists and a juvenile driver were cited after deputies responded to a Spokane Valley gathering tied to speeding and burnouts.

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Spokane Indians @spokaneindians.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

#GoSpo today, #GoSpo forever. 🏡

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Do you think there are ~410,000 voters in King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties who would sign an initiative to the legislature on a bill to Fix Sound Transit governance, planning, and operations?

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Lauren @lpangborn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

After many years of delays, looks like the McKinley School project might finally be kicking off -- it had another Pre-Development Conference. Supposedly $4.5M in construction costs. - 29 housing units and 1 retail unit in the school itself - 64-72 units in new buildings around the school

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Downtown Seattle is still only at 64% of office foot traffic compared to 2019. To make that up with residents we would need to add 49,000 more homes and to grow the downtown population by 75% (from 109k to 190k). www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Downtown Seattle visitors rebound to 2019 levels, but workers lag behind

Downtown Seattle now draws about as many visitors as 2019, but with far fewer workers. Crime has improved in some, but not all, of downtown, FYI Guy writes.

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In the seven years since the pandemic, my fare has been checked on Sound Transit zero times. I ride at least weekly, and more like 3 days/week recently. Why even have a fare at that point?

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Anthony Gill @anthonyegill.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

In the seven years since the pandemic, my fare has been checked on Sound Transit zero times. I ride at least weekly, and more like 3 days/week recently. Why even have a fare at that point?

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