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Kaiden Cook @kcook2720.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is a huge victory for South Seattle! ☀️

A rally for Graham Street Station with elected officials and transit supporters.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter. This is America. 25th Amendment and Impeachment now.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Someone told me “the only thing that matters is winning.” I disagree. If you’re focused on winning at all costs, you can quickly lose your way. Better to run with integrity, and let the chips fall where they may. There’s always another race and more than one way to make a difference.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Class act and a model of how to run a positive and thoughtful campaign and how to concede with grace.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Thank you! Great to meet and chat!

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Only a small percentage of Seattle residents (around 5-10%) typically use them. So encourage your Seattle friends and family and neighbors to use theirs too! It’s a great way to increase awareness and participation in the program and our democracy.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

If you’re a Seattle resident and haven’t used your democracy vouchers, now is the time to do so! Ballots are dropping next week and there’s only 3 and 1/2 weeks until election day. Also, some candidates have maxed out on vouchers, but our campaign hasn’t yet! www.linforseattle.com/vouchers

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Give your vouchers — Eddie Lin

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I thought SPD wasn’t reading PubliCola?

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Interesting article. The sentiments here track much of what I’ve been hearing. I do think the lack of progress on homelessness is a major factor why many voters are leaving Bruce. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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The voters ditching Seattle’s mayor, and the voters sticking by him

Some onetime supporters of Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell are now backing his opponent. They're playing a role as Katie Wilson looks to unseat the incumbent.

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Tech 4 Housing @tech4housing.org · 14/08/2025

The Massachusetts millionaire tax is a great example of how raising taxes does NOT cause wealthy people to leave.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Great Nerd Farmer Podcast episode about housing with @natebowling.com and @jessdbateman.bsky.social We are so lucky in WA to have Sen. Bateman’s bold leadership on this critical issue! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

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Podcast Episode · Nerd Farmer Podcast · 07/07/2025 · 47m

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Deliberations and decision-making in public.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

It’s probably not practical to have a Mayor or Governor be subject to the same rules around OPMA as the legislative bodies, but I find it interesting that we have fairly strict rules and expectations for legislative bodies but very little for executives around hearing public comments or …

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The current Mayor was previously a Councilmember and thus heard his fair share of public comments over the years, but I wonder how it does or doesn’t change behavior and decision-making to hear or not be required to hear public comments as Mayor.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Something I find interesting/curious is that City Council is required to have open public meetings and to regularly hear open public comments but there isn’t really a similar requirement for the Mayor even though the Mayor arguably has greater power.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Very few people are talking about the rapid drop in housing permits and what it means. And lots of every day voters seem to assume that once a property is upzoned for more density it will quickly be redeveloped, when that is far from reality in most cases.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

the fundamentals of development right now are *terrible* tarriffs, high interest rates, labor pool being kidnapped. permits in seattle at lowest level in terms of percentage or even number since the '08 recession. and mayor's comp plan won't fix it's not good, folks. bsky.app/profile/holz...

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David Kroman @kromandavid.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Inbox: The items that should have gotten votes in yesterday's housing committee -- including 14 appointments to the city's renter's commission that Cathy Moore urged her former colleagues to delay -- will now get them in the full Seattle City Council meeting.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

just as a reminder - seattle's permitting has fallen off a cliff the number of homes permitted in june of this year is the lowest level in a decade - lower than at any point during covid. this is not good news, folks.

graph of

New Units Permitted by Issue Date

showing a nearly 50% drop over last year

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I also really like Ry Armstrong and his vision for our City. I appreciate him running and know that he has a bright future, but I am excited to vote Katie Wilson!

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Also, we should be angry at the failures of our City and society, and there’s nothing radical about trying to meet the basic needs of our neighbors.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

And knows her policy and is a strong communicator. She’s providing a hopeful message for our City and I don’t think the fear-tactic of trying to paint her as some angry radical will work if people get a chance to meet her and know her.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Had the opportunity to chat with Katie Wilson @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social a bit yesterday and here’s what I appreciate most about her. It’s clear how genuine, caring, thoughtful and trustworthy she is. She’s kind of the opposite of an egocentric politician. She’s also extremely strategic….

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

That’s the worst part about door-knocking! Try to knock loud enough so people can hear you but not so loud to wake sleeping babies (or sleeping anyone really, but especially kiddos).

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 19/07/2025

Seattle’s democracy vouchers deserve renewal on August 5th This summer, Seattle's innovative campaign finance program is up for renewal. A decade of data points to its success.

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Seattle’s democracy vouchers deserve renewal on August 5th

This summer, Seattle's innovative campaign finance program is up for renewal. A decade of data points to its success.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Locals need this too!! Lots of Seattleites do not know where or which direction Angle Lake is.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I think it should be paired up with robust tax relief/tax cuts for our lowest income neighbors. Doing so would be good both politically and policy-wise.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Once the WA Supreme Court overturns its awful ruling from nearly a century ago, then it takes away a major political argument (that a graduated income tax is unconstitutional) and legal impediment to a statewide graduated income tax.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

From a century ago which is out of line with almost every other state supreme court that has looked at whether income is “property” for purposes of the requirement of a flat property tax.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My thoughts in general are that the Legislature should repeal the ban on local income taxes. Then one or more local jurisdictions, including Seattle, pass a local income tax. It presumably will get challenged legally, and then I am pretty confident the WA Supreme Court would overturn its ruling…

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My response in a recent interview to “if you had a magic wand” what would you do? “Pass an income tax”! #waleg southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/07...

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My response in a recent interview to “if you had a magic wand” what would you do? “Pass an income tax”! southseattleemerald.org/news/2025/07...

“Magic wand” policy change: “pass an income tax”

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

But the Capital Gains tax was upheld by significant margins statewide, showing broad statewide support for taxing the wealthy. An income Tax needs to be framed and messaged the same way, with strong assurances that it will help, not hurt, working families.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The State legislature also needs to repeal the prohibition on local income taxes, so local governments can do the same! The prohibition was adopted last year, presumably because the Leg was worried about the Capital Gains tax initiative and didn’t want the income tax initiative to lower support.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Let’s go! Couldn’t agree more CM Solomon. We should absolutely pass a statewide income tax, with broad exemptions for peope below a certain income threshold. We should also actually give tax breaks to our lowest-income neighbors by expanding the Working Families Tax Credit.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

District privilege systems are bad and Seattle shouldn't implement one IMO

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

So are city-wide Councilmembers somehow “less than” other CMs? When we approved the creation of District CMs years ago, to my knowledge, we never gave them special powers.

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Traffic safety advocates are at Rainier and Charles this morning to mourn the people who are expected to be killed by traffic violence - if the city continues to maintain the existing dangerous conditions in this rapidly growing area close to future light rail.

Folks gathered around a white coffin filled with flowers, holding while shovels

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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 15/07/2025

Community alert: The King County Regional Homelessness Authority has activated its severe heat protocols through Friday morning. Here’s a list of cooling sites throughout the Seattle area:

Seattle Cooling Sites

The Salvation Army

Jefferson Day Center (4th & Jefferson)

White Center Community Center

Seattle Indian Center Day Center (624 S. Dearborn Street)

Compass Day Center (77 S Washington St.)

Elizabeth Gregory Home (1604 NE 50th St.) women only

Immanuel Community Services

(1215 Thomas St.)

YouthCare - youth only (ages 12 to 24)

Orion Center (1828 Yale Ave)

UDYC (4516 15th Ave. NE)

South Seattle (9416 Rainier Ave S)

Mary's Place Day Center (1830 Ninth Ave) single women

Mary's Place: Allen Family Center - (3190 Martin Luther King

Jr Way S) Families with children only

Chief Seattle Club Day Center (410 2nd Ave. Ext S.)

Aurora Commons (8914 Aurora Ave N.)

Bread of Life Mission (97 South Main St.)

Immanuel Lutheran: (1215 Thomas St.)

Street Youth Ministries (4540 15th Ave NE)

New Horizons Ministries (2709 3rd Ave)

Christ Spirit Church (6115 Beacon Ave S.)

North King County Cooling Sites

Bothell:

Northshore Senior Center (10201 East Riverside Drive)

Bothell Library (18215 98th Ave NE)

Kenmore:

The Hanger (6728 NE 181st St, Kenmore, WA 98028)

Kenmore Library (6531 NE 181st St, Kenmore, WA 98028)

City Hall (18120 68th Ave NE)

Lake Forest Park:

Third Place Commons (17171 Bothell Way NE)

Shoreline

Shoreline Library (345 NE 175th St)

Skykomish:

Skykomish Library (100 5th Street N)

Woodinville:

Woodinville Library (17105 Avondale Rd NE)

More Information

More places to beat the heat:

Local malls

The Outlet Collection in Auburn

Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila

Northgate Station in Seattle

Libraries

King County Library System

Seattle Public Libraries System

Most libraries will be open and can be used as cooling spaces.

Check for locations and times.

Movie theaters

Community Centers

This information changes throughout activations.

For a full list of up-to-date resources including operating hours, scan this code or visit kcrha.org/severe-weather

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

We’re lucky to have amazing folks here in Seattle like @nondriver.bsky.social and Disability Rights Washington helping us create a more safe, affordable, accessible and inclusive community. And, as noted in this great thread, their work is having positive impacts nationally and even globally!!

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

In 2021, I was trying to figure out a way to bring attention to how disabled community members who couldn’t drive or couldn’t afford to drive navigated their communities and decided to launch a “Week Without Driving.”

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Interesting article with some good quotes from @nondriver.bsky.social

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

She has a lot of vouchers. There is an excel spreadsheet updated twice a week with all the vouchers for all the campaigns, including who has given to whom. www.seattle.gov/democracyvou...

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Program Data - DemocracyVoucher | seattle.gov

Contains Democracy Voucher program data.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Motor City - the car capital of world! It will be interesting how the history books look back at the role of Detroit in changing our cities and culture and climate. I do think cities like Detroit that have seen a decline in population probably feel less urgency to transition away from cars.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

So don’t fall for this one! The wealthy just got one of the largest tax breaks in history from Trump’s Big Betrayal Bill. We are going to feel the impacts locally, with cuts to things like medicaid, medicare and SNAP benefits. We absolutely need to tax the wealthy to protect our most vulnerable!

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It’s also dedicated to providing operations, maintenance and service funding for permanent supportive housing providers, who need to show their investors and lenders that they have long-term operational support.

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Eddie Lin @edclin.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

But as others have mentioned, there’s a cash balance for a reason - it’s dedicated to projects that are in the process of getting permits and all the other funding they need to break ground, or for projects that have broken ground but haven’t drawn down all the construction funds yet.

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