ALISON HOLCOMB, left, will not be challenging Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant, right, next year.
  • ALISON HOLCOMB, left, will not be challenging Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant, right. But she hopes someone else does.

Back when Alison Holcomb was considering a run against Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant, things got a little testy between the two of them. Will they be progressive pals now that Holcomb has declined to run against Sawant in 2015?

Nope. Holcomb may be out of the race, but she's not done swinging at Sawant.

"I respect and appreciate Sawant's activism," Holcomb recently told PubliCola. "But I don't think she's an effective councilmember. In my conversations with constituents, community leaders, and city and organizational leaders over the past several months, I frequently heard that Sawant didn't invite them to conversation, hear their concerns, or engage with their issues. She clearly has an agenda, but I don't think it's District 3's agenda. So yes, I think someone should run against her."

Sawant was not immediately available for comment on Holcomb's new criticisms.