In our endorsement of her competition in 2017, we called Teresa Mosqueda a “self-styled consensus builder” who would “ride into city hall on bold promises only to disappear into milquetoast centrism.” In her four years on the council, Mosqueda has proven us all wrong. We will eat crow, but not in front of other crows, as we fear they may keep harassing SECB member Charles Mudede.
Mosqueda was the brains and, yes, the “consensus-building” brawn behind JumpStart Seattle, the progressive payroll tax on big corporations that’s saving Seattle from sinking into a pit of COVID-19 debt and allowing the city to plan for a future with more affordable housing and homelessness supports. The tax already withstood an inevitable legal challenge brought by the ghouls over at the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, but it will face an appeal.
Aside from JumpStart Seattle, Mosqueda led the effort to grant grocery workers hazard pay during the pandemic, laid the groundwork for the domestic workers bill of rights, and fought for basic pay for app-based workers and drivers. We could go on.
And we will!
