It's over. It was over on Election Night.

Brucetown is never over! 😂

@1: Why do you think Katie Wilson will be a good mayor for Seattle?

@1
DOUG is correct. This late liberal swing has happened every election. By now it should be old news.

@1
DOUG is correct. This late liberal swing has happened every election. By now it should be old news.

ok I’m not sure how I did that, but it just proves DOUG is doubly correct

@6 - let's call
it a Triplet:
Doug's
likely

fucking Correct.

poor wormmy, jr--
let;s Hope he doesn't
Blow him some Circuitry!

sorry
Bruce!
had you
only Pivoted
LEFT on Day ONE!

@1 you are right in more ways than you are probably thinking about.

@3. I never said I did. But it’s funny that in a post about numbers and facts you take it that way. Sorry to trigger you.

@7 Edgy.

Here’s another fact: Jenny Durkan is the worst mayor Seattle has had in the 33 years I’ve lived here. And she makes Bruce Harrell look like AOC.

@8: I'm not triggered. No need to obfuscate, I just want to get an idea of what makes you enthusiastic about her candidacy, not slog staffers, but you. No angles, just a straightforward question I thought you would have enjoyed answering.

@9 no idea what that is supposed to mean or why it would be relevant to this election.

@10 did you read DOUGs original post and follow up? Never once did he portray enthusiasm or any emotion regarding the results. He commented on numbers. Learn to read :)

@11 It's meant to mean that you seem to think that electing a Leftie as mayor will signal the demise of Seattle, but electing moderate morons like Durkan (and Murray) is actually worse.

@12: It's been clear he wants Katie Wilson for weeks now. If he's only for her to be against Harrell, that's an answer.

@14 Yes, I voted for Katie Wilson. What a shock. For pretty much one issue: Transit. When was the last time Bruce Harrell took a bus? Junior high?

I've often mentioned the time he trolled Seattle with the basketball, which doesn't seem like much, except that it showed how out-of-touch he is, just like Nickels and Murray and Durkan before him.

Bye, bye Bruce. You weren't the worst mayor—a solid six out of ten.

@13 not the demise. Cities rise and fall all the time but we are certainly going to enter a period of economic stagnation and a general decline in livability as homelessness, petty crime and anti social behavior is left unchecked in the name of idealogy. I think you’ll find actual governance is a lot harder than being a policy wonk and having idealistic notions where you can endlessly tax people and business with no unintended consequences. I’ll guess we’ll see who ends up being correct.

@9 Genuinely impressive that Jenny Durkan is always a legitimate contender for "worst mayor of Seattle" when her immediate predecessor was Ed Murray.

I am in the ICU with an intense case of Katiemania! Yet my cautious side must point out the wisdom of the great philosopher Yogi Berra: "It ain't over 'til it's over."

@17 Yeah, it's a toss up. (Though technically Durkan's immediate predecessor was Tim Burgess, who fucking sucks too).

@18: “I am in the ICU with an intense case of Katiemania”

It is a pestilence, a contagion! Doctor Thumpus prescribes an injection of Brucicillin directly into the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex! 😆

And speaking of Ed Murray, remember when Bruce Harrell dismissed the sexual assault allegations against him because "they happened 33 years ago." What a guy.

Harrell and all but one of his predecessor mayors made the terrible, unforgivable, and unforced error of personally micro-managing and screwing up sdot projects meant to speed transit, provide alternatives to driving, make active transporation better, and make our neighborhoods safer. Car culture enwrapped their vision so they can only offend urbanites that loath car dependence. Until our mayor deals squarely with car dependency in urban areas they can only pretend to be progressive. One cannot be a "pro climate" mayor without relegating single occupancy cars to tertiary roles in urban transport. Harrell 's replacement of Spotts at sdot was a clear sign of regression, monkeying around with every fucking project to make it worse for transit and bikes highlighted his inability to lead Seattle into the future. I wish him well but mayor material he is not.

Here's hoping Katie is up to the challenge and wishing her well!

@22: Do you have the slightest sense of self-awareness that you are a fucking fanatic?

@21, etc.: Sad, to be such a bitter grudge-holder you simply must lash out at your many curated hate-objects, even in the very moment when you should be savoring your (apparent) victory. (Ever wonder why you tend to lose more than you win? Nope, didn't think so.)

Oh, and BTW, Harrell WON because he dismissed the hateful rumor-mongering about Murray, after Harrell's opponent had brought it up in a last-minute smear attempt. You really don't know much about this, do you?

@3 I think the better question is... why do any of you think Bruce will be a good mayor for Seattle when he has already proven he isn't?

@24 Many Curated Hate Objects was my least-favorite exhibition at MOMA last year.

Wilson Town! Wilson World! Wilson Universe! The unstoppable Katie Wilson we'll call her! Undefeated! She slayed the dragon! Now we can all worship her the way she deserves!

mightn't
it be Better
holding our
Pols to Account?