This is going to be a very interesting four years.

At least we didn't elect a commie madmani.

You should’ve never trolled us with that basketball, Bruce. Game over for you.

@3 It's amazing that Harrell didn't have the foresight to run that basketball gag past at least one person in his life who could be brutally honest with him. If it wasn't quite the local equivalent of that Pepsi ad with the white protester who ends racism by giving a cop a pop, it was still breathtakingly tone-deaf.

I have no idea what Wilson will accomplish but I'm sure of one thing: She'll go after it harder than any mayor in Seattle history. Here's hoping she proves all the doubters wrong.

with This
y'all put a Smile
upon my face, Stranger:

"Regardless of all these challenged ballots,
people like Councilmember Alexis Mercedes
Rinck, are already calling Wilson mayor-elect."

Thank You!

and
BRAVISSIMA
Katie Wilson! and Now
the Easy Part is Over.
the Fun part is
about to
Begin

make it like
Mamdani:

Joyful.

@KkKoolie -- it's spelt
'KkKommieness,'
KkKoolie

and you'd Know That
if you'd Studied the Marx
Bros and Esp. John Lennon
which I Have. Thoroughly, obv

@4 That’s exactly right. It’s stupid on its face, but makes you wonder what kind of bubble Bruce lives in. Not a good look.

Well, the dog caught the car.
Time to start chewing on the tires.

@1: Not to worry. If the final count does indeed produce a Mayor Wilson, I've just today bought another bag of fine popcorn, and I have an excellent home air-popper. Bring the fun!*

*Offer of fun contingent on living very, very far from Seattle. (Which I do!)

Another four years of the candidate du Jour, only to be replaced by another model after our fickle electorate finds a new sensation who promises the same thing?

Or somone who will actually be able to successfully administer a city with thousands of employees and a budget in the billions, even if she fails in all her promises?

Time will tell….

At least those of us employed by the city can be assured that our next contract will be a piece of cake. As someone with an eye towards retirement, that’s pretty good news.

@9: As opposed to Harrell who would have {verb?} the contract.

YAY!YAY!YAY!

Enjoy the ride, it should be a fun four years, will be interesting to see who the next mayor will be after seattle gets sick of wilson. Glad I live in a county far far away!

@tensorna why even comment about Seattle elections when you stopped living here in the first place and live away from it. I'm so sick of people commenting about the state of affairs of this city when they don't even see it. like you can't even drive 20 minutes out of Seattle before you here some "omg is Seattle still on fire?" type crap... Comments like this perpetuate a shitty narrative that I just don't even understand. Go and visit downtown, walk the new waterfront, grab a drink. Or be afraid of what's otherwise a very typical city with its city problems. Sorry. I shouldn't be just going off on ya. Just sort of over it. It's a beautiful city, with it's very real city kind of problems. And yeah, elections make my chest hurt, and I do enjoy a bag of smart pop from time to time lol Ugh. I'll stop now lol.

@13: “I'm so sick of people commenting about the state of affairs of this city when they don't even see it.”

Yet, you haven’t complained about any of the “people commenting about the state of affairs of this city when they don't even see it,” who agree with the Stranger. Your problem is with dissenting comments, not with commenters who dare reside elsewhere.

“Glad I live in a county far far away!”

So are we, dear.

Wilson (apparently) won, and Harrell lost. Even though I voted for Harrell, it’s a mild disappointment at best. Life goes on, the sun rises in the east, and sets in the west. The Council and Mayor will do their thing, we’ll see how many campaign promises are kept (mindful that almost no one ever keeps their campaign promises). Who knows? Maybe four years from now we’ll all be celebrating a second Wilson term in an even better Seattle. If one is being honest, one has to admit that Harrell delivered a city that is a marked improvement over what it was four years ago.

Less histrionics on all sides (including The Stranger) would be helpful. We live in a great city in a great state, and many of other cities would love to the the problems and resources that Seattle does. The problem is that everyone in Seattle thinks they’re the smartest kid in the room, and they love the sound of their own voice.

Brucetown! Bruce never dies! Bruce bruce bruce! Where's Thumpus? Is all hope gone?

Say goodbye to homeless encampment sweeps, say hello to San Francisco style depravity, human feces everywhere, and blight.

@16: "We live in a great city in a great state, "

No, that changed yesterday.

lol @3
What exactly has Katie Wilson ever worked hard for? Not her college degree, which she dropped out before attaining (although not before spending four years goofing off there). Not her living expenses, which are paid for by her wealthy ivory tower parents. Not her nonprofit, thankfully, which was a grift from poor people to pay herself. Not in her mayor campaign, in which she had no plans, no figures, and just relied on a Seattle electorate whose voting algorithm is pick based on “who says they’re more progressive” and “anyone in power is a sellout who must be replaced”

I don’t think Katie Wilson can actually work 8 hours a day in a normal job. I don’t think she knows what working hard for something even looks like. Classic underperforming child of privilege who failed upwards.

Whoops @4 ^^^

wanna
be Rid* of
Homelessness?

tax the top 1%

*not All of it
but those priced out
because too many's wages won't
even Cover Healthcare . nor Childcare

the richest
country in the
FUCKING UNIVERSE

and we 'cannot afford'
to take are of our
Citizenry?

but if we can only
frame their problems
as Moral Failure, then we
can look Away and hope and

Pray
WE are
not Next

but
with
Bonepspurs
at the Helm, that
mayn't be long, Pard.

@17: lol, oh well! She’ll be fine. Shame about the parks, though. 😆

@22: You mean increase their taxes, fine. More government revenue is helpful, but it doesn't do jack for the vagrants who would rather live outside and do fentanyl, inject smack with city provided syringes.

@24 But will Katie's wealthy parents let her raise taxes?

@25 Why would they care? They don't live here. Try New York State. But smart enough to steer clear of the soon-to-be socialist hell-hole of NYC.