West Seattle—as West Seattle will definitely tell you—is its own special place, full of mommy bloggers, beach volleyballers, old white guys on Harleys, secessionists, working-class heroes, garage-sale maniacs, Christmas-light enthusiasts, and new immigrant communities. Now it’s also crawling with candidates. Nine—NINE!—people are running to represent this neighborhood on the city council. That’s so many people that we had to clear the bulk shipments of cock rings off the extra chairs in our office when we invited them all in to tell us why they deserve this job.
There are a bunch of unqualified dildos in this race, a few semi-qualified dildos, and one or two actual human beings. The human who deserves your vote is Lisa Herbold. She’s been a legislative aide to Nick Licata since he started on the council in 7600 BC, and her work for Licata helped get us paid sick leave, mandatory rental housing inspections, and a new city department to enforce our labor laws. Herbold needs sharper transit ideas (more bus-only lanes, plz), but her housing chops are impressive. She’s pushing for better protections for renters, a linkage fee to make developers fund affordable housing, inclusionary zoning to make developers keep affordable units in new structures, and free pot lozenges at city council meeting where we have to listen to people talk about zoning. If you live in West Seattle because it’s more affordable—we hear that’s a thing—Herbold is the candidate most likely to help it stay that way. Vote Herbold.
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