In writing their completely wrong endorsement in this race, whoever is Weekend-at-Bernie’s-ing the members of the Seattle Times editorial board these days praised Shannon Braddock as someone who’s “not beholden to the uber-left surge.” Well, hey there everyone, we are the motherfucking “uber-left surge” and we want Lisa Herbold.
Herbold has worked in Council Member Nick Licata’s office since whenever Licata moved all of his lava lamps into City Hall and refused to leave. Since then, Licata has sometimes let us down on density and transportation issues—and we’ll be watching Herbold on those issues, too—but his office, thanks in huge part to Herbold, has made important things happen for vulnerable people in this city. They’ve supported homeless encampments, led the city’s paid sick and safe time ordinance, and been some of the most aggressive watchdogs in city hall making sure Seattle’s labor laws actually get enforced.
Herbold supports basically every single thing that’s good for renters and low-wage workers…
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