“…Scott, who voted for Chopp as recently as 2021…”

How’d he do that? Chopp was on the ballot every even-numbered year, like everyone else in the state House (aside from special elections to fill vacancies) - so he wouldn’t have been on the ballot in 2021.

Seriously, errors on basic facts like this are making The Stranger less credible by the minute…

Oh, god no. Mr. Scott is a total and complete idealogue in the mode of Kshama Sawant. DO NOT WANT!!

“Even with the Democrats' majority in the Legislature, the party consistently bends to the whim of Republicans–votes they don’t have to earn, allies they don’t have to keep to get anything passed.”

And the 6 state initiatives, with thousands more signatures than required, where 3 are enacted and other 3 could likely pass this fall, would say differently. But don’t let reality get in the way of the narrative.

FYI "de-fund the police" is now spelled "re-imagine public safety."

Seattle has experienced "Progressive" governance during the last 10 years. Results: record murders, homelessness, overdoses, cost-of-housing, property crime, and car thefts.

Seattle has moved on from "Progressives".

Oil spills and long COVID are the biggest priorities facing the state?