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Doug Trumm
Профиль VivelyPublisher of The Urbanist. Seattleite. Walk, bike, ride transit, housing abundance for all. Views here my own. 🚶♀️🚴♂️🚎🐈
Oh the places he'll go with this travel budget glowup!
Erica C. BarnettSeattle police chief Shon Barnes is getting $700,000 in a settlement for leaving the department, PubliCola has confirmed.
Phew! SEPA appeal reform is law. Way too easy to block needed zoning reform in Seattle.
Ryan PackerThe final vote: YES: Strauss, Foster, Kettle, Lin, Rinck NO: Saka, Juarez, Rivera, Hollingsworth The bill passes 5-4.
Are we for Scheel? For real for Scheel!
Tomas Scheel for CongressI am proud to have earned the Urbanist's endorsement. Thank you so much @theurbanist.org
It about kills me every year to edit this beast (23,000 words this year!) but really proud of how The Urbanist endorsements turned out. What a slate!! www.theurbanist.org/2026-primary...
2026 Primary Election EndorsementsThe Urbanist Elections Committee is excited to announce our 2026 primary election endorsements. Check out our great slate of leaders. Be sure to vote by August 4.www.theurbanist.orgIt has to be sooooo bad if it stands out from the bog standard. 🤣
Chris HayesLOL www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Ya love to see it!
Ryan PackerSound Transit confirms that it shattered its one-day ridership record on July 6 with the U.S. vs Belgium match. 309,000 riders pressed onto Link trains that day. 5.4 MILLION riders used Link during the entirety of June, easily clearing the previous monthly ridership record.
Huh. This is a big about face after HDC had brokered a deal for a two-year pilot program with reduced MHA fees on builders.
Heidi GrooverNEW: Talks to slash Seattle’s MHA fees to spur market-rate development appear to have broken down after opposition from some affordable housing advocates.