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Vigils are not the place for Civics 101, But cities in WA cannot make their own gun laws. Only the state can. And even though we’ve been making huge strides thanks to @momsdemandaction.org & others, our work failed to prevent this tragedy. I failed you. #waleg failed you.

I was at the vigil organized by community members from gun violence prevention groups tonight at #Seattle Center. Some folks came and heckled @mayor.seattle.gov. Friends. I know you’re angry and scared. But if I may, let me offer you some better people to yell at. Yell at me. And I can say why 🧵

Seems like "on personal travel away from Seattle" was a requirement among Bruce Harrell and his appointees. Harrell, AP Diaz, and Shon Barnes all seem to have/had extensive travel schedules. Who else?

I also encourage people to watch this video clip. Watching a man step between the reporter and Chief Barnes is really something.

Some jimothy art from today

Officially Jimothy Summer

Our laws are set up to punish victims of violence. What the fuck are we doing

The reason SFD gave is that Woodland Park Ave is a secondary emergency route and cannot be narrowed or calmed. All SDOT could do is install something to stop illegal parking. Thank the fire department for keeping the street unsafe.

This was done because of advocacy by the neighborhood. They have years of back and forth designs with SDOT to narrow the road, install a Greenway, and other traffic calming. The fire department intervened and vetoed all of it and this is the result. www.seattleparksfoundation.org/project/frie...

Second time riding the bike today with an 8 month old and she didn't cry and had a great time. I can't express how freeing it feels to not be restricted to transit or driving and to just be able to hop on a bike. This is true freedom.

Will this be a ranked choice vote?

Some other cool things in there that qualify are pedestrian crossing volume ≥100 people/hour without a signal, grades over 8%, sharp curves or limited sight distance, capping speeds at 50 km/h, if there is heavy-vehicle traffic under 10% of the volume of traffic, and school zones.

We could learn a lot from Mexico. Here is their criteria for speed bumps (translation in alt text). The specific scenario that we could adopt that would apply speed bumps to intersections on Greenways and neighborhood streets is "zonas 30" aka streets limited to 30 kph.

Thinking about the council talking about needing funding in the budget for additional resources to help people in need along Aurora Ave and to combat gun violence and wondering where exactly they intend to find it. The same council that passed last year's budget and expanded the deficit.

Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

Calling it now: they will find a way to add money to the police budget.

We just announced a proposal to fund universal free school meals for all Seattle Public School students starting this fall, while maintaining new investments aimed at ensuring low-income students have food on their tables at home. Some investments are just too important not to make.

This was decided in the last 24 hours due to public pressure and outcry. Yesterday's amendment would have had zero debate if they had been planning this all along.

South Seattle is mostly made up of N-S arterial routes by the looks of it. experience.arcgis.com/experience/0...