I live right by I-5 in Little Saigon and if I crack my window, my window sill gets covered with black soot. I have a balcony but I don't bother with furniture because it would get covered so quickly. I love where I live and use air purifiers, but worry it'll shorten my life.

Because when you spill dirty paintbrush water on them it doesn't show.

Meanwhile Sara Nelson is using her time with the state legislative team to advocate against a potential craft beer excise tax.

Microsoft, Amazon, and other big corporations spent a lot of $$ to defeat progressive Dems in WA legislative special elections this year. They lost *every single one* of those races. That should be a loud and clear signal to Democratic leaders in the legislature about what the electorate wants.

Today the Market Front is thriving with street food and seating. This idea could be transferred 100’ to activate Pike Place

(Ferguson, probably)

What I do know is that the state moved much more quickly to implement an emergency repair here than they did to make changes after multiple people were killed while walking on State Route 7 in Pierce County.

I got contacted by a recruiter using both names (DOGE and USDS) in mid-Oct

Again, I don't know. Maybe pedestrianized spaces on Seattle Blvd and 2nd Ave Ext are not right for the CID or P Square. But it feels like this: we proposed pedestrianization and people supported it, but don't worry, traffic ops found the right framing to get them to change their minds!

I think this is also true with the scuttled pedestrianization plans for the South Downtown Hub: www.seattle.gov/documents/De...