Scott Berkley
@scott-berkley.bsky.social
Tech 4 Housing organizer. Trying to make Seattle a livable and welcoming place for all.
Agreed! Through a lot of hard work we've created several progressive funding sources for housing: Jumpstart, Prop 1A, the housing levy. Let's retire the regressive MHA tax on renters and focus on building!
Left yimbys have to be unified in not allowing higher MHA! There will be a lot of pressure on Wilson to raise it and that would be a disaster for market rate housing in our city.
@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
1. Get rid of min. parking requirements
2. Temporarily end MHA to spur building for 3 yrs
3. Get rid of design review temporarily for 3 yrs
4. Don’t allow NIMBYs in wealthy areas to slow down development; sue them every time as a deterrent for future efforts
1. Get rid of min. parking requirements
2. Temporarily end MHA to spur building for 3 yrs
3. Get rid of design review temporarily for 3 yrs
4. Don’t allow NIMBYs in wealthy areas to slow down development; sue them every time as a deterrent for future efforts
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Agreed! Through a lot of hard work we've created several progressive funding sources for housing: Jumpstart, Prop 1A, the housing levy. Let's retire the regressive MHA tax on renters and focus on building!
Great list of ideas now what hope is back on the menu in Seattle!
WHAT IF WE HAD POLITICAL WILL? Transportation dollars are scarce, but a new progressive mayoral administration can make a big impact without breaking the bank. Here’s my list. 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Great list of ideas now what hope is back on the menu in Seattle!
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BE STRATEGIC ABOUT CONGESTION PRICING. City streets are a classic case of the tragedy of the commons. When provided free to drivers, they are over-used to the detriment of everyone. Use pricing to free up space, reduce negative externalities, and generate revenue for the benefit of all.
Mamdani: "[Congestion pricing] is an opportunity to reshape the streetscape of the central business district of Manhattan. We have an opportunity here to do immense amounts of pedestrianization for the entire congestion pricing zone..."
September 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
BE STRATEGIC ABOUT CONGESTION PRICING. City streets are a classic case of the tragedy of the commons. When provided free to drivers, they are over-used to the detriment of everyone. Use pricing to free up space, reduce negative externalities, and generate revenue for the benefit of all.
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
Suck it Nate Silver! We're going wild on bluesky tonight!
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Suck it Nate Silver! We're going wild on bluesky tonight!
Go hawks! What a game! 🏈🏈🏈
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Go hawks! What a game! 🏈🏈🏈
We just might have managed to legalize some cool housing options in Seattle...
If you've tried and failed to follow what Seattle's new zoning might allow, I've got you. Here are 4 case studies showing some of the exciting ways new incentives line up with current demand and emerging household demographic trends, with a focus on stacked flats.
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Making Seattle neighborhoods more accessible by design
Four case studies on how new zoning incentives align with demographic shifts to meet housing demand.
medium.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We just might have managed to legalize some cool housing options in Seattle...
"Harrell directed his city council staff to perform tasks for the Royal Esquire Club [...] The work included filling out insurance paperwork, collecting membership dues, drafting an event proposal, and contacting dozens of people, including city employees, to invite them to club events."
Harrell said through a spokesperson that he did nothing unethical, as the club was in his district, and council members are supposed to help constituents.
Ethics concerns surface from Bruce Harrell’s time as Seattle City Council president
www.kuow.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Harrell directed his city council staff to perform tasks for the Royal Esquire Club [...] The work included filling out insurance paperwork, collecting membership dues, drafting an event proposal, and contacting dozens of people, including city employees, to invite them to club events."
Looking forward to a new era of government transparency once @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social is in office 🙈🙉🙊
The Seattle Police Department's comms office ignored my questions about SPD participation in DOJ's anti-immigrant Operation Take Back America—the framework for a recent drug bust they did with the DEA./1
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Looking forward to a new era of government transparency once @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social is in office 🙈🙉🙊
@publicola.bsky.social and @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy are straight up more informative for Seattle politics and I'm happy to be a monthly supporter of both! If you only read @seattletimes.com you'd likely be confused about what is at stake in this election
Of COURSE the Seattle Times guy who thinks online news isn't real news is railing against news vouchers, which he says consist of Katie Wilson "taking $10 million from taxpayers" to fund people he looks down on—independent news producers who now all have to compete with each other for supporters.
News vouchers resurface in Seattle mayoral race
News vouchers may sounds promising, especially in the words of Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson, but they are deeply problematic.
www.seattletimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@publicola.bsky.social and @theurbanist.org.web.brid.gy are straight up more informative for Seattle politics and I'm happy to be a monthly supporter of both! If you only read @seattletimes.com you'd likely be confused about what is at stake in this election
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I wrote about my experience working with @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social at the MASS Coalition years ago to win major walking, biking, and transit improvements. Give it a read and let me know what you think: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
The Katie Wilson I knew at the MASS Coalition
www.reddit.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I wrote about my experience working with @wilsonkatieb.bsky.social at the MASS Coalition years ago to win major walking, biking, and transit improvements. Give it a read and let me know what you think: www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
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"The failure of Democratic Party politics to stop Trump’s election … it’s like, OK, now we see that the government can move fast. It can do some really bad things really fast. So why can’t it be some good things?" Terrific piece from @monicapotts.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2024...
She’s Never Run for Office Before. She Could Be Seattle’s Next Mayor.
Katie Wilson is drawing comparisons to Zohran Mamdani. Though she has a thinner political record than the New York sensation, she’s on the doorstep of City Hall.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"The failure of Democratic Party politics to stop Trump’s election … it’s like, OK, now we see that the government can move fast. It can do some really bad things really fast. So why can’t it be some good things?" Terrific piece from @monicapotts.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2024...
Love to see hard working leaders like @councilmember-amr.bsky.social take "wouldn't it be cool if" ideas and turn them into reality
Rinck speaking to her amendment on increasing trees in the public right-of-way utilizing existing parking stalls:
"Throughout the Comprehensive Plan discussions we heard loud and clear that we need a greater focus on our tree canopy to meet our goals and promote environmental justice."
"Throughout the Comprehensive Plan discussions we heard loud and clear that we need a greater focus on our tree canopy to meet our goals and promote environmental justice."
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Love to see hard working leaders like @councilmember-amr.bsky.social take "wouldn't it be cool if" ideas and turn them into reality
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+ @girmayzahilay.bsky.social OneBusAway, an app and service used by hundreds of thousands of people here in Puget Sound and millions of people around the world, gets by on a shoestring budget of small dollar donations. 1/300th of RR R's budget would fund fulltime development. Help us out w/ that.
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
+ @girmayzahilay.bsky.social OneBusAway, an app and service used by hundreds of thousands of people here in Puget Sound and millions of people around the world, gets by on a shoestring budget of small dollar donations. 1/300th of RR R's budget would fund fulltime development. Help us out w/ that.
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I just got around to actually reading this @kuow.org piece on me, and there’s ANOTHER major inaccuracy, beyond the "parents pay my bills" bit. 🧵
Katie Wilson can barely afford to live in Seattle. That's why she wants to be mayor
Katie Wilson presents herself as a sensible coalition-builder who runs a small nonprofit and has lived the working-class life. A renter and a mother, she runs on issues close to her heart. She speaks ...
www.kuow.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I just got around to actually reading this @kuow.org piece on me, and there’s ANOTHER major inaccuracy, beyond the "parents pay my bills" bit. 🧵
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“Moms and grandmas, get out there and vote!” ❤️
I address the first scandal of my political life—Momgate.
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Moms and grandmas, get out there and vote!” ❤️
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City Official Used Internal Teams Chat to Solicit Department Directors’ Contact Info on Behalf of Harrell Campaign
At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for their boss’s campaign.
publicola.com/2025/10/27/c...
At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for their boss’s campaign.
publicola.com/2025/10/27/c...
City Official Used Internal Teams Chat to Solicit Department Directors' Contact Info on Behalf of Harrell Campaign - PubliCola
At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for…
publicola.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
City Official Used Internal Teams Chat to Solicit Department Directors’ Contact Info on Behalf of Harrell Campaign
At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for their boss’s campaign.
publicola.com/2025/10/27/c...
At least 21 department directors gave OED Director Markham McIntyre their contact information, which he used to solicit support for their boss’s campaign.
publicola.com/2025/10/27/c...
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Over on Insta - @joemallahan.bsky.social has a video that should disqualify Harrell from ever being in office again.
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Over on Insta - @joemallahan.bsky.social has a video that should disqualify Harrell from ever being in office again.
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
We don't need someone who stands with abusers, time after time, and makes jokes to deflect responsibility for it.
Vote for Katie Wilson
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New thread, also on the Seattle Parks Foundation beat: Why was West Seattle Skylink a partner? And probably still would be if I hadn't followed up again after donating? While looking into TAS I found this. WS Skylink hasn't posted anywhere in well over a year, yet they still had an active SPF page
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
New thread, also on the Seattle Parks Foundation beat: Why was West Seattle Skylink a partner? And probably still would be if I hadn't followed up again after donating? While looking into TAS I found this. WS Skylink hasn't posted anywhere in well over a year, yet they still had an active SPF page
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Wow. Katie Wilson leads the Seattle mayor’s race by 12 among all voters - but among likely voters that lead shrinks to 4 points. Let’s turn out all the young voters we know to help elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
The Polling Is In: Seattle Wants to Elect Progressives This Fall
Let’s start with the big news: Progressives are ahead. Among likely voters, 33 percent plan to vote for Dionne Foster, compared to 24 percent who plan to vote for Sara Nelson. Erika Evans is pol...
www.thestranger.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Wow. Katie Wilson leads the Seattle mayor’s race by 12 among all voters - but among likely voters that lead shrinks to 4 points. Let’s turn out all the young voters we know to help elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
What an amazing set of leaders! Let's get them in office and get to work!
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
What an amazing set of leaders! Let's get them in office and get to work!
Let's go win some votes today! @tech4housing.org @alexis4seattle.bsky.social @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Let's go win some votes today! @tech4housing.org @alexis4seattle.bsky.social @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social
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If the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission doesn’t step in the head of that department should be fired
“And, as we know from the helpful agenda in the email, Harrell was literally scheduled to discuss the campaign with his PAC in the room.” www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...
Bruce Harrell Spoke at a Fundraiser for the PAC Supporting Him
On Sept. 16, Bruce Harrell was scheduled to attend a fundraising event for Bruce Harrell for Seattle’s Future, the political action committee supporting his reelection campaign. According to an email ...
www.thestranger.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
If the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission doesn’t step in the head of that department should be fired
Wow... Important reporting on how our mayor acts when there isn't a news camera rolling
"It Was Cold": Mothers Who Lost Children to Gun Violence Say Harrell Ignored Their Pleas for Help
“What mothers go through in crisis is not a one-time opportunity—it’s ongoing."
publicola.com/2025/10/16/i...
“What mothers go through in crisis is not a one-time opportunity—it’s ongoing."
publicola.com/2025/10/16/i...
"It Was Cold": Mothers Who Lost Children to Gun Violence Say Harrell Ignored Their Pleas for Help - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett D’Vonne Pickett, the owner of The Postman mailing and shipping store and in the Central District,…
publicola.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Wow... Important reporting on how our mayor acts when there isn't a news camera rolling
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It's not just Mamdani. Michelle Wu, Katie Wilson--the Dems may soon have a remarkable cast of young, gifted mayors
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party?
Zohran Mamdani isn’t the only candidate challenging the status quo—and having fun doing it.
www.newyorker.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's not just Mamdani. Michelle Wu, Katie Wilson--the Dems may soon have a remarkable cast of young, gifted mayors
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...