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A Christmas Reflection

Christmas Villages Are Illegal

I Was on NPR/KUOW's Week In Review

Will Wealth Taxes Hurt Washington’s Economy?

Parking Reform in Shoreline and Bellingham

Seattle and Auburn Mayors Move to Hamper Sound Transit

Amazon Donates $1M to Trump

Misleading News Reporting on State Budget Gap

Mythbusting: Is there Enough Housing in Seattle for The Homeless?

Rob Saka: Collaborative With Trump; Combative with Others

Two Great Discussions About the Election

The Meaning of Morales' Resignation

Walkable Cities Are Better Cities

Is The Seattle Conservative SuperCycle Over?

A Victory for Seattle Schools

Cathy Moore Moderates; Council Votes Against Her Tax

What the Ballot Initiatives Should Tell the Legislature

Poll: Seattle Voters Want Progressive Taxes, Don't Want Budget Cuts

Interview with Anne Applebaum

Blue States That Build Housing Got Less Trumpy Than Others

Council Embraces Harrell's Huge Cuts To Affordable Housing

Sara Nelson's MAGA Candidate Touts Trump Tweet

My Initial Synthesis of Trump 2024

The City of Seattle Pushes For Less Accountability

The Graph That Explains The Election

Ezra Klein's Thoughtful Reflection on the Election

Reflections On A Flight Home From Philadelphia

Courage, Friends

Day Three In The Keystone State

Philly Day 2

You Call, I'll Knock in Swing States

Rob Saka Opposes Traffic Safety In School Zones

Fundraiser to Help Alexis Fight MAGA Money

Harrell's Halfhearted Housing Plan

Tanya Woo Compares Opponent to KKK; Seattle Times Doubles Down

You (MAGA Initiatives) Shall Not Pass!

Vote Mungia, not Larson, For Supreme Court

Policy Brief: The Local Control Con

100 Rondezvouses

Seattle Times Endorses Republican Climate Vandal to Manage Our Forests

Trump's Mad-King Fascism

I Was On The Hacks and Wonks Podcast

Universal Benefits > Means Tested

Seattle Times Sides With Koch Industries Against Asthmatic Kids, Consumers, & The Climate

Harrell Defunds Affordable Housing Levy, Defies 69% of voters

Republican AG Candidate Posts Racist Video

Seattle Times Endorses Yet Another Republican

The Republican Ideology Driving Seattle’s Budget

Seattle Schools' Spectacular Failure

Six Times Dave Reichert Sounded Like the Seattle City Council

Journalists & Advocates: Please Don't Say "Raid JumpStart"

Mayor, Seattle Times, Go to War With Affordable Housing

Trump Plans to Audit the Budget

Andrea Suarez is A Republican

City Attorney Attacks Judge Vaddadi

A Plan to Take Our City Back

SPD Chief: "We Don't Have An Effective Treatment System"

Happy Labor Day

Corps Couldn't Buy WA Governorship

Cities Are Not Loud

Divisive Council Bullies Colleague, Public Commentors

The Wealth Gap

Fun Summer Read #2

Fun Summer Read #1

Experts on State and Local Election Takeaways

Harris' Gun-Toting Moderate Vet VP Pick

Council Rejects School Violence Prevention

Sara Nelson's Vision Flopped Statewide

I Was Featured on "Seattle Nice," Sort Of

Time to Vote

Council Claws Back At Minimum Wage

Tanya Woo Doesn't Support Social Housing

Six News Highlights You Should Know

Kamala Harris' Foreign Policy Positions

Trump's Project 2025 Attacks Urbanism Too

Three Big Lessons From Biden Stepping Aside

Tanya Woo's Misleading Mailer

New SPD Chief Fires Officer Who Mocked Woman’s Death

Signs Biden May Step Aside

Endorsement: Nick Brown for Attorney General

Join Me For A Brunch for Alexis Mercedes Rinck (Seattle City Council Candidate)

55% of Democratic Primary Voters Want to Replace Biden

Council Slashes Levy's Transit Investments

Joe Biden Should Step Aside

Time to Unpack the Supreme Court

Get Smartphones Out of Seattle Public Schools

KOMO's Biden Misinformation Scandal

City Council Endorsement: Alexis Mercedes Rinck

Students and Gun Safety

Jay Inslee on His Last Big Climate Fight as Governor

New SPD Chief Contradicts Conservative Politicians

NAACP: Maritza Rivera’s legislation a “slap in the face”

Two Boys Killed

Sara Nelson's Approval Craters

Don’t Call it the "Hush Money Trial"

Seattle City Council Forum in North Seattle

An Economist Asks, Why is Housing SO Expensive?

Rivera Moves to Defund Affordable Housing, Healthcare and Childcare for Marginalized Communities

Does Density Lower Housing Prices?

How to Get Housing for Firefighters and Nurses

Chamber Campaigns to Save South Lake Union from Timely Light Rail

Seattle Public Schools Votes to Repeat School Closure Mistake

Council & Mayor Kill Police Alternatives & Accountability

SPD Recklessly Hired a High Risk Cop--Who Killed an Innocent Woman

Harrell Plans to Cut Transit Investment, Prioritize Cars

Can't Save the Planet Without Fixing Housing

Incendiary, Divisive Rhetoric Returns to the City Council

Happy International Workers Day

Some Good News

What do Jared Kushner and Sara Nelson Have in Common?

Woo, Rivera, Moore Vote Against Cutting Red Tape for Affordable Housing

Progressive Candidates Challenge Tanya Woo for the City Council Seat

How You Can Help With Housing in Seattle

Big Cuts are Coming

A New Scandal At the Seattle Times Editorial Board?

Spring Break Read: Slouching Towards Utopia.

What the Ronna McDaniel Scandal at MSNBC Tells us About Seattle Media

Is YIMBYism Reaganism?

Top Ten Articles on Rondezvous

Federal Government, Justice Department, Say Seattle Police are Bad Outliers

Primaries, Retirements & Police Fights, Oh My

Harrell Tosses in the Towel on Housing

Friday Video: Widening Roads Is A Dumb Waste of Money

Uber Is Very Worried About Delivery Workers

Students Deserve to Know the Facts of Firearm Injury.

Kill Bills

A Tale of Two Councils

Action Alert!

Social Housing PART II: The Real Reason the Chamber Opposes Seattle’s Social Housing Developer

Social Housing Part I: The Social Housing Funding Plan is Out

Update on Even Year Elections

Even Year Elections

Policy Brief: Have Your House and Tree Shade Too

Do Conservative Seattle Politicians Exist?

A Great Ezra Klein Podcast

Conservative Ballot Measure Aims to Cut Nearly a Billion Dollars from Washington Schools

A Brighter Future for Renton is on the Ballot

Sara Nelson and "Good Governance"

Leader of Super PAC Wants the Seattle Council to Know Who is Boss.

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