by Rich Smith • May 7, 2021 at 4:40 pm
The game is afoot. Lester Black
Many of Seattle s mayoral campaign representatives have praised the city s unique public campaign financing program for limiting the influence of big donors and creating time and space for candidates to run on the issues. But that dynamic will soon change now that an independent expenditure supporting former Seattle City Council President Bruce Harrell has officially filed with the city s elections commission.
Campaigns that participate in the city s Democracy Voucher Program face firm caps on fundraising and spending, but fundraising groups called independent expenditures (IEs) or PACs can raise and spend as much as they d like to support or oppose candidates, so long as they do not coordinate with those candidates. Once PAC and campaign fundraising in any given race exceeds the voucher program s spending limit, other candidates in those races can ask the electi
Is this romance novel about a Seattle public radio station about us?
An apparently fictional romance story from a former KUOW employee is an ode to public radio with a little tough love for the industry. A discussion on what the Biden Administration plans for immigration, landlords weigh in on how the eviction moratorium is impacting them, and we somehow find a moment to take a deep breath thanks to a soundscape from Eastern Washington.
Individual segments are available in our podcast stream or at www.kuow.org/record.
A Seattle public radio station romance novel
The Ex Talk is a fictional twist on the enemies-to-lovers and fake lovers trope. Two people pretend to be exes and host a show about it! Jeannie Yandel spoke with Seattle author Rachel Lynn Solomon about writing a tough love letter to public radio and the perfect millennial romance novel ending: happy for now.