Zahilay applauded Oliver and their team. He recalled meeting Oliver during his own campaign. At that time, they grilled Zahilay on if he would align with marginalized communities. I know Nikkita and I are the same age, but they are really my mentor in politics, he said.
He rattled off a list of Oliver s accomplishments and community organizing with #NoNewYouthJail and Decriminalize Seattle. Impressive feats for someone outside of public office. What would they be able to accomplish if they had the backing of the whole city? Zahilay asked. The race is gonna be really close, so keep showing up . eventually we re going to have Nikkita for Nine.
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WA Department of Labor & Industries fines Amazon $7,000: The state s labor regulator issued a citation to the “Earth’s Safest Place to Work” for violating the law by pressuring warehouse employees to work at speeds that exacerbate injuries without adequate time to recover, the
Seattle Times reports. The piddly penalty amounts to the maximum for a serious citation. The company plans to address the problem not by allowing workers to slow down but by rolling out wellness measurers that include AmaZen mindfulness exercises and signs encouraging healthy eating. And now I have to stop typing because my blood has frozen solid.
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Lake Forest Park contractor catches case for storming the Capitol: Prosecutors charged Joseph Elliott Zlab for unauthorized entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to the
Seattle Times. The FBI caught the mellifluously named Everett-based business owner thanks to a tip and then a search warrant. Still waiting to hear from SPD about whether six of their cops busted into the people s house.
The first round of new light rail cars are here: They re wider, they re brighter, they re bike-friendlier, and there s a little screen on the car roof showing you where you re at on your journey so you don t have to squint across the aisle and risk others thinking you re mean-mugging them. A total of 152 new vehicles manufactured by Siemens Mobility in
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan speaks to the press at a mass Covid-19 vaccination site set to open on Saturday on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, inside the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle. The site will be the largest civilian-led vaccination site in the country. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
We asked for Mayor Jenny Durkan s text messages, and this is what we got By
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It was June 2020, and Seattle Policeâs East Precinct was a flashpoint as protestors called for police reform.
Then, without warning, Seattle police packed up and left the precinct.
We wanted to find out what led to this decision, and who exactly made the call to vacate the East Precinct. So we submitted a records request for six days of Mayor Jenny Durkanâs text messages, incoming and outgoing, from June 5 to June 10.