by Charles Mudede • Mar 10, 2021 at 4:48 pm
Seattle s Black Imagination is blowing up! Courtesy Natasha Marin
What kind of time is not being wasted? The time it takes for Q13 s Brandi Kruse to point out the direction from which people with good common sense should attack Nikkita Oliver, who today announced their run for a citywide Seattle City Council seat that will be left empty by Council President Lorena Gonzalez’s departure.
And where does Kruse want Seattle conservatives to aim their attacks in this battle? On Oliver s “extreme” position on police funding. Can you even imagine a society without police officers? That s just plain nuts. Cuckoo. Seattle progressives have lost contact with reality. That kind of rubbish. And it is total rubbish to me, a lefty who sees deep defunding as the second-best option to the present crisis of American policing at the top of my list is deep decriminalizing. But don t get me wrong. Oliver
Seattle activist, attorney Nikkita Oliver launches bid for City Council seat by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI
Seattle activist, attorney and spoken word poet Nikkita Oliver launched their bid for City Council on Wednesday, ending months of speculation from supporters that they would run for elected office again in 2021.
In a campaign announcement on Twitter, Oliver stated their intention to run for Council Position 9 which will be vacated by current Council President Lorena Gonzalez who is running for mayor.
Oliver ran for mayor in 2017 and narrowly missed snagging a place on the ballot for the Seattle Peoples Party, finishing third overall behind current mayor Jenny Durkan who will not be seeking reelection and urban planner Cary Moon.
Progressive activist Nikkita Oliver announces run for Seattle City Council
Nikkita Oliver. (Zom Taylor)
Seattle activist Nikkita Oliver announced Wednesday that they will be running for city council, as the latest big name to throw their hat into the political ring in 2021.
Oliver will look to fill the vacant at-large Position 9 seat, left open by departing Council President Lorena Gonzalez, who eschewed with reelection to run for mayor.
I am humbled to announce our campaign for SEA City Council Pos. 9. We know the end of oppressive systems is not a simple inevitability. Rather, it is intentional birthed of our labor & organizing, our continuous & principled struggle together. When we fight, we win. #Nikkita4Ninepic.twitter.com/uVqNrV2IrO
by Nathalie Graham • Mar 10, 2021 at 8:30 am
Activist, attorney, and poet Nikkita Oliver enters the race for Lorena Gonzalez s open council seat. NATE GOWDY
Amazon s Bellevue love affair: Seattle s neighborhood bookseller/tech overlord just bought some new office space in Bellevue. Amazon called dibs on the new 25-story Artise tower across the water. The building won t be done until 2024, but Amazon plans to fill it at least partially with workers siphoned off from its Seattle workforce. By 2025, Amazon said it will have a Bellevue workforce of at least 25,000 workers.
Nikkita Oliver is running for Seattle City Council: Oliver, the community organizer and attorney who finished third in the 2017 Seattle mayoral race, filed their candidacy for Seattle City Council Position 9, according to filings posted on the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission site. The seat is citywide. This morning, Oliver made the announcement official with a c
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