NEW: Okay, okay if transit is the one exception to progressive coalition's aversion to flat taxes that overburden the poor, fine. Now, Wilson just has to prove that by taxing the rich with even more enthusiasm in her upcoming budget proposal! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/tax-the...
repost because I typed "interest" instead of internet
My friend was so happy to tell me that Reddit had something nice to say about me and then she pulls up a post that's essentially: "Even that dumb communist Hannah Krieg can see this is bullshit." Gee thanks!
Mayor Katie Wilson announced a proposal Tuesday to hike up Seattle's sales tax, already among the highest in the country, to pay for more frequent bus service in the renewal of the Seattle Transit Mea...
NEW: Seattle Police gave Elon Musk's Starlink 100k in grant money to support their internet needs during the FIFA World Cup. Now advocates are calling on the cops to cut all ties with the right-wing billionaire.
www.theburnerseattle.com/post/elon-mu...
NEW: WA State House candidate worked for Kavanaugh and signed a letter praising him during his appointment to Supreme Court. Bad look in his blue district, but Dreher said there's more to the story, including a second letter breaking with his former boss www.theburnerseattle.com/post/wa-stat...
NEW: A fast-growing AI weapons company founded by a "radical Zionist" is quietly building autonomous warships in Seattle's ship canal. Kayak-tivists paddled over the weekend to raise awareness. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/kayak-t...
NEW: Bellevue passed a law banning protest at houses. It won't stop anti-war advocates from coming to Rep. Adam Smith's house. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/bellevu...
NEW: PCC sent two workers home over Palestine pins that broke the company's pin policy. The union found a creative solution to let them show solidarity with their coworkers and continue the union's anti-genocide organizing. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/pcc-sen...
NEW: More cameras hit Seattle streets with the Downtown Seattle Association's digital kiosks, equipped with cameras ran by a corporation that can just decide to collaborate with the feds at any moment! But apparently it is worth the risk for selfies! www.theburnerseattle.com/post/even-mo...
NEW: Seattle just banned the construction of new data centers after threat of 369 megawatt demand from potential new facilities. But the bill still allows existing ones to grow, in a doomsday scenario demanding more than the usage inspiring the moratorium. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...
Hannah Krieg
Hannah Krieg
Seattle just became the largest City in the country to pass a moratorium on new, large-scale data centers, banning construction to buy the City time to regulate an industry growing at break-neck speed...
