By suzanne downing 
Seattle’s mayoral race is shaping up to be one of the city’s most consequential in years, as incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell, a Democrat, faces a challenge from his left by Katie Wilson, co-founder and general secretary of the Transit Riders Union, a group of leftist activists. The election ends Nov. 4 and, like New York City’s mayoral race, could usher in full-on socialism.
Harrell, seeking a second term, points to improvements in public safety and management as proof that his steady approach is working. He highlights a decline in homicides and property crimes, and says the city’s police department is finally rebuilding after years of departures and staffing shortages. City Hall’s recruiting drive has attracted thousands of applicants, according to the mayor, who credits his administration with restoring confidence in law enforcement.
Wilson, who outpolled Harrell in the August primary, says Seattle’s problems run deeper than the mayor’s statistics suggest, and that violent crime remains elevated compared to national trends. She questions whether the city is managing its public safety dollars efficiently. Her campaign has been sharply critical of Harrell’s handling of former Police Chief Adrian Diaz, who was removed earlier this year following an internal investigation that found multiple policy violations.
On homelessness, the two candidates offer contrasting visions. Harrell defends his regional strategy, noting that much of the state’s homelessness crisis originates outside the city limits. Seattle has indeed become a magnet for criminal vagrants. Harrell’s latest proposal would pay other King County cities to host shelters, an effort he says would spread the burden more fairly across the region.
Wilson, by contrast, argues that Seattle must take more direct responsibility. She links homelessness to public safety and advocates for adding 4,000 units of emergency housing and shelter, with wraparound services to help stabilize people over time. The plan has yet to be fully costed, but outside estimates put the price tag in the hundreds of millions of dollars in a city where taxes are already burdensome.
For voters, the November election presents a clear choice: Harrell’s emphasis on the importance of continuity in leadership and regional cooperation versus Wilson’s call for a more activist, locally focused approach to Seattle’s most visible crises — crime, homelessness, and affordability.
Suzanne Downing
Talk about having to choose between a giant douche and a turd sandwich!
And further down the radical leftist craphole Seattle inevitably descends (with Los Anchorage right behind it.).
In this case— I see no good choices and no good outcomes. As long as leftists are who their choices are, Seattle is on its deathbed .
Just like Juneau Ak and the entire Southeast Alaska region, Seattle is a dead city. Anchorage is nearly economically dead. The longer Oregon and Washington the bleaker Alaska’s future looks
All three places aren’t producing new money which is the life of a community.