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Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson says Seattle Nice is “Special”


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Mayor-elect Katie Wilson turned down numerous invitations for national television appearances over the past week, telling Seattle Nice, “That is not my job.” But she took time out of her busy transition planning to speak with us (and you!). With assistance from our amazing Patreon supporters, and other listeners, we took advantage of the opportunity to pose the incoming mayor of Seattle questions on a wide range of topics, including the following:

  • What concrete actions is she going to take to tackle affordability? 
  • How does she plan to deal with the City Council's adoption of a budget proviso requiring her to fund the Unified Care Team, which sweeps encampments?
  • How, specifically, does she intend (as she has promised) to get 4000 homeless people into shelter or housing in her first term?
  • What’s her response to Donald Trump calling her a "very, very liberal slash communist mayor" and does she consider herself a soccer fan like Zohran Mamdani?
  • Given her opposition to the use of CCTV surveillance, what is her approach to ensuring fan safety and security during the World Cup?
  • What’s the role of market capitalism in solving Seattle’s problems, given her commitment to socialism?  
  • Along with being Seattle's socialist mayor, does she accept the mantle of being Seattle's urbanist mayor, and what does that mean to her?
  • As a City Hall outsider, how does her conception of politics differ from that of Bruce Harrell, the veteran incumbent she improbably vanquished?

And much, much more! 

Our editor is Quinn Waller. 

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