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Strauss is chairing the meeting and Rinck, Foster, Saka and Hollingsworth are also here. Most commenters are speaking in support of funding for arts and housing programs, and/or against funding for cops. I haven’t seen anyone speak in favor of the funding for an additional 66 cops (I’m sure I would have heard the booing) even though that is currently the most likely outcome. Each speaker is getting 90 seconds; new signups have stopped so far at 100 people. Adding some transition time but then backing out some since not every speaker uses the full 90 seconds, I assume comment will take 2.5-3 hours after starting at 5 pm. Technically new speakers can sign up at any time before public comment ends, if you want to come speak.

That didn’t take long: No official proposal has been introduced to lower Washington's income tax threshold to $250,000, though a Democratic state representative floated the idea during a recent debate, immediately drawing sharp pushback from within her own party.

Hi everyone. This is a long shot in the dark. My car was hit this morning on the way home from work by Houser Way N, right by the Big Foot Java and the new Woods Coffee. Im looking for the nice man in the white tesla that offered to send me the picture of the other vehicle clearly going into my lane and hitting my car. He yelled his number to me but I must have typed it incorrectly as I was so shaken up. Seems to be a number thats not in service :( When: Tuesday, October 6, 2026 @ 8:40 AM Where: Houser way N turning Right onto Bronson way N, right at the train tracks in the lanes to take a left onto Sunset BLVD N. My vehicle: Black Honda Civic 911 was called and a report has been filed. I have the license plate of the other vehicle but unfortunately the driver had left before any information was exchanged. Im hoping this would reach him somehow. Or if you were commuting that way this morning and have any other information, please DM me! Thank you.

My friend clued me in to these surplus orca card readers and I immediately imagined an orca tamagotchi that you feed by tapping your orca card (and riding transit ofc). It would be a dream if stations were actually like this!!

This man was one of five who raped a woman in 2018, he was acquitted recently, and he signed a $4 million contract with the Las Vegas golden knights last year. He is playing against the seattle kraken tonight and I am trying to organize to make noise outside of the stadium before the game at 6.40.

Did anyone else have trouble with Verizon phone service in Everett this afternoon around 3 - 4pm?

Hey all, I am looking for a graphic designer to support our company with a mix of brand, marketing, and technical communication work. I am specifically looking for someone with strong fundamentals in typography, layout, color theory, visual hierarchy, readability, and a clean modern professional style that can help across across a couple different communication mediums. Initial projects will likely include improving our: PowerPoint slide master and presentation templates Word/document templates Website and overall visual consistency We also have ongoing needs for: Posters and flyers Storytelling/infographic-style graphics Custom PowerPoint assets, diagrams, and iconography Graphics that make complex technical concepts easy to understand 3D renders and visualizations that bring technology and concepts to life I'd like to start with one or two paid projects to see how we work together. If it's a good fit, I am open to setting up a retainer or another ongoing arrangement that works for both of us. We have plenty of potential work for the right person. IMPORTANT: we have already worked with and fired two design firms that delivered sloppy AI-generated content with very little actual design work behind it. Don't waste either of our time if this is what you are going to propose to me. I don't mind if you use AI as one tool in your workflow, but you need to be fully capable of doing professional design work without it. Many of our projects involve technical accuracy, precise layouts, editable/vector assets, and iterative design work where generative AI simply isn't appropriate or possible. If you're interested, please DM me with your portfolio, your typical rates, the software you work in, and a little about your experience. Experience with technical, engineering, aerospace, or B2B work is a big plus, but not required. Due to the nature of our work, you must also be a US citizen/Green Card holder. Unfortunately, I cannot consider anyone that does not meet this criteria.

Caught this while in stop and go traffic on 100th today... We had my newborn in the back seat, words do not do justice to how upsetting it is to see fellow drivers care so little for the safety of everyone else on the road.

TLDR: No. The Millionaires Tax can’t apply to union pensions, no matter what some are claiming, because no one in a union is getting $84,000/month pension checks. Just 0.6% of Washingtonians are getting that kind of income and they are more likely to busting unions than joining them. Say it again: 84,000 per month is what a retiree would have to get from their retirement to hit the $1,000,000 threshold for Washington’s new Millionaires Tax. A teacher "would have to work for 278 years to earn $1 million in annual pension benefits – this is impossible,” writes the Economic Opportunity Institute (EOI) in its analysis. So why doesn’t the Millionaires Tax explicitly exclude pensions and retirement accounts? Because the 23,000 super-rich who should be paying the Millionaire Tax could use that as a loophole to defer income and avoid paying what they owe. We know that they already exploit tax loopholes to avoid paying their share, putting bigger responsibilities on the rest of us. Writes EOI: An incredibly small fraction of Washington households has retirement distributions AND income sufficient to pay the Millionaires Tax. Just 0.6% of tax filers (23,370 households) in Washington have annual income over $1 million dollars. Of those households, only 3,870 have taxable individual retirement income and just 2,870 have taxable pensions and annuities. This means out of all the households in Washington state, 0.1% have retirement income and 0.08% have pensions plus additional income that brings total annual AGI over $1 million. Households with over $1 million in adjusted gross income are making an average of $2.6 million per year, with only $104,543 (on average per year) derived from retirement income. In other words: the average tax filer with over $1 million in AGI who will be subject to the Millionaires Tax receives nearly all their income in the form of wages, business income, dividends, and/or capital gains – not retirement accounts. Source: https://investwanow.org/iwn-updates/millionaires-tax-cant-apply-to-union-pensions

Anyone know of small, affordable food production space in Seattle? We’re a local startup packaging a dry food product and need ~100–200 sq ft of dedicated space where we can leave two small packaging machines permanently set up. We’ve looked at commercial kitchens, but we don’t need a full kitchen and the cost adds up quickly when you need dedicated space for equipment. Open to incubators or unused space within an existing food business/production facility. Ideally SODO, Georgetown, Ballard, or West Seattle. Would love any leads! Thanks!