Young people: This is fucking serious. The 2025 election could be a huge shift in the balance of power at City Hall — voters could kick out our MAGA Republican City Attorney, banish the most incompetent council president in the City’s history, and elect Seattle’s first progressive Mayor in over a decade. All the challengers taking up the left lane beat the centrist incumbents in the primary, but they only win the whole thing if you show up by Nov. 4 at 8pm. And so far, a litt

Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his negotiation team and the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) came to a tentative agreement over a collective bargaining contract covering salaries and working conditions from 2024 to 2027 . During a press conference Wednesday morning, Harrell, Chief of Police Shon Barnes, and Chief of CARE Amy Barden touted the contract as a historic milestone, but on closer inspection, their enthusiasm reads as premature, self-indulgent election-year spin.

Council President Sara Nelson is desperately trying to appear tough-on-Trump after her pathetic performance in the recent primary election, but she’s still trying to win over his sycophants by airing campaign ads on far-right news stations Fox News and Newsmax.  Nelson’s campaign basically scoffed when The Burner asked for comment about the ads. But her critics argue the ad placement shows Nelson’s campaign sees viewers of far-right, conspiracy theory laden broadcast brainrot