Washington's hospitals anticipate losing nearly $6 billion in revenue through 2033 due to steep Medicaid cuts in the coming months. Around 200,000 Washingtonians are expected to lose coverage by the end of next year due to the cuts.

"You are putting Harborview's ability to serve our entire community at risk."

~ Nobody uninsured stops getting sick, they just show up later and sicker, at the one ER in this city that cannot turn them away.

This was the rally that I posted about previously:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/comments/1x0ai2u/went_to_long_live_october_7th_rally_with_a_sign/

The clips I played them were excerpts from the full 11-minute video, from the moment the organizer outed me to the point where I went away with the cops to file a "report" that the crowd had stolen my sign (even though the cops saw it happen anyway):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYbOV1c6Yg4

After watching the City Council video, I realized I probably confused them because the small sign I was holding was a miniature reproduction of the 3-by-4-foot sign that I brought to the rally and held above my head (before they grabbed it and ripped it up). I made it sound like I was just standing at the edge of the crowd holding that tiny thing.

The mic didn't pick it up, but after I ended the presentation saying "This is not good, this is not normal" and headed away from the podium, someone in the peanut gallery said "You're not normal!" and I said "Well I know that."

Buyers are walking away from homes in Seattle faster than in any other big U.S. city, new data shows. Seattle-area pending sales ... fell 24.4% in September compared with a year earlier, according to Redfin. That was the biggest drop among major U.S. metros.

Scheduled home showings fell nearly 13% across the Northwest Multiple Listing Service area, even as the number of homes for sale rose 24.5%.

~ Prices held up on the promise of endless tech hiring. That promise is the thing that broke.

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around Seattle's latest homelessness proposal. $37 MILLION to serve approximately 1,750 people annually. That's roughly $21,143 per person, or $1,762 per month! I understand that includes shelter, staffing, and support services, but here's my question: How many of these people will actually transition into permanent housing and become self-sufficient?

I'm all for helping people get back on their feet, but after years of spending millions upon millions addressing homelessness, taxpayers deserve more than another expensive program with promises attached. Where's the accountability? Where are the measurable results? Stop measuring success by how much money we spend or how many people we temporarily shelter. Start measuring it by how many people successfully escape homelessness and stay housed. That's what I'd call progress!

As proposed, the pipeline will be capable of delivering up to 1 million barrels per day to a pair of supertanker berths located less than two miles from the maritime border with Washington. Supertankers have been banned from Washington's inland waters for nearly 50 years.

"A single spill of this highly toxic tar sands oil would poison the Salish Sea for generations because there is no technology in existence to recover tar sands oil once it hits the water," Swinomish Tribal Chairman Steve Edwards wrote.

~ The spill response plan stops at the border. The oil won't.

Does anyone believe this actual propaganda?

The government has out of control spending with limited to no real transparency. There is no admission on which programs have been "over budget", a term I never see used in WA politics.

So instead of admitting they overspend, and have no intention of reigning in spending one iota, they give a veiled ultimatum that important areas the public cares about will be cut if we don't approve the disingenuous, unconstitutional "millionaires" tax.

Another recent article tries an alternate angle reframe that passing the law will be a boon for charity and non-profits. These scum are really pulling out all the stops to guilt people into agreeing to a tax that WILL BE coming for them too.

It's a trick and there is no reason to believe different. The only way not passing the millionaires tax will impact child care funding is due to the fact they have already overspent. It's mismanagement.

OK, "uncontested" is a poor word choice. I mean unopposed. Long ballot this go around. Of course I am making sure to do my homework and fully represent my own particular views when completing the ballot.

I was struck by the number of positions running unopposed. Seems much more than usual. My ballot has 27 elected positions on it, and fully 17 of them are unopposed. Including many judges.

I get that there are plenty of reasons that well-qualified people don't run for office. But it doesn't feel terribly healthy to have a slate of no choices.

Other than the world continuing to go insane is there a root cause anyone can put their finger on here?

maybe it’s bc my conviction isn’t that old, I never spent any time in prison. just a probation which I’ve completed.

I’ve applied too Amazon & they denied me multiple times ! As well as Home Depot.

Any suggestions ? All help is appreciated!!

Once a month or so, I go out for lunch with a good friend who wears hearing aids, but the extent to which they help him is pretty much cancelled out by noise, most commonly music, in the restaurant. Was hoping someone could recommend a quiet(ish) place (preferably in Fremont, Wallingford, Green Lake, Phinney Ridge, Ballard general area) where we could go for a decent sit down meal. Not looking for anything very fancy, just not sandwiches or burgers.

Thanks much.

I was an SDE2 with 4+ YOE for a non-tech F50 company but I recently got laid off. As everyone knows, the market is currently flooded with ex-big tech engineers, especially in Seattle. I've been applying to everything and while I feel like I'm qualified for a lot of these roles, its kind of hard to avoid feeling like I'll be passed over later on since companies will prefer the ex-big tech engineer, which I don't blame.

For people in a similar situation, how did you go about your job search? If you found a job and was able to switch industries, how did you manage that?

i’m debating going by myself or not, so if anyone’s going n would wanna meet up hml. :D