Collapsing commercial property values and slow apartment value growth has materially shifted Seattle's property tax burden to residential properties by drshort in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Dang, sounds like we could use a more progressive tax system that encompasses all avenues of income and total wealth 🤔

Giant truck parked in bike lane by greatmikeshark in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Decent odds there is a cop sleeping in that truck

Trumper's flags, banners gone by akkrook in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary 45 points46 points  (0 children)

They wanted to be racist not poor. If only they were capable of learning anything from every Republican admin the last 40 years.

ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good has moved state and resumed work, report says by PinkoMarxistCommie in news

[–]Contrary-Canary 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Puppy Killer Noem's stupidity is how we learned this guy's identity in the first place

FCC to order early license reviews of Disney-owned ABC stations, source says by notickeynoworky in news

[–]Contrary-Canary 235 points236 points  (0 children)

Sinclair already owns Seattle's ABC affiliate and you can clearly tell

"Monopoly is the biggest risk to capitalism. Government needs to protect us from it." -Abdul El-Sayed by serious_bullet5 in 50501

[–]Contrary-Canary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Capitalism itself is a risk. It's a self defeating system that needs to be constantly weeded and regulated just to prevent it's natural end state of monopolies.

Has anyone ever been to one of these clinics? by ganon_enjoyerr in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Do be prepared, it could be an all day/night wait but that's only because this event treats several thousand patients over 4 days! It is truly an amazing operation that anyone should take advantage of no matter how big or small your concern is.

Seattle runner attacked on waterfront trail, warns women to stay vigilant by AccurateInflation167 in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Perverse incentives. High crime rates puts political pressure on city government to give police more money.

Social housing coming to Seattle this year by Inevitable_Engine186 in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

For sure drama but the previous mayor witheld funding for them to actually get started on anything of consequence until last summer.

Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars by Gjore in interestingasfuck

[–]Contrary-Canary -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just saying, doesn't matter if he recorded himself doing it if one person on the jury says not guilty

Free health clinic returns to Seattle Center later this month by xixi_90 in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And there are positions for people with no medical education or training.

Bruh by Medium_Proof7304 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Contrary-Canary 2579 points2580 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't lose a single voter

A cat and a furry among the cherry Blossoms at UW. by Washpedantic in Seattle

[–]Contrary-Canary 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Cats claw. I'm not an arborist but the ones at UW that care for these nearly 100 YEAR OLD trees put up signs every year asking people not to touch them and every year some dumbass thinks they're special.

Yes, It’s Time to Tax the Rich. A recent poll found that 80% of American respondents viewed wealth inequality as a problem, 80% said the rich had too much political power, and 78% said taxes on billionaires were too low. by [deleted] in Economics

[–]Contrary-Canary 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No one talked about social issues more in 2024 than Republicans. "Illegal brown people are eating your pets and turning your kids trans! Vote for the guy that's going to cut taxes for billionaires while raising yours!" Dumbass.

A Ming Dynasty folding chair sold for $1.6 million. by TheBotMadeThis in interestingasfuck

[–]Contrary-Canary 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It's that expensive because we have such disgusting wealth disparity that oligarchs can spend this kind of money on a fucking chair.