Phew! We made it through yesterday’s heat wave, and today is much cooler, with a cozy overcast and a high of 69. (Don’t say it.) What else does this morning bring? News! Good news, bad news, and news about pigeon livers.
Wilson Wants You to Ride the Bus: Yesterday, Mayor Katie Wilson announced she is introducing a measure on November’s ballot that would double the sales tax we pay to support bus transit. The Seattle Times says funds would increase bus trips, allow buses to run to lower-income and more diverse neighborhoods more frequently, subsidize low-income ORCA cards, and help make bus station improvements. The last time something like this was on the ballot six years ago, it passed with a whopping 80.3 percent of the vote.
Rogelio Has Been Deported: Stranger contributor Guy Oron is reporting that Rogelio Enrique Bolufé Izquierdo, who organized a hunger strike while detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, has been deported to Ecuador…