Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson released a roughly 100-second video on social media arguing that “effective government is a progressive value,” pointing to voter support for preschool, transit, libraries, and free college programs.
“The right talks a lot about efficiency and fiscal responsibility, but for decades that’s been code for something else: starving services, cutting safety net programs, and defunding what works,” Wilson said in the video.
She additionally issued an executive order to streamline permitting, modernize city technology, and improve how departments track grants…