Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has been busy. Big speeches. Big announcements. Big initiatives. She’s two months into leading Seattle and moving fast.
Credit where it’s due: Seattle’s new mayor sat down here on KIRO Newsradio with John Curley during her first week in office for a real conversation. Drug policy. Taxes. Curley pushed back and she answered. That was good.
What’s happened since is worth paying attention to.
Katie Wilson’s background before becoming Seattle mayor
Mayor Katie Wilson is 43 years old. This is essentially her first real paying job in leadership. She comes from the world of organizing and advocacy, where you control the message, rally the faithful, and move on. Governing a major American city is a different thing entirely. The questions are harder. The accountability is real. And you can’t always choose who’s in the room.
Three events. Three exits.
Her approach has changed since that first week in office…