Idon’t do endorsements. I live outside city limits, but I work here, and I care who runs the place. Yesterday was Bruce Harrell. Today, Katie Wilson, who’s leading in recent polls.

We’ve had Katie on the show. She’s thoughtful, and she genuinely cares about people getting priced out of Seattle. I get the appeal. The housing math in this city is brutal: the median home price is $885,000, you need a down payment of $175,000, about $5,000 a month, and an income of around $200,000 to qualify.

How many young couples have that? Right. So when Wilson says there’s another way, people listen.

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