A largely new Seattle City Council to take office in January (crosscut.com)
New local troll: Pia the Peacemaker (Bainbridge Island) (crosscut.com)
Danish artist Thomas Dambo installed ‘Pia the Peacemaker’ at Sakai Park on Bainbridge Island. She’s one of several new reclaimed-wood trolls moving into the Seattle area. (Brangien Davis / Crosscut)
Maritime vs. real estate: Seattle’s decades-long rezoning fight (crosscut.com)
Crosscut - Mayor Harrell releases blueprint to ‘activate’ Downtown Seattle (crosscut.com)
City Council sends $970M Housing Levy to Seattle voters (crosscut.com)
Youth-led group helps get Washington's new Assault Weapons Ban passed (crosscut.com)
I find the first part of the article incredibly sad, specifically this part: "Noir Goldberg doesn’t remember when she stopped doing earthquake drills and started doing active-shooter drills. At just 17, she belongs to a generation that has never known a world without gun violence."
