Seattle is facing a “generational opportunity,” says Colleen Echohawk; a “historic opportunity,” says Lorena González; a “deeply existential” moment, says Jessyn Farrell.
Bruce Harrell and Casey Sixkiller, viewed as the more business-friendly candidates in the race, warn of a coming collapse if the moment is not met — a “perpetual spin down,” says Harrell; a “mass exodus,” says Sixkiller.
Andrew Grant Houston, the most bullish of the candidates toward “defunding the police,” says the next mayor must have “the courage to do things that may be unpopular.”
While the candidates’ priorities and focus are varied, what they share is a sense that, as Seattle emerges from its pandemic shutdown and
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