1. A quick follow-up to yesterday’s post on the big Sonics vote[1]: I noted that social media had gone berserk with sexism (and posted a screengrab example of some of the “go back to the kitchen” social media messages.)
In case you missed it: The five female council members all voted against the Occidental Avenue S. street vacation while the four male council members all voted for it—a decisive vote that further upended the chances for the Sonics to return to Seattle.
Harassing women online is one thing, but sending an official email is another, I guess. A formal bar complaint has been filed against a Lynnwood attorney who sent a scary email to all five women on the council yesterday, writing misogynist crap like this: “I understand that you spend a lot of your time trying to please others (mostly on your knees)” and repeatedly urging them to kill themselves.
Erica C. Barnett has the scoop and a screenshot roundup[2] of the parade of social media sexist vitriol.
2. Speaking of formal complaints, the Washington State Democrats have filed a complaint[3] with the Public Disclosure Commission about Republican gubernatorial candidate, former Seattle port commissioner Bill Bryant.
The Democrats say Bryant failed to disclose his affiliation with a company called Silver Fir Digital, LCC (where Bryant has been a co-owner.) The complaint also points out that Bryant’s campaign has paid Silver Fir Digital for consulting work and paid Bryant’s Silver Fir Digital partner $39,000 for work at a separate company that is housed at the same Issaquah address as Silver Fir Digital.
3. Another follow-up: Remember my pilot project from last week—documenting the bevy of unused parking spaces[4] in my Capitol Hill building and then offering them up for some neighborhood shared parking?
Well, I’m happy to report that Capitol Hill Housing—the folks who’ve been pushing the shared parking idea for a year now—have this related agenda item on their May 26 community forum: “Local sharing of meter revenue with the creation of a new Parking Benefit District.”
Also on the list for discussion (at what’s being billed as a Pecha Kucha[5]-style day of presentations), lidding I-5[6].
References
- ^ the big Sonics vote (www.seattlemet.com)
- ^ the scoop and a screenshot roundup (thecisforcrank.com)
- ^ a complaint (res.cloudinary.com)
- ^ the bevy of unused parking spaces (www.seattlemet.com)
- ^ Pecha Kucha (en.wikipedia.org)
- ^ lidding I-5 (www.capitolhillseattle.com)
