Thanatosian posted:

The Stranger reports that the architect of pot legalization in Washington wants to run against Kshama Sawant for city council.

While they don't say it, it's pretty clear where The Stranger thinks this is coming from:

I'm not entirely sure I agree with the Stranger's take on her reasoning, but they are right about one thing: if Holcomb is actually looking to change things, she'd be much better off running against Sally Clark or Tim Rasmussen. But she'd probably have to fight a lot harder to win those races than she will to win the race against Sawant; as the "conservative" candidate, she's basically gonna have a blank check from the Downtown Seattle Association, and she's got the progressive cred to win over a lot of Sawant's base.

I'd absolutely back Sawant over her, but I'd totally back Holcomb over Rasmussen or Sally "The Weathervane" Clark.

And for the love of God, would somebody with a snowball's chance in hell please run against Jean Godden? It was bad enough when she was just on the city council, but now she's my city council rep, and that is untenable.