'There's a lot at stake in this election, and it's an election about whether we accelerate that progress or we turned backwards,' Jon Scholes said.
Third Ave in Seattle's downtown district. “I think there’s a lot at stake in this election, and it’s an election about whether we accelerate that progress or we turned backwards,” Scholes said onthis week. “I think voters clearly want to see a downtown that’s healthy and revitalized. They get the connection between that and a healthy neighborhood they may live in and a healthy city overall. So, I encourage voters to carefully review and mark their ballots and vote.
“The incumbent Tammy Morales in District 2 and Maren Costa in District 1 in West Seattle, both of them failed to return a questionnaire,” Scholes stated. “And that was disappointing. They were given the opportunity to provide their thinking and ideas on how they would support the revitalization of downtown.”
“This is working,” Scholes said. “And, as a city, we can distinguish between those that are out hurting others that need to be held accountable, and those that are simply hurting on the street and need some services and support. But there are candidates in this race that don’t support that policy. They don’t support what the council and the mayor adopted about a month ago.
“Because you mentioned Ron Davis, I want to mention two specific candidates — Dan Strauss and Andrew Lewis,” co-host Ursula Reutin said. “Andrew Lewis, who represents downtown, I’m going to just say he flip-flopped on the drug thing. He also was initially a proponent of defunding police by 50%, as was Tammy Morales, as was Dan Strauss. But I looked at your ratings and both Straus and Lewis are strongly aligned with the Downtown Seattle Association.
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