Post-Election Statement The results of the special election are in and the people have spoken: build more social housing and make big business pay! And not by a narrow margin, the latest count has Prop 1A at 58.24% ahead of Prop 1B at 41.76%! - ThreadSky

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seattledsa.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Post-Election Statement

The results of the special election are in and the people have spoken: build more social housing and make big business pay! And not by a narrow margin, the latest count has Prop 1A at 58.24% ahead of Prop 1B at 41.76%!

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seattledsa.bsky.social•24 days ago

It took years of organizing since initiative I-135 to secure this victory. Coalitions were forged, creating an army of volunteer canvassers trained and equipped with the skills to gather over 38,000 signatures in the muggy summer heat.

seattledsa.bsky.social•24 days ago

Then we knocked even more doors in one of Seattle DSA’s largest city-wide Get-Out-The-Vote mobilizations to date - in the middle of winter nonetheless!

seattledsa.bsky.social•24 days ago

What sustained organizers through it all was their faith that working-class Seattleites would see through the opposition’s inevitable campaign of lies. Despite half a million dollars spent by the oligarchs of our city - the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Amazon, Microsoft… - they failed.

seattledsa.bsky.social•24 days ago

Their attempts to flood mailboxes and local media with deceptive messaging were wasted. Voters did not take the bait. The corporate class chose to squander that money on an ill-fated attempt to convince us to abandon common sense.

seattledsa.bsky.social•24 days ago

Instead they wasted money they could have invested in improving their employees’ wages and working conditions. This has not gone unnoticed by workers as they struggle amidst an ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

seattledsa.bsky.social•24 days ago

This victory also comes after hostile opposition from some of our own elected officials in City Hall. When our coalition delivered the requisite signatures for I-137/ Prop 1A, ...

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