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masonthompson.bsky.social
Mayor of Bothell. Because the world won't change itself. Curious about land use and transportation. Rides a bike to boring meetings.
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Currently being built in Bothell. If you change design standards to move the bike lane on the other side of the curb and planter strip you can create a better, safer experience for all modes with the same amount of right of way. Boy it's fun to see things get built.

submitted 12 hours ago • 14 comments

MXPX was 30 years ahead of their time 👏

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

It means that you're only eligible for a social safety net after you've lost everything. Hard pass.

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

It always cracks me up when people file to run for office and then put up a website supporting that run that says they aren't a politician.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Build/expand roads, get more traffic. Build more transit, get more transit riders. It's up to us which we prefer.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

This is misogyny being used as a tool to justify the fact that the Trump administration is making all of us poorer.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Love this video from @votesmart.bsky.social. If I lived in Woodinville you'd have my vote ❤️ youtu.be/f8z9GP82azI?...

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

Sometimes the only way through is to create public value in the face of trauma and pain. I’m proud of the work North King County Cities have done in Washington (Bothell, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline & Kirkland) to build out the crisis continuum of care. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

"I don't know what the big deal is"

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

There are probably a lot of people who see this and think "sure, but there's no way I could walk or bike to work" They're right. That's why we talk about land use. So people can have real choices that make them happier.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

If you only care about the trees lost to development it isn't trees you actually care about

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

It feels like we're one news cycle away from "Brawndo, it's got what plants crave"

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Bothell Man doing us proud ❤️ www.king5.com/article/news...

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

People are tax averse because they get nickeled and dimed and it's exhausting. We nickel and dime everyone into exhaustion because we don't just tax the money.

submitted 58 days ago • 5 comments

Bothell's own @davina425.bsky.social doing great work as usual ❤️💪

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

We're already sending people to foreign prisons without due process. You're not safe from the logical conclusion of this.Yeah. I mean you.

submitted 63 days ago • 3 comments

This is commendable without qualification and I'm glad to see it. I also hope this raises the bar, because the bar and the floor don't have a lot of space in the middle right now.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

If you can't do the right thing just because it's the right thing, then at least do the right thing when it's politically expedient.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Last night Bothell City Council passed a resolution (5-2) to proactively protect the civil rights of trans and gender diverse people at a time when those rights are under attack. The community showed up in support too. The photo shows the reaction in the room when the vote was finalized.

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

It was a wonderful night at city council. There was so much love, kindness, and passion in the room. Also we've got some residents who can bring it using their words. 🔥🔥

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

The annual good stuff potpourri bill from @davina425.bsky.social is the kind of tradition we need more of

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Here is local government committee chair @davina425.bsky.social's floor speech on Washington's Parking Reform and Modernization Act, which passed the House by a 64-31 vote this afternoon. "This bill intends to stop the insanity and to prioritize housing people over housing cars."

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments