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On this mid-week  show, Crystal interviews Sara Nelson, candidate for Seattle City  Council, Position 9. Sara gives revealing answers to questions about  some of the pressing issues facing Seattle. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal Fincher

This week Marcus  Harrison Green, publisher of the South Seattle Emerald and columnist for  the Seattle Times, joins Crystal to discuss the whistleblower  revelation that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office intentionally  mishandled public records requests, Deputy Mayor Casey Sixkiller’s  announcement that he’s running for mayor and trying

This week Crystal is joined by Seattle Times  education reporter, Dahlia Bazzaz. The 2020-2021 school year has been  defined by how schools respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, and Crystal and  Dahlia discuss how schools are managing reopening, racial disparities  in opting for in-person schooling, a significant increase recently  passed in

Today Crystal is  joined by friend of the show Mike McGinn. They dissect Joe Nguyen’s  challenging of Dow Constantine for King County Executive, the massive  transportation package that squeaked by the legislature at the last  minute, its anachronistic focus on building new highways, and how trying  to please every

On today’s show  Crystal is joined by Port of Seattle Commissioner candidate Hamdi  Mohamed. Hamdi gets into her path to running for Port Commissioner,  prioritizing worker’s rights issues at the Port, and the importance of  the Port of Seattle in creating a just economy in our region.  Additionally,

Today, Crystal is  joined by Seattle University’s Institute for Public Service professor  Marco Lowe to discuss the state of the transportation and climate bills  that are still in play in the final days of this legislative  session. They talk about cap-and-trade, how climate and transportation  policy questions are vital

This  week Port of Seattle Commissioner Ryan Calkins joins Crystal to discuss  not only what a port commissioner actually does, but how it can impact  the lives of our entire state. Topics include what the Port is doing to  fight climate change, how it can protect the rights of gig