Thread by @MelissaWPTaylor

I appreciate @CityAttyPeteH & his team's work to find more effective ways to increase public safety & reduce prosecution & incarceration. The "lock 'em up" model doesn't work well for any of us.

Vote Nicole Thomas-Kennedy on Nov 2 to continue this work.

seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p…

More than 200 attorneys have signed a letter of support for Thomas-Kennedy, urging voters to pay more attention to the civil-law side of the city attorney’s office.

ntk4justice.com/letterofsupport

@Summer_Stinson, executive director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, a progressive Seattle think tank, is among the signers. She worries Davison would not as enthusiastically defend laws such as the recently approved “Jump Start” payroll tax on larger businesses.

Stinson pointed to PAC, called Seattle for Common Sense, which funded negative mailers against Thomas-Kennedy & raised $325K, w/ top contributors including Vulcan Inc., Microsoft President Brad Smith and real estate executive John Goodman.

“I think a lot of it does come down to corporate taxation,” Stinson said.

--> She may be on to something. Vote Nicole Thomas-Kennedy by Nov 2 to make sure that we can #TaxTheRich and all experience the public safety currently only afforded to the wealthy.