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Robert Cruickshank
@cruickshank
Digital Strategy for @cayimby. Chair of @SierraClubSEA. Personal account -- tweets represent my own opinions, for better or worse.
Oct 19, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Why are Seattle progressive orgs so bad on public schools? Today it's @FuseWA's Progressive Voter Guide that seems to embrace austerity and school closures -- and lets Liza Rankin trash the effort for progressive revenue! Let's take a closer look. 1/ In their writeup on Rankin they let her give a misleading impression that somehow the district opened 10 new schools (they instead renovated schools) and that somehow closures would help the budget gap. They won't, and are a bad idea anyway. 2/ Text block that reads: "We found Rankin to be clear-eyed on the issue of the budget. She told us without equivocation that any one-time fixes have run out and expenditures are higher than state revenue provides. Rankin told us that in the last 8 years, 10 schools had opened, and a mismatch of schools open and students who actually attend mean the school closures are likely one of the ways to close the budget gap. For example, she stated that 15 elementary schools have fewer than 250 students and the district could save money on administration and provide better opportunities for stude...
Jul 24, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Conservatives in Seattle want you to believe there's a police officer shortage because of "defund" and the left. This is false. There is a nationwide police hiring shortage. Fewer and fewer people want to be cops. We need to discuss why. cbsnews.com/news/police-of… The police staffing shortage hits every city in America - red and blue, liberal and conservative, cities that protested against police violence in 2020 and cities that waved thin blue line flags. Nobody appears immune. So...why?
Oct 9, 2022 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
So the big NYT article about California high speed rail is not actually saying anything new. It's the latest from a former LA Times reporter who spent the last 12 years writing based hit pieces about the project. I shut my blog down years ago. But it's time to debunk him again. Vartabedian wants you to believe the CA HSR project is expensive because of political forces that wanted to serve riders rather than serve empty farmland. He criticizes both the routing via Palmdale (population ~500K) and via Fresno-Bako (population ~3M).
Sep 10, 2022 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
Why isn't @SeaPubSchools settling with its teachers? Two board members could be key. Liza Rankin believes it's racist to want minimum staffing ratios. Chandra Hampson doesn't think she represents the public and shares anti-union messaging. Thread ahead. 1/ Yesterday SPS board member Liza Rankin put up a post on her Facebook page linking to this article about a protest led by SEA and the Seattle Special Education PTSA about cuts to special education staffing. southseattleemerald.com/2021/11/03/sou… 2/