MAJOR win for North Seattle residents as the pressure campaign succeeds, and Mayor Katie Wilson finally takes action on the war happening on Aurora Ave N. All it took were 🔫About 100 gun battles 💵Sex traffickers being busted by the Feds for selling 14yr old kids. 🧱N Seattle residents erecting their own barricades 📺National embarrassment for the city ⚽️World Cup in town 🧑‍🌾A televised march by N Seattle residents ⚖️City Council threatening to go around the Mayor 🕴️Current and former elected officials demanding action... But probably the most important thing that it took was; The local media staying on this story. And to that, we say "thank you." @JeremyHarrisTV | @komonews 'Seattle leaders outline next steps in curbing Aurora Avenue crime and violence' Article: komonews.com/news/local/seat…

Future 42 would like to congratulate Fox 13's David Rose on his Honorary membership to the Retired Seattle Police Officer's Association for his work on Crime Stoppers and The Spotlight. Well earned 👏👏👏👏👏 Speaking of The Spotlight... ➖International visitors to the World Cup are going to bring their scammer tactics with them. Don't fall for them. ➖Seattle Schools honors a murdered student, while the school board refuses to make meaningful changes in the name of equity. ➖Seattle businesses just can't catch a break from thieves who face no consequences, even when caught. These stories and more on The Spotlight with David Rose. @DavidRoseFOX13 | The Spotlight | @fox13seattle 'The Spotlight: Beware of this summer scam targeting Seattle visitors'

Dunn Lumber CEO to post provocative anti-sex-buying banner at Aurora Avenue store: bit.ly/4eqbKXP

Yet another child dead due to Washington state's Keeping Families Together Act. Even worse; the child (4yr old Aiden Bevins) was taken from two loving foster parents by DCYF, and given to a violent criminal with numerous 'red flags' with no oversight from the state. As a reminder; the attempt to fix WA's deadly KFTA failed for the 4th year in a row because Progressive Democrat leadership continues to punt in the name of 'equity'. Heartbreaking (and completely preventable). @OttilieMadeline | @KIRO7Seattle 'Loved ones say red flags about Aberdeen father were ignored before son was killed' Article: kiro7.com/news/local/loved-o…

Did you notice your morning commute in from Snohomish County was much easier this week? That's because WSDOT reopened the Express Lanes southbound, as they pause the work on the Ship Canal Bridge northbound lanes. @wsdot is sticking to the claim they have to keep the express lanes nb during work because "an incident might happen on the [light traffic] northbound lanes." To which we inquire; why wouldn't they simply switch the express lanes if such an incident were to happen? Even on a bad day, they can swap the lanes in about 15 minutes due to automation. Something smells like New Jersey...

Washington state requires more inspections for your septic system, than they do for the 'White Liquor' tank that exploded in Longview two weeks ago, killing 11. Think about that one for a moment.. WA Dept of Ecology does NOT do regular inspections on a tank containing almost a MILLION gallons of a chemical that can dissolve human beings into soap. Where is the accountability from the state to ensure another one of these industrial disasters does not happen again? @c_giardinelli | @KATUNews 'No state agency routinely inspects tanks like one that exploded in Longview, expert says' Article: katu.com/news/local/no-state…

Sound Transit's new motto: 'Late, Over Budget, or Not At All' Everett by 2036=> now 2041 Tacoma by 2030=> now 2035 Bellevue by 2020=> now 2026 Federal Way by 2024 => now 2025 Ballard by 2035=> then 2039=> now❌ West Seattle by 2030=> now 2032 ❌to the main station Issaquah by 2041=> now 2050 ST1 and ST2 cost over runs amounted to about $5 Billion and 6 years late. ST3 is just getting warmed up. @MelissaSantos1 | @axios 'How Sound Transit 3 opening dates have slipped since 2016' Article: axios.com/local/seattle/2026…

A single adult needs $135,000 a year to live comfortably in Seattle. The typical household here earns $112,000. The math doesn't work — and Wednesday's 4.2% inflation report just made it worse. @kirocharlie lays it out.

BREAKING NEWS: Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown is offering up AGO resources to local prosecutors, so they can actually prosecute criminals assaulting Initiative Gatherers. This comes on the heels of multiple assaults this month, stolen signature sheets, and years of unanswered criminal level harassment. @AGOWA

Inspired by the recent ordinance of the Snohomish County Council to criminalize child endangerment due to hard drug exposure, I’ve begun reaching out to any county commissioner and council member I can to do the same. You should to. If the state and Democrat leadership in Olympia is going to negligently stand by and not protect kids, then the counties have the opportunity to do what they didn’t have the guts to address in the countless bipartisan efforts to fix this abhorrent problem in the last 3 years. If lawmakers don’t have the heart or the brains to protect children from obviously dangerous situations like being exposed to fentanyl in a tent encampment, then they’ve lost the moral authority to do anything else, including serve the people of Washington. It makes me sick that our Governor can stand at a podium to talk about menopause at work or do flag ceremonies at the Capitol while countless babies and toddlers under the supervision of his administration are needlessly dying from completely preventable deaths. If I were Governor, I would not sleep until I had done everything possible to prevent these needless, policy driven deaths. I don’t understand how this Governor can sleep at night or look in the mirror, knowing exactly what is happening. And the media never once has asked him about it, despite constant media coverage of these deaths, and despite the Governor being a leader of the majority party Democrats and DCYF being under his command. It’s only getting worse all across the state too, from Aberdeen to the Tri-Cities, toddlers have been found dead recently in tents and in shallow graves, all because of the Keeping Families Together Act. How much more of this are we going to allow? END THIS ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY!

"NO HATE IN WA STATE" Contact every single Dem who has endorsed their their opposition to ending this nonsense. Ask them, on the record, if this is what they're endorsing. Start at OSPI w/ Chris Reykdal. Also ask Puyallup School Board Member Melissa Bedford. nohateinwastate.org/endorse

NEW: @SeattlePD, @FBISeattle, and social outreach teams surged Aurora Avenue yesterday afternoon, hours after @MayorofSeattle, @SeaCityAttorney, and @SeattleCouncil pledged to crack down on rampant prostitution. They are looking to get the women services and arrest pimps.

Train stall at UW Station clogs light rail in Seattle seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

You may have noticed the Express Lanes have reopened south bound on I-5, instantly clearing up the slog from Everett into Seattle. The graffiti is getting painted over. The ferries have hired extra crew and got 20 of 21 boats going. The drug encampments are getting cleared... But as Jake Skorheim points out; this is only because the World Cup is coming to town. Heaven forbid our local government do that stuff for us citizens.. @jakeskorheim | @Mynorthwest 'Jake: The World Cup has Washington’s infrastructure working like it should — enjoy it while it lasts' Article: mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion…

Op-ed: Sound Transit's governing board should be broken up and replaced with subject-matter experts, says former Seattle DOT director Scott Kubly. seattletimes.com/opinion/sou… via @seattletimes

Fare gates might finally be coming to some Sound Transit Light Rail stations...by 2030? (Only in Washington state does it take 4 years to install fare gates on our $200 Billion transit system🙄) @LindblomMc72511 | @seattletimes 'Sound Transit study suggests fare gates at 14 busy stations by 2030' Article: seattletimes.com/seattle-new…

On this week's Future 42 Gas Price Friday... Washington state's Climate Commitment Act quarterly carbon auction results posted this week, with the price of carbon down slightly to $64.56. This translates to a $0.03 reduction in the state's (scam) climate tax, that YOU pay every time you fuel up or power your house. Governor Ferguson continues to refuse to suspend the carbon tax. Gotta keep those progressive NGOs funded.. Washington state gasoline taxes: $1.15 per gallon Roads Condition Rank: 48th State Tax Breakdown WA Gas Tax: $0.55 WA Climate Tax: $0.55=> $0.52⬇️ WA Hazard Tax: $0.04 WA Low Carbon Fuel Tax: $0.04 Gas Price Source: AAA

Governor Ferguson calls budget outlook "dire" and makes a pie crust promise that he [quote] "won't be proposing new taxes." But as KOMO's Chris Daniels points out; Bob Ferguson said the exact same thing in 2025, right before he signed the largest tax increase in Washington state history. Which brings up something that you should pay attention to: Ferguson's wording is very precise that he won't PROPOSE new taxes. But he said nothing about what he would do if legislative Democrats put taxes in front of him (again). @ChrisDaniels_TV | @komonews 'Ferguson warns of 'dire' budget outlook, vows not to propose new taxes' Article: komonews.com/news/local/wash…

"Governor Ferguson said no new taxes in 2025. Then he signed Washington’s largest tax increase in state history." This ^ is why nobody believes Gov. Bob Ferguson when he promises not to raise taxes to cover the 'fiscal cliff' Washington's budget is about to leap off of next year. KIRO's Charlie Harger with a great commentary on the incoming budget meteor, the denial by Progressives that they overspent, and how Olympia Democrats got us here through bad budgeting. @KIROCharlie | @KIRONewsradio 'Harger: Governor Ferguson admits Washington’s 2027-29 budget is in trouble. His own OFM director is preparing for it to be worse' Article: mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion…