Qagggy! on Twitter: "She squandered the Seattle Squeeze, punting at first, then treating it like a military logistics problem rather than a once-in-a-generation chance to achieve a lasting modal shift (a shift Seattleites were ready and willing to make)." / Twitter

The Durkan Administration represents Seattle’s lost years—when the greatest opportunities to fundamentally transform this city converged, and were systematically squandered.

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She squandered the Seattle Squeeze, punting at first, then treating it like a military logistics problem rather than a once-in-a-generation chance to achieve a lasting modal shift (a shift Seattleites were ready and willing to make).

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Oct 9, 2019

NEW: The former Air Force major general Seattle tasked with helping lead the city through this year’s downtown traffic squeeze will likely leave his job by the end of December, according to the mayor’s office. (via @heidigroover) st.news/2OABWES

9:10 PM · Dec 10, 2020

She squandered her chance to address police brutality and sided with the cops instead.

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Qagggy!

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Jun 9, 2020

Presumably, you run for mayor to solve city problems. Right? Like, why else? And now you have this golden opportunity to deal with racist policing...to make real progress. What kind of person says no to this?

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Dec 11, 2020

She squandered the chance to connect our two disconnected streetcar lines with a high quality center segment, suspending it after construction had already started. thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/1

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Dec 11, 2020

She sat behind the mayor’s desk during a period of unprecedented sustained economic growth, but showed little interest in leveraging private investment for public benefit except as a diversion tactic.