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This week Crystal talks with Amy Sundberg, author of the newsletter Notes from the Emerald City.  They get into the intricacies of local governments, developments on the  city’s participatory budgeting process, roadblocks placed in front of  the Black Brilliance Project, and why the public must be attentive and  involved

This week on the  show political consultant Heather Weiner joins Crystal to talk about  former Attorney General Rob McKenna suing to stop Washington’s new  capital gains tax, elections heating up as we reach the final deadline  for filing to run for office, and the release of letters condemning  Mayor

Today Crystal is  joined by Nikkita Oliver: Seattle activist, community organizer, lawyer,  educator, and now candidate for Seattle City Council, Position 9. They  get in to the transformative change needed to our systems of public  health, public safety, and housing, how mutual aid is being incorporated  into Nikkita’s campaign,

This  week Erica C. Barnett joins Crystal to review further revelations in  the mishandling of public records requests by Seattle Mayor Jenny  Durkan’s office and the psychology of offering vaccination incentives. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the

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