The 2015 election results are in, and nothing much has changed in Seattle. The incumbent city councilmembers did very well. Of course, that means more entertaining acts of extreme political correctness and just plain bizarre statements for the years to come. As a bit of comic relief this Friday, we’re taking a look at the top three incumbents curious onlookers have to look forward to.
- Incumbent Bruce Harrell won re-election with 53% of the votes in District 2. Harrell is best known for solving many pressing problems during his tenure on the City Council, including whether or not Columbus Day should indeed be called Columbus Day. Harrell was one of the councilmembers (Sawant was the other) who decided to use the Council’s time to introduce a resolution to change the federally recognized Columbus Day to “National Indigenous People Day.” As could be expected, the resolution passed with flying colors.
- Incumbent self-proclaimed socialist Kshama Sawant won re-election with 54% of the vote in District 3. That means Seattle’s favorite socialist will have even more time to present herself as God’s gift to humanity— disorderly conduct charges, insults against the Vietnamese community, provocative statements, public tantrums and all. If Sawant has made anything clear, it’s that she craves attention and she gets it by waging publicity wars against people and entire industries. Because, for Sawant, it’s all about Sawant.
- Incumbent Mike O’Brien won re-election with 60% of the vote in District 6. O’Brien’s greatest accomplishment on the City Council (according to his assessment) is his “success” in forcing Royal Dutch Shell to withdraw from its exploratory drilling plans in the Arctic. O’Brien said of Shell’s decision, “This about-face from big oil is really a big win for those of us who spoke out against Shell’s Arctic drilling plans and called for a just transition from our current fossil fuel dependence.”Of course, O’Brien’s so-called “win” isn’t really a win at all. Contrary to O’Brien’s apparent belief, a group of “kayaktivists” paddling plastic kayaks out in Elliot Bay in an attempt scare off the multi-billion dollar oil company is not the reason behind the decision. Rather, Shell’s decision has everything to do with cost analysis, not the long and loud yelling used by extreme greenies like O’Brien.
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