So many unforced errors. If you “vote blue, no matter who,” — or worse, have chosen DSA candidates over the years, you are part of the decline.
It’s not making things more “equitable,” it’s simply making things more expensive, and less safe.
The shame of it all — it was entirely optional. Voters chose the leaders who did this.
We had the world’s biggest employer, and high growth retailers. We were well-positioned for cloud and AI growth, with a vibrant downtown. We could have been a great refuge for CA entrepreneurs.
But in policy after policy, we forgot that livability for normies matters. That employers pay for the services we want. That grocers and shopkeepers need basic public safety. That parking (gasp) still matters to shoppers.
The taxes here are an utter disaster.
It's cheaper for me to fly to the SF Bay Area and attend a networking event than to take an Uber to one in Bellevue.
So you know what I do? I go to the SF Bay Area for networking, and now all my business is in the SF Bay Area. I don't have a single Seattle-based client.
Why would I bother?