Ed note: The Needling can be accessed here. Noting that they are Seattle’s Only Real Fake News. It’s a fun site, a bit like the Onion.
Hope you all had a happy Geoduck Day and are acclimating well to our ever escalating elevations of dystopia during this beautiful fake spring! We’re looking at headlines for February, so send on over any you’ve been working on by this Sunday, Feb. 8. Obviously, send any timely headlines for stuff like the Super Bowl or Olympics opening ceremonies before not after! Here’s what’s coming up on the calendar:
February – Black History Month
Feb. 6 – Winter Olympics opening ceremony (will run until Feb. 22)
Feb. 8 – Super Bowl (Bad Bunny Halftime Show)
Feb. 9 – National Pizza Day
Feb. 13 – Galentine’s Day/Deadline for Congress to agree to long-term funding for ICE
Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day
Feb. 15 – World Whale Day/Enchantments Lottery Opens
Feb. 16 – President’s Day
Feb. 17 – Lunar New Year & Year of the Horse/Ramadan/Mardi Gras
Feb. 20 – First Mariners spring training game
Feb. 18 – Ash Wednesday, Lent begins
Feb. 22 – First Sounders game of season at home/Cardi B at Climate Pledge
Feb. 27 – Seattle Torrent (women’s hockey) back in Seattle at Climate Pledge against Toronto Scepters
Local News
Sports
-The Seahawks are in the Super Bowl this weekend against the Patriots
-Kraken are doing relatively well – were at top of their division for a sec.
-Mariners begin spring training on Feb. 20
-First Sounders game of season comes up on Feb. 22
– Seattle Torrent (women’s hockey) back in Seattle at Climate Pledge against Toronto Scepters
– Gov. Bob Ferguson is meeting with the NBA Commissioner today (?!)
Politics
– Gov. Bob Ferguson has said he doesn’t support the version of the Millionaire’s Tax that state legislature Democrats support. Legislators are looking to use the tax money to better fund things like public education. Ferguson wants to more directly give the money back to people with lower incomes (which leaves some very big holes in the budget, and he’s choosing to handle that with more cuts than more revenue). If you are in favor of the tax, let it be known by signing PRO on this before it gets its first committee hearing this Friday: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=33844&aId=170067&caId=28047&tId=3
–2 Line light rail “Crosslake Connection” will finally cross Lake Washington on March 28! Seattle and Bellevue will finally be besties. 😉
-If you care about affordable housing, check out the lengths Bainbridge Island is going to block more housing being built over there. Peak NIMBYness!
–Mayor Katie Wilson is a month into being Seattle mayor and so far:
- She’s starting a mayor’s survey of renters to address policy that will maybe target things like junk fees when applying to rent and paying for it online
- She’s still facing questions about what she’s going to do to curb or cut surveillance technology ICE has been known to use to target people.
- She’s mandated that SPD document what’s happening when ICE is reported to be abducting people. Other policies she’s announced include banning ICE from operating on or out of any city property.
Entertainment
-The Crocodile is up for sale.
-Cardi B concert is coming to town!