Alex Wilson

Grew up in Caracas. Moved to Seattle in 2010. Love this city too much to watch quietly. Asking where the money goes. #Seattle

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

King County's Office of Climate had zero card spending in 2024. In 2025 it put $2,244,580 on one employee's card. $1,997,107 went to Blueair for air purifiers in 25 swipes, many for identical amounts, under a competition waiver.
https://t.co/Dsvnjx72Cm
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[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

Mayor @MayorofSeattle endorsed challengers against two longtime Democratic incumbents. Called it her "personal capacity."

Asked to explain at a press conference, she said "I'm on the job right now" and pointed reporters to her own social media.

Which capacity is that?

[KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM🎙 @KIRONewsradio]

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson declined to discuss her recent endorsements in two Washington legislative races during a news conference saying she made them "in my personal capacity" rather than as mayor. When asked why she backed challengers over two longtime Democratic incumbents, Wilson said, "I'm on the job right now," and directed reporters to her social media posts.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

A Seattle resident says CARE, Fire, and SPD all responded to the same 911 call for a man barely breathing, and still calls it a policy failure. If that account holds up, @MayorofSeattle owes an answer on why three systems weren't enough.

[We Heart Seattle @weheartseattle]

Today in Seattle I observed the new ish @CARE_Seattle police alternative, @SeattleFire @SeattlePD respond to my 911 call for a man unresponsive and barely breathing. Watch this spectacular policy failure 👇🏼 @SeattleCouncil @MayorofSeattle @GovBobFerguson you can actually do something to save lives and restore public safety. Enough is enough. Enforce the law.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

@GirmayZahilay, I would be grateful if you looked into this.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

King County's Office of Climate had zero card spending in 2024. In 2025 it put $2,244,580 on one employee's card. $1,997,107 went to Blueair for air purifiers in 25 swipes, many for identical amounts, under a competition waiver.
https://t.co/Dsvnjx72Cm
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https://t.co/6ZW8AcvRNg

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

That works out to $399.42 per filter for the 5,000 HEPA filters the justifications describe. The mission is not the question. Running a $2 million purchase as 25 card swipes instead of a bid contract is. Records obtained from King County: https://t.co/6ZW8AcvRNg

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

Washington's SNAP system is now on the hook for up to $90M in penalties over a 6.98% error rate. Nobody voted for that line item, and it comes straight out of money meant for people who need help affording food.

[So. Seattle Emerald @SoSeaEmerald]

Washington’s SNAP error rate ticked up to 6.98%, putting the state at risk of more than $90 million in added costs if it cannot improve accuracy.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/dVStTxVuoA #SeattleNews

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

Overtime up $25M in three years, hiring never slowed. A mom reporting a man near kids at a public playground still couldn't get an officer to show. So what exactly is the overtime buying?

[Jason Rantz on Seattle Red @jasonrantz]

Mom says man targeted kids at Seattle Center playground and SPD never showed https://t.co/R6mGXCqDDf

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

These reporters have already dug into this:
@anndornfeld broke down the audit fallout at KUOW and
@amysundberg covered the county's response at The Urbanist.
@luluramadan at the Seattle Times broke the law enforcement referral.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

Forensic accountants checked the receipts of 19 King County youth program contractors. At 16 they found $690,617 in questioned costs. Personal bank accounts, unapproved subcontractors, altered records. Now with the State Auditor and law enforcement. https://t.co/Yz8cGTFN4F

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

To be clear: these are unsupported or unverified charves, not 100% proven fraud. DCHS disputes part of the math and puts the unresolved figure near $320K. The report has a partner by partner table. The chart above is that table, drawn.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

33.3% of downtown Seattle office space sits empty, the worst vacancy rate of any major US market. City projections say it stays that way for years. Meanwhile the 2027 budget is already short $125 to 140 million. So where does that revenue come from instead.

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

As downtown Seattle offices empty, city faces years of ‘zombie’ towers https://t.co/HOpnuuiFSE

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

Seattle just had its first homicide-free calendar month in more than 50 years. 74 homicides in 2023, 15 so far in 2026. Real progress deserves real credit.

[KOMO News @komonews]

For the first time in more than half a century, the city of Seattle went the entire month of June without a single homicide.

The city has recorded 15 homicides this year, continuing the trend of a reduction in homicides since the record of 74 in 2023. The most recent homicide was a 17-year-old boy who investigators say was shot by a 13-year-old in south Seattle.

"From June 1 through June 30, no one lost their life to homicide in our city," Seattle police Chief Shon Barnes told KOMO News. "That is a remarkable reminder of what we can do when we all work together and are all rowing in the same direction."

Link: https://t.co/VCD8AIBXdi

#komo #komonews #komo4 #komo4news #seattle #seattlenews #washingtonnews #SPD #JuneHomicides #GunViolence #Crime #1970

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

@DivestSPD KCRHA gets restructured over $13M unaccounted. SPD overtime doubled instead, up $25M in three years, with no comparable oversight plan. One kind of unaccountable spending gets a reset. The other gets a shrug.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

An important PSA

https://t.co/hVa073Ob91

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

@seattletimes $13M unaccounted. Unsheltered count up 21% since 2024. August 1 was supposed to be keep-or-kill for KCRHA. Instead: a restructuring that leaves the agency intact and still holding the federal grants. @MayorofSeattle @GirmayZahilay

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

The city's Comprehensive Plan EIS had documented gaps: stormwater, tree canopy, etc. Residents appealed. A court said the appeals could be heard. @KCCouncil's Eddie Lin's response: eliminate the hearing examiner appeal path.
Both sides of the aisle playing the same dirty games.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

Seattle residents challenged the city's Comprehensive Plan EIS. The Court of Appeals ruled June 1 those challenges are valid. The council's answer: eliminate that appeal process. The Seattle Times editorial board: get the science right first, then upzone.
https://t.co/nQSkOU58Z7

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

They lost 689 shelter beds while homelessness grew 9%. KCRHA's budget is $207M. @GirmayZahilay sits on the governing board. What exactly are the goals here, and who's measuring them?

[Change Washington @ChangeWash]

The agency in charge of King County's homelessness response just published its own report card.

Some of the numbers:

>18,365 people homeless on a single night

>Nearly two-thirds (~12,829) living outside with no shelter at all

>Even as the crisis worsened, the region lost 689 shelter beds in one year

The official framing points to how expensive housing is.

But housing costs didn't remove those beds; policymakers' decisions did. When the governing body tasked with getting people off the streets ends up with fewer places to bring them inside, the question must be who's accountable for the result, and what all that government spending actually bought.

KCRHA is already under an independent forensic review.

This report is a fresh reminder of why.

[Sara E Nelson @SaraENelson]

SF “added 470 homeless shelter beds that have sobriety requirements or a specific focus on drug treatment.”

💯 Seattle should “just copy these other cities.” It’s the drugs, stupid.

[Alex Wilson @AlexWilsonSea]

First Economic Development Council in 20 years. Meanwhile: 30,000 downtown Seattle jobs gone since 2020, office vacancy at 33.3%, JumpStart revenue down 7.6%. The numbers have been building for a while.

[Governor Bob Ferguson @GovBobFerguson]

Washington is a great place to do business and raise a family. We cannot take our strength for granted.

Today I signed an Executive Order launching the Governor's Economic Development Council, a historic convening of top leaders from around Washington state to help guide the next chapter of economic prosperity for our state.

This is the first such body in two decades — since Governor Christine Gregoire’s Global Competitiveness Council in 2006.