Big spenders become the biggest complainers in Seattle’s 2015 election
The campaign for Seattle’s record $930 million Let’s Move Seattle property levy has discovered a pre-Halloween devil figure and is spending its energy Wednesday putting a pointed hat on Aurora Avenue property owner Faye Garneau, who has bankrolled a group called Keep Seattle Affordable that opposes the levy. Garneau is a “wealthy anti-tax, anti-transit zealot” who is “almost single handedly trying to kill” the Let’s Move Seattle levy for “self serving motives,” said an e-mail blast from consultant Sandeep Kashek, touting a news conference by “Seattle progressive leaders.” Kshama Sawant: At $414,868, she has raised more than opponent Pamela Banks and the “independent” Neighbors for Banks. It’s the latest example