Robert Cruickshank

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Robert Cruickshank is a transit rider and progressive campaigner who lives in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. From 2011 to 2013 he served as Senior Communications Advisor to Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.
Washington Redistricting Commission Fails to Approve Maps In Time, Still Wants Court to Accept Their Illegal Maps Anyway
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Late Monday night, the Washington State Redistricting Commission failed to approve new maps for Congressional and legislative districts before the constitutional deadline, while holding...
Redistricting Maps Show Aggressive Republican Gerrymandering as Deadline Approaches
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Washington State's redistricting process is off to the most contentious start in 40 years as Republicans propose aggressive gerrymanders of Seattle and the state...
There are two kinds of opposition to action on the climate crisis. The first is the one we're all familiar with: outright denial that...
Yesterday's scoop published by The Urbanist showing that Mayor Jenny Durkan has refused to meet with more than 100 groups supporting the Center City...
For many urbanists, it's been a journey of elation to despair. Just two weeks after the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) proposals were...
Since 2011, Republicans in the U.S. House have forced through significant cuts to federal spending with the goal of undermining public services. No program...
This fall Seattle voters could approve new taxes to pay for bus service -- and still lose their bus route. It sounds crazy, but...