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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Friday. This is Seattle now. This

week, the Trump administration got underway with a flurry of changes, Amazon workers heading back to the office or jamming up the commute.

And Mariners' favorite, Ichiro Suzuki, is now in the baseball Hall of Fame.

One vote away from perfection.

Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop and Commute Seattle Executive Director Alex Hudson

are here to break down the week.

But first,

let's get you caught up. Ballots are in the mail once again for Seattle voters. The February

11th special election will ask Seattleites to consider two competing proposals for how to fund

social housing. One proposal would create a new payroll tax on highly

paid employees. The other would use existing revenues from the Jumpstart tax. Also on the ballot,

two expiring levies to fund Seattle Public Schools. The Seattle City Council will consider a

proposal this morning to allow housing to be built near

T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field. Currently, the stadium district doesn't allow for residential

buildings. Council President Sarah Nelson is proposing the change. She says it doesn't make sense

to exclude housing from this neighborhood. According to the urbanist, the Port of Seattle is

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