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Hey, good morning. It's Zaki Hamid. It's Saturday, and this is Seattle Now.

Today we're bringing you the best from another KOWW show, SoundSight.

A lot has changed during Sarah Nelson's time in Seattle government.

She was a centrist outlier on a progressive city council when she was first elected in 2021.

But the dynamics changed.

Nelson became the center of power and ended up running

the show as council president after a moderate slate of candidates swept the 2023 election.

She helped oversee pandemic era recovery, worked with two different mayoral administrations, and two

very different presidential

administrations during her time on the council. And now, her time in office is coming to an end.

Next month, there will be a new, more progressive representative in the citywide position

nine seat that Nelson's held for the past four years. Non-profit leader Dion Foster will take Nelson's

place after winning by a wide margin of votes in November. Between passing a police contract,

approving phase one of the city's comprehensive plan, and putting forward a bill to change how

consultants work with the city, Nelson has been busy during her last month in office.

And last week, she spent an hour with Soundside to reflect on her tenure and the direction Seattle politics is moving in.

The council president told me she feels some of her biggest accomplishments were staffing up SPD after the city struggled for years to recruit and retain officers.

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