Not bad. Lean is good, and she's got a nice mix of people, ideology, and experience.

I have seen her twice in the past few weeks at the tower. That's the first time I've ever seen a Mayor or Mayor-elect among us minions.

Now that she's mayor elect, a new stock photo would be nice.

"Wilson’s team has recommended that she have three direct reports: the deputy mayor, the chief of staff, and the director of city departments. The rest of staff will report to those three. (For comparison, Harrell had four deputy mayors.) "

I must say, Harrell's expanded horizontal model is alarmingly problematic.

Not impressed with Surratt. Like most of the staff, he may not last long. Maybe Chen will. This has been the case in the past with turnovers--I don't see it being much different now.

Surratt's OED under Murray pushed 10 year leases of utility dark fiber to corporate backbone ISP's instead of using it for municipal broadband. It was completed under McGinn. Not very people friendly.

Surratt also brokered the Seattle Center deal with a bunch of billionaire developers who were so corrupt they were thrown off the board of Uber.

I do wish her the best, but her learning curve is likely to be steep.

I don’t know the ideal number of direct reports - there are problems with having too many or too few. With too many, you’re stretched thin, but with too few, all the core decision making gets done below your level of visibility or ability to impact.

I don’t see Wilson as much of an executor, so probably delegating to experienced delegators is better for her. But leaning heavily on three middle men does give her three easy scapegoats and deniability you can’t get if your direct report messes up.

End of the day, this is meta shit. What really matters is good city governance, however you get there.

Nemo dear, I forgot about Gigabit Seattle. it's too bad it didn't work out. I thought at the time that there should be a hybrid where the city handles the billing and line work, while a third party handles the tech parts

We have fiber service here in Seattle. It costs $80/month on a special "lifetime" deal from whatever Pacific Northwest Bell is calling itself this month. We have a faster fiber service out in eastern WA through the local PUD (although a private company handles the service drop and technical support) and it's only $50/month.

The only takeaway is that misery and blight in Seattle will get worse under this woke woman's leadership.

Calm down, Coolidge dear. You don't want to get the reputation for being a Henny Penny, do you?

@9: She said she wouldn't continue the sweeps. If a mayor elect isn't concerned about dead bodies decomposing and kids being raped in these camps, she's a horrible person.

Coolidge dear, you must strive not to be so constantly distraught. Maybe she has an alternative to sweeps? If not, she will eventually return to the practice, or she'll be yet another one-term Mayor. Time will tell