Week in Review: Murray suit, Seattle income tax, Goodbye Safeco Field
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is leaving the door open for a write-in campaign after a Kent man drops a civil lawsuit alleging Murray sexually abused him three decades ago.
The state constitution says Seattle can't tax the rich, but the City Council still wants an income tax for people making more than $250,000 a year.
Jeff Bezos buys Whole Foods Market and asks Twitter where he should donate to charity.
And the Seattle Mariners won't be playing at Safeco Field after 2018. The team announced this week that its 20-year naming rights deal will expire after next season.
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Get caught up on the news:
- Seattle Times: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray responds to dropped lawsuit
- Seattle Times: Seattle income-tax details revealed as City Council weighs targeting wealthy households
- KUOW: Seattle on Safeco Field name change: Meh
Our guests this week:
Bill Radke @KUOWRadke, host
Joni Balter @jbalter, host of Civic Cocktail on Seattle Channel
Chris Vance @chrisvance123, former WA Republican Party chair
David Goldstein @goldyHA, senior fellow at Civic Ventures
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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Jason Pagano
Interim News Director
Jason Pagano is KUOW's Assistant News Director. He previously worked as a producer on many of KUOW's local shows, including The Conversation, Weekday, The Record, Morning Edition and Week in Review. In 2020, he helped launch KUOW’s daily news podcast, Seattle Now.
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