Elections, budget decisions, and candy shoots this week

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with the editor of Publicola, Erica C Barnett, publisher of the Washington State Wire, DJ Wilson and publisher of the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, Justin Carder.

The election is almost here, and that means plenty of predictions of who will win. But there's one race none of our panelists are quite as sure about - the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Plus, the Spokesman Review endorsed President Donald Trump, only to then decide to stop endorsing candidates all together. Is that the right move?

On a local level, the Seattle City Council is currently debating next year's budget - including what to cut from the SPD. One city council member also proposed changes to when misdemeanor charges can be dismissed. What will stay, and what will be cut?

A big driver of these police department cuts and changes is the wave of protests Seattle has seen for the last five months since George Floyd was killed in Minnesota. This week, those protests passed the 150 day mark. How big an impact have they had on Seattle?

Finally, Coronavirus numbers are rising in WA state. Over the past week King County has averaged between 170 and 190 cases reported each day. That's about two and a half times what we saw in late September. And one of our panelists is among those numbers. He says the experience was a jumble of different protocols.