I’m positive that when democratic socialist Katie Wilson was working for mayor she was fascinated with how she would deal with homelessness, strike the best steadiness on public security and take care of downtown companies that considered her with suspicion. She definitely was not fascinated with being the town’s sports activities mayor.
However, right here she is, forced to be a big fan, even when she can not inform a choose six from a bicycle kick.
Wilson’s first half yr as Seattle’s mayor started with the Seahawks profitable the Tremendous Bowl and is now ending with World Cup fever overtaking the town. In between, she has gone to at the very least one Storm basketball sport and an outing with the Mariners. Earlier than her time period is up, she could also be overseeing the long-awaited return of the Sonics to Seattle.
Wilson says she is having enjoyable with all this sports activities exercise and, whether or not or not she would actually relatively be doing one thing else, it’s most likely politically good for her to be within the stands cheering. Grim, overly zealous radicals with bullhorns at their lips quickly grate on individuals, however somebody with the identical issues about social justice can win over a variety of skeptics simply by displaying she isn’t that totally different from everybody else.
Being a sports activities mayor simply would possibly assist Katie Wilson develop into a profitable mayor.
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