Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat weighed in last week, opining: “It’s Seattle’s state now in politics, and everybody else is living in it.” His commentary is actually a lot more nuanced than the headline suggests. But the notion that Seattle somehow pulled one over on the rest of the state struck a nerve among Democratic Party leaders.
In a tweet, Lisa Brown, director of the Washington State Department of Commerce and former state Senate majority leader, pointed out that legislators in key positions hail from all over the state. “#Seattle don’t be Narcissus,” she concluded.
“Yea, only a guy who can’t see beyond Seattle would write this,” tweeted Speaker of
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