As expected, the Seattle City Council passed a $4.8 billion city budget earlier this week. Unexpected, though, was that councilmember Kshama Sawant was the lone dissenting vote, despite having helped vote the budget out of committee earlier this month. Our readers responded. “Why vote yes one week and no the next?” —Concernedmom •

“Even as she makes political gains, she refuses to lose sight of sys

temic injustice that is reflected in all areas of our government including the budget.” —Eric W. •

“Sawant is an idiot and was voted in by others who also had no clue.” —2 Fed Up •

“I am not a fan of Sawant, but I give her props for her genius in orchestrating media attention.” —GriffinDW