Richard Conlin has spent 16 years on the city council, and will have spent more than a quarter of his life in office if re-elected. Here’s what’s changed and what hasn’t since he joined council, plus our best guess at how things will look after another four year term.

Council member salary then: $70,896

Salary now: $117,534

Salary in 2017: In dollars or bitcoin?

Ed Murray then: Two-term state House representative

Ed Murray now: Two-term State Senator

Ed Murray in 2017: Embattled mayor scrapping for re-election against Kshama Sawant.

Cost of gas then: $1.46 a gallon

Cost of gas now: $3.42

Cost of gas in 2017: What’s “gas”?

Minimum wage then: $5.15

Now: $9.15

2017: $15, but Sawant says it should be $20

Death Cab for Cutie then: Just-formed

Death Cab for Cutie now: Just-reformed

Death Cab for Cutie 2017: Dead (as are taxi cabs)

Russell Wilson Then: 9-years-old, no NFL contract

Russell Wilson Now: 24-years-old, NFL contract

Russell Wislon in 2017: 28-years-old, NFL contract, two Super Bowl rings

Song of the Year then: Elton John, “Candle in the Wind”

Song of the Year now: Macklemore, “Thriftshop”

Song of the Year 2017: Miley Cyrus, “Candle in the Wind”

Sad Seattle Closing then: The Blob in Queen Anne

Sad Seattle Closing now: The Comet on Capitol Hill

Sad Seattle Closing 2017: Mariners