Alternate headline: “NY Times writes subtly skeptical and subtly negative article about a progressive who hasn’t even taken office yet, finding plenty of inches to dedicate to her critics, including a real estate agent, a campaigner for the failed incumbent, and the incumbent himself, a former corporate lawyer who tried to spoil her chances in the general after he lost the primary to her—but only finding space to give the mayor-elect three short sentences.”

And it seems like she has plenty of organizing experience to me, but in terms of preparation to lead a municipal government I guess it can’t hold a candle to being a corporate lawyer. You know, because of all the governing corporate lawyers do.

Ms. Wilson […] led a series of campaigns over the past decade to expand access to mass transit, raise local minimum wages and add protections for renters — often through some form of taxing the rich.

As co-founder of the Transit Riders Union, an advocacy group, Ms. Wilson built a network of fellow organizers and won a string of campaigns to expand access to public services and fight the growing gap between the ultrarich and everyone else in the Seattle region. Ms. Wilson played a key role in convincing the Seattle City Council to create what’s known as the “JumpStart tax,” a levy of 0.75 percent to 2.5 percent on the salaries of the highest-paid employees at about 500 of the city’s largest businesses. Revenue from the tax is supposed to fund affordable housing, small-business support and climate-change programs, though in recent years, the city [sic] has helped balance the city’s general fund.

Never change, NY Times.