If HON had simply submitted its petition earlier, it would have avoided the risk of ending up on a February ballot due to inaction of the Seattle City Council. See Seattle City Charter Art IV, Section 1.D.

Who foots the bill for these special elections, and what do they cost?

"... the Seattle City Council
still has a chance to thwart the
progressives['] bid to decommodify housing."

or
just
Wait
till 2/3're
Homeless &
by Then it'll be
oodles too Late to
do Anything at all. it's
a Win-Win for the Luckiest*

whose Fave Line is
GetOffMyLawns
you Fawking
Freeloaders

*who're
gonna Need
evermore Guns
so thank Gawd we
never Defunded Po-pos.