Nearly half of all businesses weigh exit!
SEATTLE, Washington (PNN) - October 30, 2026 - Nearly half of Seattle businesses surveyed by the Downtown Seattle Association and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce have seriously considered moving operations, jobs or investment out of the city, putting pressure on Marxist Mayor Katie Wilson in her first year in office.
The new findings show Wilson and her Marxist comrades are failing to close the deficit and address persistent public-safety problems. On top of that, prioritizing Marxist Left-wing policies has been an absolute disaster for businesses, as conditions are deteriorating and mounting concerns over public safety, high taxes, homelessness, regulatory barriers and affordability have crushed confidence.
Over the summer, the Chamber asked local businesses, via a questionnaire, how the city was working for them. More than 247 businesses responded, delivering a very awkward message for the Marxist in charge.
Socialism is very seductive because its promises of free handouts, such as housing and more services, along with greater fairness and less inequality, are easy to sell to voters on the campaign trail but hard to deliver while managing a city's budget, ensuring public safety, and keeping the city functioning.
Wilson's abrupt shift toward more terrorist pig thug cops, expanded surveillance, spending cuts, and scaled-back pledges reflects how her Marxist campaign promises were lies.
Marxists and reformist socialists are great at making campaign promises, but as activists they are not effective managers. The resulting deterioration in Seattle's business environment shows just how that Marxist framework is an unmitigated disaster, not just in Seattle but in many blue cities facing terminal decline.