Are We Saving Enough Space For Our Kids? Here's the question I keep coming back to: As Snohomish County's population continues to grow, are we saving enough space for our kids to just be kids?

My wife Krystal is a teacher in Everett Public Schools. Every day she helps shape the lives of other people’s children. She loves her job and she’s good at it. But we’ve had real conversations about whether it makes financial sense for her to keep working.

Last month, I wrote about a simple question I hear everywhere I go: is life here getting easier or harder? This month, I want to focus on the single issue that I think most clearly illustrates why that question feels so urgent for so many people: Housing. Especially the growing distance between the working class and homeownership. Did you know that today the median age of a first-time homebuyer is the oldest it’s been in the history of our country - 40 years old ? In 2021, an