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Week in Review: Would you ride an e-scooter or a moon lander?

caption: Mike McGinn, Bill Radke, Naomi Ishisaka and John Murray at KUOW.
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Mike McGinn, Bill Radke, Naomi Ishisaka and John Murray at KUOW.
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Bill Radke reviews the week's news with communications strategist John Murray, former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and former editor-in-chief of ColorsNW magazine Naomi Ishisaka.

This week, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said electric scooters are a go, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best explained why seven neighborhoods are receiving "emphasis patrols," and Jeff Bezos said he wants to put a lander on the moon. We ask our panel what they think.

Meanwhile in Colorado, Denver voted to become the first U.S. city to decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms. It's led some drug legalization advocates to ask, what's next? Should we decriminalize all drugs?

Plus, the Sound Transit Committee has voted not to bulldoze a shopping center with a Dick's Drive-In and a Lowe's hardware, to make room for a maintenance facility. And Seattle might be getting a new neighborhood north of the Magnolia bridge. What's the best use land in the city?

Finally, we've seen record heat this week. But can we enjoy it, knowing warm temps will become the new norm as we see the effects of climate change? And what would you put in the Space Needle time capsule, to be opened in 2062?

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