Hey, my name is Nick.

I’m running for Bellevue City Council to fight for affordable housing, clean streets, and real representation.

Why am I running?

Our home insurance has gone up 20%, our commute is a nightmare and getting worse by the week, our teachers can’t afford to live here anymore, and nobody in charge seems to care.

  • They tax your diapers but let yachts refuel tax-free

  • They fine you for late bills while corporations dodge millions

  • They raise your home insurance to protect waterfront mansions

This isn't about left or right. This is about forwards versus backwards. And I'm with the people who actually keep this city running - the ones getting screwed by a system rigged against them.

Developers are writing our zoning laws. Corporate landlords are buying up every home they can. Our politicians are collecting donations from both - then acting surprised when families get thrown onto the street.

Are you happy to live like this?

This city works for those at the top. It’s time it worked for you.

We Don’t Have To Choose

  • Growth and Community

    We can build housing without bulldozing what makes Bellevue special.

  • Safety and Justice

    If we want less crime, we need fewer desperate people. That means good schools, fair wages, and help for those in crisis

  • Innovation and Roots

    Tech jobs shouldn’t erase our history. Let’s grow wisely, not just fast.

Bellevue for the Rest of Us

  • Corporate landlords and developers treat homes like stocks while your family gets squeezed into smaller spaces for higher rents every year.

    • Tax vacant luxury units until those bastards rent them at reasonable prices

    • Ban corporate landlords from owning single family homes

    • Public Land for Public Good: Lease city-owned lots to community land trusts for permanently affordable housing.

    We’ll measure success by how many teachers, nurses, and other ordinary workers can afford to live here.

  • Miles of prime Lake Washington shoreline, a natural treasure that should belong to all of us, is locked behind private gates and $20M estates. The lake shouldn’t be a backyard for Mercer Island rejects. If those parasites want to keep their beach private, they should pay us for it.

    • Let’s put a property tax on exclusive private shoreline without public access

    • Funds go to expand public docks, beaches, and waterfront parks

  • The worst part of your day shouldn’t be someone’s profit center. Why does a nurse with a Camry pay the same car tax as a tech bro with a Porsche?

    • ORCA passes for residents: Instead of mandating parking lots: Any developer building near light rail pays for 5 years of free ORCA passes for the neighborhood

    • Get rid of our asphalt deserts: Let’s get a fee on downtown paid parking without waivers. Bellevue is meant to be a city in a park, not a city in a parking lot.

    • Halve car tab fees for vehicles under $30,000

    • Exempt used cars (over 5 years old) from luxury vehicle taxes

    • Free parking permits for night shift workers

    • Tax Mansions & Mega-Homes: Implement higher property taxes on mansions, luxury condos, and second (or third, or fourth+) homes valued above a set threshold. If they can afford a $5 million penthouse, they can afford to give back to the community.

    • Make Them Pay for Their Toys: Add a surcharge on yachts, private jets, luxury cars, and other extravagances. Every splurge helps fund schools, parks, and transit for the community. Let them pay for their third Ferrari. You shouldn’t pay for potholes.

    • Land Hoarders Pay Up: Levy steep taxes on speculative land and empty lots. Developers sitting on empty plots will be incentivized to build or sell, not profit from scarcity.

  • Food isn’t a luxury. Medicine isn’t optional. Here’s how we stop taxing the basics:


    Eliminate sales tax on:

    • All groceries (including pre-made meals for workers)

    • Baby formula, diapers, and period products

    • Prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicine

    • Gas, electricity, and water for households under $100K income

    • Internet bills (because it’s not a luxury, it’s how kids do homework)

    • Car seats and bike helmets

    • Winter coats under $100

    • School supplies

    I support a statewide push to classify these as tax-exempt necessities. No more nickel-and-diming everyday people.

How I’ll Get It Done

By Being Collaborative

I Listen First.

I don’t have all the answers and I’m not arrogant enough to pretend I do. Especially on complex topics that people have spent their lives experiencing and dedicated themselves to studying.

I recognize that:

  • Those closest to the problem understand it best. Renters navigating our affordability crisis or seniors struggling with unsafe crosswalks.

  • Data alone isn’t enough, we need lived experience to shape solutions that actually work.

  • Leadership means creating space, not dominating conversations.

This isn’t about humility or being “nice”; this is about being effective. The best policies come when we combine expertise with empathy.

By Being Iterative

I Believe in Getting Better.

Good government isn’t about stubbornly sticking to a plan. It’s about adapting as we learn. Unlike career politicians who treat their policies like trophies, I believe:

  • Complex problems evolve: What works for Bellevue’s housing crisis today may not in 5 years

  • No policy is perfect on the first try: We need mechanisms to measure, adjust, and course-correct.

  • Accountability is a strength and not a threat: I’m not here to defend my record. I’m a neighbor who’ll push for regular policy “check-ups” with transparent metrics.

Whether that means first testing solutions on a small scale first before enacting them into permanent laws or requiring policies to be re-evaluated after two years with new data, I think true leadership means admitting when something isn’t working and having the courage to fix it.

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