Posted Tue, Nov 15, 11:46 p.m.

Thank you for this, which captures the Kent I knew from Crosscut articles and got to know in the last year with emails full of wry jokes and wonderful pictures. He made it a small project to encourage and mentor me to be a Neighborhood Activist in the real sense, ...

Posted Tue, May 24, 10:12 a.m.

"...hordes of people are on their way to Seattle and will need cheap housing.." Except that newly built housing will not be cheap. I agree that citizens need to take the long view. Problem is, many of these government actions are not immediately 'in your face'. When we see the ...

Posted Thu, Dec 30, 6:54 p.m.

"9. Filling the political vacuum will be a business agenda, largely driven by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, with allies in labor, minorities, and land-use environmentalists." In other words, building our way out of the mess? Will the "..the scattered voices for the poor, the unemployed, and social justice.." ...

Posted Sat, Aug 8, 2:36 p.m.

Let's just call neo-liberalism what it is, a thinly veiled accomodation to Milton Friedman, with some green and bleeding heart liberal mantras thrown in. That said, guess I am a left-progressive.

Posted Sun, Feb 22, 2:11 p.m.

An interesting thing to do is to look up rail transit system maps in other cities around the country. Get a bit of a reality check about what came online or is coming online and when. Get the names of some of the towns where the stations are. Especially look ...

Posted Fri, Feb 20, 4:43 p.m.

Look at a zoning map before talking in generalities. The zoning around town is very often not being built to, even in the last ten years. Townhomes where apartment buildings can go, for example. Developers and the zoning do need to come together at the right time. A good TOD ...

Posted Sat, Feb 14, 4:20 p.m.

'We’ve lost some of that during boom times as Seattle has become less affordable and the divide between rich and poor has widened.' Were we out of step with the rest of the country? You bet. Since the mid-nineties Seattle has gotten more and more overdue for a bit of ...

Posted Sat, Feb 14, 3:56 p.m.

City-suburb, love or hate either side, is such a 19th century paradigm. Why is everything in reference to one sun (Seattle) with grand sprawl surrounding it? Isn't it inhumane, anti-social and anti-family to spend 1-2 hours every day commuting to make a living? This is such a thought provoking article. ...

Posted Sat, Feb 14, 3:19 p.m.

A commenter spoke about Sally Clark saying last year that she thought we should focus on elements of preservation. I agree that she should. I heard her make a comment about historic - ish districts. Historic preservation sets a high standard. And in a newer city like Seattle, many might ...