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ScottBallard's comments
Posted Thu, Feb 23, 10:42 a.m.
Race-based affirmative action is racism. Period. It is also not helpful to teaching our children honesty, morality, and honesty when we tell them "do not be a racist" and then we perform racist behaviors. They are not stupid. We are training them to be hypocrits when we do this.
MOREPosted Thu, Feb 23, 10:35 a.m.
Good point. Thank you. Hope lots read and are influenced by it.
MOREPosted Mon, Feb 20, 10:40 a.m.
I work in SODO and commute to/from Ballard, and I can tell you right now the traffic down here is terrible during commute time. I cannot imagine what it would be like with another major project and the additional traffic it would bring.
MOREPosted Mon, Sep 12, 9:36 a.m.
Yeah!
MOREPosted Mon, Sep 12, 9:25 a.m.
I agree with the author that we should be developing around the rail we have invested in; however, he has his data backwards. The fact that apartment rents are relatively cheap, and housing prices are relatively high, indicates that in our area there is more demand than is typical for ...
MOREPosted Wed, Aug 24, 10:28 a.m.
I can almost see my house in the Ballard picture at top. Every day I see and hear the Sounder fly by the end of my street, and it doesn't stop. My work colleagues in Sodo get from their homes in Everett and Edmonds to work in an hour or ...
MOREPosted Wed, Aug 24, 10:19 a.m.
Whether we as a society value facts, logical thinking, and science, over personal prejudice, when it is time to take hard stands and solve problems, will determine the future of this country. Whether you believe in a truth or not doesn't matter to the truth. It does, however determine whether ...
MOREPosted Wed, Aug 24, 10:11 a.m.
If Monsanto has established precedent that they hold farmers responsible for having GMO on their land, then it seems like the farmers should be able to equally hold Monsanto responsible for their land being invaded by GMO when it is not wanted.
MOREPosted Mon, Aug 15, 11:50 a.m.
Gas tax, Gas Tax, GAS TAX. A gas tax causes those who use the street to pay for it, and taxes those who use the street more, with more vehicle weight and road damage, even more. The tax revenue MUST be linked to the road spend in a way that ...
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