UnderTheClouds

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Arena or Amazon: Does Seattle know what's important?

Posted Tue, Feb 21, 10:46 a.m.

I largely agree with Mr. Royer's analysis, but I think one issue raised by Mr. Royer deserves rebuttal. Mr. Royer questions the impact of all the new traffic in SODO if a sports arena with two new teams is built, worrying that all the high-heeled folks from the East Side ...

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How Sound Transit could build a promised station for SE Seattle

Posted Fri, Jul 15, 12:41 p.m.

lorenbliss's accusation that Sound Transit is fighting to keep rail from serving low income residents is an outrageous accusation not supported by facts. The same demographic that exists at the Graham Street location also lives/works/shops at locations with stations immediately adjacent. If anything, the vicinity around the Othello station is ...

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The would-be county killers

Posted Wed, Mar 30, 7:01 p.m.

So if Seattle proper is too expensive for "most people," why is the population density increasing? That doesn't add up. The city proper has gained population every Census since 1980. I have no problem living in Seattle without a car, first downtown and now on Capitol Hill. I don't accept ...

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Mr. Obama, you're no Ronald Reagan

Posted Sun, Feb 13, 7:06 p.m.

I think comparisons of President Reagan to President Obama are to be expected, given Obama's statement during the campaign that he hoped to be a transformational president like Reagan, and given that fact that, as Mr. Carlson points out, no politician since Reagan has been as widely admired. If one ...

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