WalkableGreenwood

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Can charter schools be made palatable in Seattle?

Posted Thu, Feb 25, 8:45 p.m.

I meant to add that 15,000 to 20,000 students in Seattle Public Schools need math tutors at any point in time. Could we address that problem without the citizens needing to sue to get curriculum and texts that work and a work force (labor and management) that can implement it?

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Can charter schools be made palatable in Seattle?

Posted Thu, Feb 25, 8:35 p.m.

Nice way to make the bureaucracy even more obese is to totally walk around the elephant in the room by creating a new paradigm that doesn't solve the problems of the old paradigm. Data and evidence say this idea is insanity. Fix what we have. Put the CMFIC's ass on ...

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Mayor McGinn pokes Microsoft's CEO in the eye

Posted Thu, Feb 25, 8:20 p.m.

I meant to add that a skytrain could happen whenever we choose for 1/2 the cost of light rail. It wouldn't even consume a lane.

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Mayor McGinn pokes Microsoft's CEO in the eye

Posted Thu, Feb 25, 8:17 p.m.

We choose at any point in time what the uses of the rights of way are and we always have the option to reassign the proportions for any given use. It may make sense to assign reasonable ratios to various uses. My street was a mud trail to Woodland Park ...

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The legal issues in 'backyard cottages'

Posted Tue, Sep 1, 4:32 p.m.

Building vertically is more sustainable than horizontally. Putting parking under and apartment over helps stash the cars and keep them off the street. Lot coverage is not allowed to go over current limits. Rear yard coverage is not allowed to increase over current limits. Space to plant trees has no ...

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