Posted Fri, Apr 27, 10:04 a.m.

Once again, I agree with cocktails42. I can't wait to vote against Nickels. To me, he appears to be not only arrogant, but narcissistic, greedy, and just plain incompetent. The developers certainly may be glad to have a chance to elect him again, although I hope he can't help them ...

Posted Wed, Apr 25, 10:55 a.m.

Amen, cocktails! And kudos to the writer for pointing out the obvious. The secondary effect, alluded to in this piece is that since the neighborhood boasts lively and flourishing businesses, it's become desirable to developers. Developers will move in and build the ugly and soon-to-be-under reconstruction buildings. Those buildings will ...

Posted Fri, Apr 6, 9:27 a.m.

I am with the Mariners regarding any new stadium, except I am against any stadium anywhere that involves public money in any way. For this proposal, we would be putting up money in a way similar to what we did for Key Arena, and we know how that came out. ...

Posted Wed, Apr 4, 8:53 a.m.

What's interesting to me is that they wanted to know what these neighborhoods' residents did, rather than inquiring into whether or not these neighborhoods were drawing non-residents, and, if so, from where and how did they choose to travel there. That would have been interesting and worth studying. It seems ...

Posted Tue, Apr 3, 2:13 p.m.

For louploup, who said "It's going to get more difficult (expensive) to go anywhere by car because the era of cheap fossil fuels is coming to an end over the next few decades. Get used to it," here are a few of my ideas: I doubt that your assertion that ...

Posted Wed, Mar 28, 9:14 a.m.

Northgate Community College? Where is that? If this writer wants to discuss plans that will affect a great many people, the least he could do is get his facts correct. As far as I know, the only community college across I-5 from Northgate is North Seattle CC. Having been a ...

Posted Thu, Mar 22, 10:13 a.m.

So the Times is apparently attempting to be what it thinks others will view as hip? There is so much wrong with the Times that this additional demonstration of how out of touch it is hardly merits a sentence, let alone this whole piece. I do, however, share the writer's ...

Posted Wed, Mar 14, 9:21 a.m.

Rhonwyn and Geezer, you've got it right. I would suggest further that as chapala 21 says, these agencies are political power bases, but even more than that, we have all the high paid managers or whatever they call the executive layers at whichever agencies, who are not giving up those ...

Posted Thu, Mar 8, 10:40 a.m.

Why would it be "silly" to advocate abolishing DST? As pointed out, we don't have numbers on energy savings, which if I recall correctly was the rationale for making it end later & begin earlier, and what savings are likely, anyway? We need extra light either in the morning or ...

Posted Thu, Feb 23, 11:06 a.m.

Well said, ruffner & Lincoln. As for using the proposed financing model to finance housing around transit...really? Now the public should take on bond obligations so that private builders can construct private prison cells--er, "townhomes"? Private business should pay its own way, no matter which private business we're talking about. ...

Posted Tue, Feb 21, 5:32 p.m.

Disgusted with both Constantine & McGinn's pandering. McGinn has obviated the reasons I voted for him. I fear, however, that there will be no candidate that isn't in the pro corner for this boondoggle. Despite what any of these folks say, public money is involved as the proposal now stands. ...

Posted Fri, Feb 17, 8:10 a.m.

So we're already spending money on an "arena consultant"? How many homeless and/or hungry children would that money have housed and fed?

Posted Fri, Feb 17, 8:05 a.m.

So, "privately financed" and a public "investment" of $200 million to end up with ownership of a long-obsolete white elephant that will need to be demolished or otherwise expensively dealt with 30 years from now. Not a good deal in my estimation. How will we make a profit off of ...

Posted Tue, Feb 7, 12:57 p.m.

I find it pretty pathetic that the Catholic Church, in which I was raised, feels so little confidence in the sufficiency of its own rules, and the faith of its congregants, to control womens' choices about their own bodies that its bishops feel they must resort to secular law for ...

Posted Mon, Feb 6, 8:46 a.m.

Astonishing that this writer didn't even mention the possibility of public financing for yet another sports palace to which the Times article coyly alluded. Didn't we just say NO to more stadiums? When does "no" finally mean "no"? If this rich fellow wants to stroke his own vanity by buying ...

Posted Wed, Feb 1, 10:15 a.m.

I feel terribly disappointed in the Komen foundation for taking this action and will no longer support them in any way. It's sad and shameful that this foundation has chosen to act in the interest of the American equivalent of the Taliban.

Posted Fri, Jan 20, 10:42 a.m.

As I see it, the problem with our schools, the elephant in the room, is that too many of our children come from disadvantaged families and therefore lack the support of all kinds that would allow them to succeed. We keep throwing money at the schools because we certainly aren't ...

Posted Tue, Jan 17, 10:35 a.m.

What I want to know is how a half cent tax increase, if approved, won't turn into a full cent tax increase when applied to amounts that must be rounded one way or the other. Not saying it can't happen, just want to know how that works.

Posted Mon, Jan 16, 9:22 a.m.

I've encountered every problem this writer names in trying to find telephone or address information online. While I was glad for a way to opt out of the multiple yellow pages that I never looked at, I kept the Qwest yellow pages and use them. I still use the white ...

Posted Mon, Jan 9, 9:55 a.m.

"A future smart bus likely will look and operate as little like today’s transit coach as a smartphone resembles a hardwired rotary-dialed telephone. Tomorrow’s transit fleet will be far less dominated by rubber-tire buses, although they will still be important. What we will come to think of as transit will ...

Posted Tue, Jan 3, 10:27 a.m.

To crankyoldlady, I am a progressive and I do not live in a theoretical world. Nor have I ever been a drug abuser or seller who resisted getting up in the morning. And yet, I have used the Disability Lifeline program twice. Both times I used it, I suffered serious ...

Posted Sat, Dec 10, 9:12 a.m.

Healthy food is one thing poor families desperately need. I know this from experience. Many of us want to support small farmers as well so we can have food that isn't "tired looking," and that we know does not come filled with dangerous chemicals. Chase already makes plenty of money ...

Posted Mon, Nov 28, 2:18 p.m.

What I want to see is the huge salaries of folks like the UW president and other top managerial and executive types cut, and cut severely before any one of us is taxed any further. I can live with less than "world class" as long as I can afford to ...

Posted Fri, Nov 25, 9:17 a.m.

pete1427, I love your point! If these light rail and streetcar dreams are such good ones, then let the private sector step up to construct and operate them. The fact that your post is the first time I've encountered this idea tells me that if it was such a good ...

Posted Thu, Nov 24, 8:37 a.m.

Amen, Mr. Robinson. And I love the idea of the Occupy folks occupying the malls. May it happen.

Posted Mon, Nov 21, 11:14 a.m.

Completely tone deaf. How much did we pay for this study/waste of paper? As the article points out, most trips from home are not straight downtown and then straight back again. This plan appears to assume that they will be, on no evidence apparently. We need our streets fixed, we ...

Posted Thu, Nov 17, 1:51 p.m.

It's that old "access" thing again. We might get greater access, or access to greater speeds, but who can afford another $50 +++/month to pay for it? We need competition with Comcast/xfinity.

Posted Thu, Nov 17, 1:46 p.m.

Aside from, or maybe appropos of, the valid concerns about the pollution created by electricity generating plants and the potential brownouts/blackouts by adding stress to the grid, what I am wondering is how much more every electric rate payer of a given utility will have to pay to construct, maintain, ...

Posted Wed, Nov 9, 8:26 a.m.

The only reason I voted for incumbents, excluding Jean Godden, was that the opponents were so clearly ill-equipped for election. I am completely sad and disgusted that we are keeping a status quo with which I don't much agree.

Posted Tue, Nov 8, 9:48 a.m.

Can you say cap and trade? This is an example of what we'd get. When fines for behavior like this are low enough to constitute nothing more than a cost of doing business (are they deductible?), behavior doesn't change. Cap and trade would likely work the same way. The pollution ...

Posted Tue, Nov 8, 9:41 a.m.

Second that, jmrolls and cocktails42. And I'd like to add a couple of things. One: as I recall the plan there will be a 25mph roadway running right through this. If I'm correct, I hardly see that as peaceful or in line with a culture of elegant restraint. Rather I ...

Posted Fri, Nov 4, 10:24 a.m.

Yes to Cameron and to BlueLight. I am sick of those sanctimonious jerks, our elected officials, insisting that everyone must take transit, particularly when transit serves only the north/south into and out of Seattle travelers. And this while at least some of "the electeds" (don't you love that name?) travel ...

Posted Tue, Nov 1, 11:25 a.m.

"To help clarify this issue, the survey used a clear and easy-to-understand definition: “A sustainable community is an urban, suburban, or rural community that has more housing and transportation choices, is closer to jobs, shops, or schools, is more energy independent, and helps protect clean air and water.” "more" than ...

Posted Wed, Oct 26, 9:31 a.m.

I will be voting no on this for many reasons, a couple of which are mentioned in this article. First and foremost, the fleet of snazzy shiny new Priuses and other new vehicles. I realize the city's vehicles get a lot of use, but until every single taxpayer has a ...

Posted Thu, Oct 20, 11:43 a.m.

Agree with those who would like to see agnostic candidates, or candidates who do not feel the need, and an electorate that similarly doesn't feel the need, to spout off about their religion. All the organized religions seem to have little to offer women other than subjugation and lesser status, ...

Posted Mon, Oct 17, 11:18 a.m.

Yes, Westlake "park" and its "park rangers." What a joke. This so-called "park" is a tiny area of pavement in front of a mall, not a park. Who are the "park rangers?" I doubt they're part of the national or state or local park services. More likely some poorly paid ...

Posted Fri, Oct 7, 8:45 a.m.

I completely agree with this writer. His piece illuminates one part of the bigger problem I see, which is that because of the exaltation of "the market" and "market forces" American life has now become an adversarial process. Everyday people are constantly burdened by the necessity of parsing every offer ...

Posted Thu, Oct 6, 9:53 a.m.

60% is "a surprisingly large majority" and 40% is a "noisy minority"? Really? I'd say 60% is a majority, certainly, but not necessarily "surprisingly large," while 40% is nearly 1/2 of voters. I would like less bias. What's surprising to me is that in an article about Seattle and trust, ...

Posted Tue, Oct 4, 9:16 a.m.

Hardly "a history." And tells us nothing much. Why post this?

Posted Mon, Oct 3, 11:44 a.m.

I resent the idea that I must accept growth and that stopping growth cannot be a goal for those of us who wish for a less crowded city. Why shouldn't I resist it if that's how I feel? In my north Seattle area I see a majority of the projects ...

Posted Mon, Oct 3, 11:26 a.m.

I don't know about Texas or Colorado but, unlike Washington, Oregon and California both have income taxes. California also has sales tax. I don't know whether Colorado does. So while generally I am against all this spending on various transit options in preference to keeping our roads in good repair ...

Posted Fri, Sep 23, 9:48 a.m.

So if we're not getting any money out of this, why is King County bending over for this visual pollution? I don't want billboards--whether static or digital flashers--anyway, so money wouldn't sell me on this idea. What are the council members who voted unanimously for this providing as a rationale? ...

Posted Wed, Sep 21, 9:51 a.m.

Two things: 1: There goes another neighborhood. 2: If this great plan for light rail stations here, there, and everywhere isn't working in Beacon Hill (no anticipated dense development), isn't that some kind of a clue about what might happen where other light rail stations are going in? I realize ...

Posted Wed, Sep 21, 8:58 a.m.

While I'd love to see the right female mayor, the idea, if true, that Ms. Daudon thinks highly of Tim Burgess and Dow Constantine, those folks whose views of parking rates (an arm and a leg) and predictability, and of car licensing fees (more and more and more, and for ...

Posted Tue, Sep 13, 6:36 p.m.

A couple of responses: To beaky: I don't know if your comment was a direct response to mine, but if it was, please know I am not sitting in my car obsessing about bikes. Oftentimes I AM one. And I share your feelings about other places where drivers are polite, ...

Posted Tue, Sep 13, 9:23 a.m.

Agree with seattlelifer, animalal, and Rob French. I, too, have ridden bikes many places for many years always extra careful and courteous to car drivers who I give the benefit of the doubt on good intentions but also assume may not see me. My personal thought on any growing hostility ...

Posted Wed, Sep 7, 11:25 a.m.

I agree with Mr. Baker and respond to pragmatic that if there is going to be a huge wall of condos, and I'm sure there will be, sooner rather than later, the condo developers and the eventual owners must pay for this front yard proposed for them. I see no ...

Posted Sun, Sep 4, 11:19 a.m.

Sadly it appears Mr. Brewster has drunk the koolaid. His article doesn't mention the inevitable wall of condos that no doubt is already in planning stages. orino has nailed that aspect. A truly interesting article would be an investigation of what permits are being sought and their progress through the ...

Posted Tue, Aug 30, 9:17 a.m.

I'd like an option to turn in my 8 free bus tickets for---THE MONEY! Metro is meant to serve people going into and out of downtown Seattle. It does nothing, or nothing reasonable in the time and fare commitment, for folks traveling elsewhere or east-west within the city. Metro riders ...

Posted Wed, Aug 24, 2:36 p.m.

Yes, agree that this writer, up front about being a fan of density, certainly didn't support his piece with any reasonable balance. What I can't understand is why some are so driven to return us to the days when people lived in tenements over the store. What's so romantic about ...

Posted Wed, Aug 24, 2:18 p.m.

I agree farmers should be able to hold Monsanto accountable for contaminating their properties with both GMO products and Roundup. Why is it that when people clearly do not want foods grown from or containing GMO materials, the government doesn't take OUR side but instead stands silent as Monsanto apparently ...

Posted Fri, Aug 12, 8:07 a.m.

What are they spending the money on now? "Road diets" and bike lanes and ridiculous light rail and streetcars. Buses are impossible and so are the roads. One suggestion I have is to tax the bejeebers out of owners of heavy trucks and SUVs since they, being heavier, do more ...

Posted Mon, Aug 8, 10:38 a.m.

How will a tunnel from south Lake Union to the stadiums serve anyone except folks wanting to make that trip? While I can see that freight movers going north might be near enough to the stadium area that they reasonably might use the tunnel, I can't see how or why ...

Posted Tue, Aug 2, 1:49 p.m.

Agree with cocktails42 that the 2007 vote was misleading because the retrofit was not on the ballot. I suspect that was by design. I was for the retrofit as the most cost-effective solution. Even if Seattle has a highly paid workforce, there remain those who either are not that highly ...