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pointcounterpoint's comments
Posted Mon, Sep 29, 7:43 p.m.
The Opportunity Cost of Sound Transit 2: Reasonable people agree that there are a multitude of amenities or opportunities that make a city livable, desirable, and a great place to live. Your argument is that LR would make Seattle a better place to live. My question is: at the expense ...
MOREPosted Mon, Sep 29, 2:52 p.m.
There is a Finite Amount of Tax the Public Can Bear: The Sky is not the limit. We have seen that with the collapse of the garbage loan system that is reverberating through the US and world financial markets right now. The sky is not the limit with taxes, either. ...
MOREPosted Mon, Sep 29, 8:30 a.m.
Add Up the Tax Burden, Current and Proposed!: So the writers think the cost of the Sound Transit 2 tax proposal is a great value? Taxpayers will surely add up: -all of the existing taxes that they are paying currently (Transit Now, Sound Transit, etc, etc), and -add in what ...
MOREPosted Fri, Aug 29, 7:42 a.m.
Proposed 2008 Taxes Too Heavy a Burden for Taxpayers: David, this is not the year to give us a nice pat and tell us not to worry our pretty little heads over the cost. Add up all of the existing taxes, and then add up everything that the elected officials ...
MOREPosted Tue, Apr 22, 10:31 p.m.
Sabey NOT a Hometown Hero: The word was, before the closure of Seattle's beloved Frederick & Nelson, that good old boy Dave Sabey and his buddy Dave Taylor took huge bonuses (some said $50K) for doing such a great job of running F & N into the ground, just a ...
MOREPosted Sat, Apr 19, 10:27 a.m.
Population Growth & Loss of Connection to the Environment Drive Greed: Since home lots are pretty much staying the same size as 40 years ago, an increase from a 1300 sq. feet home to a much larger home of 4,000 or more square feet means less yard. It also means ...
MOREPosted Thu, Feb 21, 11:29 a.m.
The Plethora of Choices are Choking Us...: We live in a 1950's "modernist" rambler. Many of these homes, beloved in southern California and Arizona for their design, are disappearing in Washington because of all the reasons stated above about desiring more space... The availability of so many THINGS that we ...
MOREPosted Sat, Dec 29, 8:59 a.m.
Washington's history re: the environment isn't pretty: Great article. Thank you for mentioning those two books. Another great read is Seattle author Timothy Egan's "The Good Rain", who writes for the New York Times. It's one of the best books that I have ever read. The book covers the environment ...
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