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Seattleite. Likes: maps, dogs, plants, ice cream, walkable cities. Dislikes: most zoning, Elon Musk
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Does anyone have transcripts of the 2023 Seattle city council forums about the comprehensive plan? 9/6/23 and 9/7/23. I want to quote Cathy Moore in my email to her. www.theurbanist.org/2023/09/09/v... www.theurbanist.org/2023/09/10/s...

submitted 22 hours ago • 3 comments

Imagine this at 145th and 5th Ave NE, right next to the new light rail station. City of Seattle already owns the land. But apparently 27 holes of golf is a better use of public land. Jackson Golf Course is so big we could build this *twice* (20,000 new homes) and still have a 40 acre park

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone know the deal with Seattle’s 2/17 Presidents Day protests? So far I’ve seen: -Federal Building 12-2 -Cal Anderson 12-6 -something about Westlake? I want to put up posters but don’t know which location to use

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Make America Democracy Again

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Can we file an initiative to proclaim August 5th as “Sara Nelson is Amazon’s Lapdog Day.” SNALD for short I’m sure there’s a better (non-libelous) acronym; nominations are open. August seems nice bc we can have block parties.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Take a step back, see what's happening. Trump took office and abruptly gave the richest guy on earth free rein to unmake the US government without any White House oversight or coordination. That guy has been publicly radicalized into an increasingly open white supremacist and conspiracy theorist.

submitted 13 days ago • 28 comments

What this whole sorry comp plan episode reveals is that we need to go to #waleg and have them take away the Seattle City Council’s power over zoning and housing. Just setup a Japan-style model with ministerial approval. We won’t solve the housing crisis by letting cities mess around like this.

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Coup action item: email your banks and investment (401k) companies. The entire banking/finance community should be freaking out about DOGE teens screwing around in secure Treasury servers. I want them calling their contacts in DC. Here’s what I sent:

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Not a good sign that my hopes for the future of our democracy involve a Mormon prophecy, Mitch McConnell, and a programming language invented in 1959.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I just want to underscore this, one more time. The Harrell Admin's growth plan would destroy more trees than the density-forward option that the city studied and set aside. Density is good for trees. That's from the city's own study.

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Speaking as a former child shill for school levies: If you’re going to use your kids as political props, please make sure they have the facts right. Building up ⬆️ saves trees (and birds and orcas). Biggest loss in Seattle tree canopy is in parks and green space. Due to climate change.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 Tomorrow at 10:30am, the House Local Government Committee in #waleg will conduct a public hearing on #HB1299, the companion to the state Senate's fantastic parking reform bill. Log your support: bit.ly/4gplKj4 Submit written testimony: bit.ly/4gqS2KB Testify: bit.ly/3WKy7iA

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

HISTORICALLY Use of the word “historically” can cause an NSF grant to be killed. Also “systemic”, “biased,” and “barrier” This coup is not only horrifying but also really stupid.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I rage-annotated the latest misleading mailer from Seatte Chamber of Commerce and will be posting in my apartment lobby. Mayor Harrell, I don’t appreciate being lied to.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Parking reform unlocks great neighborhoods while cutting red tape, home costs, and sprawl. @Sightline www.sightline.org/2025/01/31/t...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment