Who’s On First? $180 Million from Mariners Won’t Buy Much Housing
After a nice trip out to Mazama I told myself I wouldn’t whine about how we do things around here. That didn’t last. Clearly the King County Council learned nothing from the jobs tax debacle in Seattle. Now the King County Council is creating a huge controversy about renovations to Safeco Field. I’m not even […]
Term Limits: The Displacement Debate Should Be Over
These days the debate about housing is characterized by how repetitive it has become; the debate seems to always cover the same ground and reach the same conclusion. For some the conclusion is we need more rules to keep prices in check and for others the conclusion is that we need fewer for more housing. […]
Baseball and Housing: Hitting, Pitching, and Supply Have a Simple Fix
I’ve long compared the hunger to regulate the housing market down to the color of doorknobs on the bathroom doors of new apartments with people’s view of something seemingly completely unrelated: baseball. As is often the case, my intuition — and just ambient awareness — is right. People like to see the outcomes they want […]
