Reportgate: I Regret Any Confusion, But I Stand by The Facts

Reportgate. It’s a thing. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, good. If you do I am truly sorry. As in many things in life, if I had it to do all over again I would have written my original post about the missing report by McKinsey and Company that some Councilmembers said meant we […]

Long Days Journey Into the McKinsey “Report”

I have a more exhaustive post about the push back from supporters of the tax on jobs and why I stand by my original post that there was no report when a report was being cited by Councilmember Gonzalez and the press. I understand the efforts by people and institutions to defend themselves. But as […]

$400 Million a Year to Solve Homelesses? Fake News!

The next time you hear someone saying Seattle needs $400 million a year to “solve” homelessness, send them my post at Forbes, Seattle: A Tax On Jobs, $400 Million, And The Report That Never Was. City leaders were citing a report that never existed, reported as fact by reporters that never verified its existence, to justify […]