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 […]
Seattle: Turning Point, Boiling Point, or Point of No Return?
What a month! Back on May 2nd I arrived back in Seattle from Chicago. I went from the airport to my apartment, dropped off my stuff, and then took a Lyft up to a Ballard church where I saw something I’d seen before, angry neighbors. But this was a bit different. The assembled mob was […]
