Mayor Election 2017: Lots of Candidates but Not a Lot of Leadership
Running for office isn’t easy. It’s more or less a gauntlet of trying to make and keep people happy. There is an element of sport to it since it is competitive. But anyone who has been through it will either say they love it or they hate it. Those that love it tend to be […]
MHA in the International District is Unfair and Ignores Complexity of the Neighborhood
June 14, 2017 To: Councilmember Rob Johnson, Chair, Planning Land Use and Zoning Committee From: Roger Valdez, Director, Smart Growth Seattle Re: Implementation of Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) in the […]
Impact Fees? Increase and Raid REET? Only Poor and People of Color Will Suffer.
Here we go again. The Seattle Times ran a guest editorial titled, “Builders, not residents, should pay for Seattle’s explosive growth.” Now people are buzzing about impact fees on social media. Worse, some candidates for Mayor are talking up the idea. Please stop! We don’t need impact fees. We have other resources like the Real […]
