Forbes: Impact Fees? Local Government Should Provide Infrastructure for Free
I’ve been writing a lot more at Forbes lately. This month has fit that pattern. Yesterday I put up a post there about infrastructure that was based on my thoughts after using bike share on bike lanes here in Seattle. What we’re doing with transportation infrastructure, as a matter of policy, is paying for it […]
Martin Luther King: “Somewhere I Read….”
If you find this post useful, consider a contribution to our work today. Martin Luther King was a man of words and action. I’m ambivalent about the official holiday celebrating his life and work. Is he worthy of the honor? Of course. But I worry that the dominant culture may have used the holiday to […]
Washington’s First Pro-Housing Political Action Committee: Fair Housing Washington
Ok. You’re right. There are other political action committees (PAC) out there that support or oppose candidates and issues based on housing issues. But what Fair Housing Washington does is to go beyond the trade association or constituency model of PACs to aim purely at good policy. What I mean is that the Rental Housing […]