Seattle Times Story: “I Am Not a Lobbyist!”
A liberal arts education is a terrible things to waste, so I was happy with the title of a profile on my work for Smart Growth Seattle headlined, Sharp Tongued Philosopher a Provocateur for Urban Density. But if you read through the piece you’d come away either with the impression that I am a lobbyist […]
Primary Election 2015: Better Than Expected?
I’ll admit that I’ve been pretty cynical about this year’s election. I didn’t even vote for a candidate for City Council because they are all so bad on our issues. But candidates who ran on explicitly NIMBY and anti HALA (Housing Affordabily and Livabiliy Agenda) Committee platforms (Grant, Bradburd, and Provine) got a thumping. Their […]
What the HALA Do We Do Now?
Lots of people are annoyed by the Mayor’s climb down on expanding housing supply in single-family neighborhoods, a key recommendation from his own Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA) Committee. I am. But what should we do? Some have said we need to move on and put energy into preserving other elements of the HALA […]
