Nostalgia File: I Used to Support a “Head Tax”
Sometimes I can sense my age. I am getting older. The signs are here and there, like having to stretch before I run to avoid nagging injuries to ligaments, muscles, and bones. Another sign is irony. I think that’s the right word to describe the experience of having supported something then opposing it later — […]
Fire, Ready, Aim: The City Already Owns Land to Build Over 2000 Units
I think most people at the City, Crosscut, and the Seattle Times have their e-mail set up so that anything from my address goes directly into the trash. But still, I have to try. This goes back several years to when we were fighting against linkage taxes. I didn’t do this work but I don’t […]
Crosscut and Seattle Times Hand Big Win to Job Tax Advocates
The horse, as they say, is out of the barn. So are the pigs, and the chickens, and all the communists pushing for a tax on jobs in Seattle. The Seattle Times and Crosscut have posted stories about a very poorly argued post about a study by McKinsey Company about the City needing $400 million […]
