Correction: Murray Did Not Bring ‘Developers and Housing Advocates to the Table.’
As the local press, the closest thing we have to historians of our city’s unfolding story, busily writes the obituary of Mayor Ed Murray, they are already embedding in that narrative basic falsehoods, what historian AJP Taylor in his important and controversial history of World War II, The Origins of the Second World War calls “legends,” things […]
Mix Tapes: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
I was listening to some really old recordings on my phone and I found one from a public meeting with Councilmember Mike O’Brien back on April 12th, 2011. That’s a long time, right. I mean back then we were still fighting against the tunnel, Mike McGinn was Mayor (his first go at the job), I was […]
Do You Need Help With Rent? Try Our Calculator
I’ve been making the point that we could make our resources go a lot further if we just make direct cash payments to people who need help with rent. So we decided to make a calculator that would show renters just how much more than the normative standard they are paying using a simple calculator […]
