Rent Control Rally: Will We Have Rent Control in a Year?
It was exactly four years ago this week that I took the stage with Councilmember Kshama Sawant. to debate rent control. What have we learned as a city in that interval? Not much. This weekend Sawant will rally rent control supporters. Her followers have already been gathering signatures on a petition. For anyone who knows […]
Back to Ohio
This week I’ll be attending and speaking at the Ohio Realtors Spring Legislative Conference. The title of my session is Affordable Housing: Developing Policies that Encourage Housing Without Trampling on Private Property Rights. Property rights has become the province of the right wing. It shouldn’t be. Do we have property rights or not? Of course we […]
Reform on the Road: More Time in Eastern Washington
Last Saturday I travelled to Wenatchee to attend a dinner with Douglas County Republicans. The topic? Creating a 51st state made of up of Eastern Washington Counties. The proposed name of the new state? Liberty. The presentation by Representative Matthew Shea was provocative, highlighting the stark differences between Seattle and the rest of Washington. After […]
