HALA’s Most Confusing Recommendation: The Pushes and Pulls of MIZ
This is the second installment of three blogs posts I’m writing about individual recommendations within HALA. I have researched each one and it is no surprise that the award for most confusing HALA recommendation goes to “R1 Partnership for Mandatory Inclusionary Housing – Development Driven Affordability Strategy” or, in local government parlance, Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning […]
HALA Detail: Will Council Fully Support HALA’s Cottage Recommendations?
As an intern with Smart Growth Seattle over the past couple of months I have been charged with several duties. One of which was digging into each of HALA’s 65 (really 74) recommendations. The process involved uncovering who is responsible, who benefits, and what, if anything, has been done with the report’s many contentious recommendations […]
Folkenomics: The Mything Middle
A recent editorial I came across, “Election Season Reveals Rampant Economic Illiteracy Among Voters,” bemoans what I’ve been noticing for years: a deep and wide ignorance and rejection of basic economic principles among the American public and more specifically, voters. The article fails to put together a very good argument, instead it points to relevant […]
