Seattle: Turning Point, Boiling Point, or Point of No Return?
What a month! Back on May 2nd I arrived back in Seattle from Chicago. I went from the airport to my apartment, dropped off my stuff, and then took a Lyft up to a Ballard church where I saw something I’d seen before, angry neighbors. But this was a bit different. The assembled mob was […]
I’ll Support the Jobs Tax If it Pays People’s Rent
Kshama Sawant is at it again. Later today she’ll assemble a mob demanding that the City tax Amazon and “big businesses” for $150 million per year to build affordable housing. This reveals her complete ignorance of what’s going on in housing production and weakens her credentials as a socialist. If she understood the housing market […]
Jobs Tax: Chamber Begins Begging and Pleading Campaign
The Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce may be near the ending of its useful life as an advocacy organization for business in Seattle. Taken together, minimum wage increases, paid leave, and meddling with employee schedules have all added to making Seattle an increasingly difficult place to run a small or medium sized business. This doesn’t […]
