Tim Burgess: New Mayor Has Mixed Record on Housing
If you want to read a well written if really long article on our new Mayor, Tim Burgess, check out Hayat Norimine’s article on him, “Is Consensus Gone After Tim Burgess?” I’ve known Burgess for a decade. He spent a fair amount of time in the offices adjacent to the ones taken by The Great City […]
Renters Care About More Than Just How Much Rent They Pay
One of the frustrating aspects of talking about housing and trying to do something about it, is the lack of good self reported data about how renters feel about their life as renters. Too often the data pours out about how how much people who rent spend per month as a percentage of gross income. […]
President’s Day: Trump No Reason for Local Leaders to Wage Class Warfare
Here’s a recent Facebook post by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant: It’s time for politicians to move beyond platitudes to action. If Seattle is a sanctuary city, elected officials need to take radical measures to fight Trump’s attacks. The Mayor should not deploy police against peaceful protesters, but instead use police to shield immigrants from […]
