City Builder: Mark Huber Volunteers to Build a Local Family a New Home
Earlier this year we featured Mark Huber, a local Seattle builder. But Mark Huber isn’t your typical business-owner; in fact, you could say he lives a double life. Most know him as a good family man and successful contractor. But Huber also raises funds and recruits people to help build homes for families in need […]
Sawant Leads, Burgess Follows
We’re still absorbing the irony over here in the real world: Supposed arch conservative Councilmember and Council President Tim Burgess, without warning, today offered and introduced a resolution committing the City to repeal the State preemption on rent control, a move championed by Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant. The vote? 8 to 1, with the lone […]
Tower Separation Anxiety
Councilmember Sally Bagshaw last week sent a letter to Mayor Murray asking him to direct the Department of Planning and Development to undertake a tower spacing scheme for downtown similar to the program implemented in South Lake Union. What tower spacing does is mandate allowing only one residential tower per block. This is a recipe […]
