"That’s Not What I Said:"O’Brien Reframes Bargain on Facebook
I usually don’t post on Fridays since traffic tends to fall off as people get ready for the weekend. But an interesting exchange took place on Facebook last night. When asked a direct question about proposed rezones in the Grand Bargain–an exchange of upzones for mandatory inclusion of rent restricted housing in new buildings–Councilmember O’Brien […]
Where’s the Profit in That?
So I am in a wrestling match. Right now I am trying to figure out how to explain in the simplest terms–what are often called layman’s terms–how real estate transactions work. Here’s the biggest problem: real estate professionals speak one language and lay people (a term borrowed from the division between the priesthood and everyone […]
Grand Bargain: This Isn’t Going to be Easy
I was on the Seattle Channel last week with Councilmember Mike O’Brien, Eastlake resident and micrhousing opponent Linda Alexander, and affordable housing developer and Grand Bargain signer Bill Rumpf. If you watch this whole show you’ll notice that the Grand Bargain is a lot more complicated than the group Seattle For Everyone (a group organized […]
