KUOW: Finally, Some Balanced News
Back in the old days, and I mean the 1990s, there was a general approach to getting a story in the press. A campaign or advocacy group would issue a press release, call reporters at the half a dozen or so outlets in town that might cover an issue or an event, and then one would […]
Don’t Be Fooled: Rent Stabilization is Rent Control
Tomorrow 7 Seattle City Council seats are up for grabs. I already wrote last week about how the local, self-proclaimed, business community is supporting Egan Orion with hundreds of thousands of dollars even though Orion supports rent control. But wait. He doesn’t support rent control. Orion supports rent stabilization. Oh, stabilization. Got it. There’s a […]
The Stranger: More Fun With Real Estate Conspiracy Theories
Last week, we got the jump on a really misleading “report” that, once again, somehow, a relatively small number of real estate transactions are distorting the entire housing market. The Stranger felt compelled to respond with a flailing post that mentions my name 8 times but really doesn’t show how around 1,600 units of expensive […]
