Seattle City Council: “We [expletive] this up. Royally.”
Would you like some honesty with your coffee this morning? How about this statement from Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez about the Seattle City Council’s recent efforts to tax jobs: “It’s time for us to swallow our medicine. We [expletive] this up. Royally.” This is in sharp contrast what the Councilmember said about why the measure was […]
We Have a Leadership Crisis not a Housing Crisis: The Parable of the Broken Gas Gauge
Over the last holiday I had a loaner car, and I was driving down a narrow road toward my destination. The car was old, but was well maintained, I thought, by the garage that gave it to me while mine was getting maintenance. Suddenly, it started to make noise and lurch a bit. What was […]
Who’s On First? $180 Million from Mariners Won’t Buy Much Housing
After a nice trip out to Mazama I told myself I wouldn’t whine about how we do things around here. That didn’t last. Clearly the King County Council learned nothing from the jobs tax debacle in Seattle. Now the King County Council is creating a huge controversy about renovations to Safeco Field. I’m not even […]
