Last week I had the opportunity to push back on the notion that the only way to “save” the Showbox theater downtown is to slap a historic designation on it. This makes absolutely no sense. The problem with the Showbox venue — and old brick building downtown slated for demolition to make way for housing — […]
I posted earlier about the comments I was putting together for the Department of Housing And Urban Development as they consider changes to the implementation of the Fair Housing Act. I’ll write more later about where this process goes, the history and future of the act, and what role the federal government might play in […]
Dear Paul, We never met. Your money supported my work early on. Then we kind of broke up. I mean, your people supported a policy I didn’t support. Whatever. Years ago, I was campaign manager for a City Council candidate that supported the Seattle Commons. That was your plan to create new development and a […]