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Archive for the ‘The Ave Scene’ Category
May 21st, 2017 - 12:26 am § in The Ave Scene
Why do MY tax dollars support Sawant’s Socialist Alternative Party?
A friend in Seattle tells me that this was sent on Seattle money, using City Council Staff, by Kshama Sawant. Whatever the value of her opinions, I do not understand how this is relevant to Sawant’s job as the Council member from my neighborhood in Seattle. Sawant is obviously using city mon[...]
May 18th, 2017 - 9:38 am § in The Ave Scene
Why Seattle’s Voucher System Is NOT A Cure for Election Corruption
Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program: A Candidate’s View James Passey was running for a city council seat this year, but he recently withdrew, citing the Voucher Program as one of the reasons. Here is his view: “In 2015, Seattle voters passed an initiative to create a public-finance[...]
May 18th, 2017 - 1:20 am § in The Ave Scene
Big Brother, the Alt Right, Comes to Seattle
Sinclair Broadcast Group has acquired Tribune Media for approximately $3.9 billion, a deal that will bring more than 200 television stations across the country under one owner. For Seattle, this would mean KOMO TV, channel 4, as well as KCPQ-Fox, channel 13, under one boss … the far right S[...]
May 16th, 2017 - 12:24 am § in The Ave Scene
We Need Moth Races Off Of Seattle New Waterfront!
The Incredible Moth .. way cooler than the hydroes! These things are amazing. They can make 35 knot in a minimal wind. Imagine Seafair with moth races replacing the hydros![...]
When Neofascists Confer
How many of us remember that WWII in the Pacific began not with Pearl Harbor but with a conflict between the US and China over access to the South China Sea? While Trump twists, tevoes, and tweets, it looks like that the Philippines is making love with China and jointly carving up the South Chin[...]
May 13th, 2017 - 8:27 am § in Donald Trump, The Ave Scene
What Happens When No One Votes to Pay Taxes?
The NY Times describes what happens in the rural Northwest, when natural resources dwindle and government no longer lives off “free” money from the private use of public lands. Combine this with the Trump era tax resistance movement and influx of empty nester retirees who come fo[...]
May 13th, 2017 - 7:48 am § in The Ave Scene
Is Donald Trump About to Sell Off the San Juan Islands?
Lovers of Our San Juan Islands Beware. We are so lucky to have the San Juans as a place where the poorest citizen can come and camp and I can bring my 34ft Aquila to anchor in skull cove. Now the Donald Trump administration is threatening to make the 27 national monuments , including the San [&he[...]
May 12th, 2017 - 11:49 am § in The Ave Scene
Who is making a buck of off the Seattle real estate bubble?
Tax data geek-out time: All real estate agents & brokers statewide paid $47.3M in taxes on $3.1B revenue. This includes B&O taxes, the primary business tax that companies pay. This is the tax agents pay on their income from real estate transactions. Seller fees for transaction are not [...]