I have a proposal. Let’s get Pramila and Brady to debate Seattle issues! Over on Facebook supporters of Pramila Jayapal are very angry at me. Her supporters say I will not listen to arguments on her behalf. The key issue is described in the sidebar. She has said she will move into th[...]
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October 23rd, 2016 - 11:00 am § in The Ave Scene
Jayapal and Walkinshaw Should Debate The SEATTLE Issues
October 22nd, 2016 - 11:56 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
The Jayapal Campaign Plays its “Trump Card.”
The Jayapal campaign smells bad to me .. not very different from Trump’s complaining he is losing because the election is fixed. To adapt a quote from Barack Obama “I’d invite Ms. Jayapal to stop whining and go try to make her case to get votes.” On FACEBOOK, the Pramila Jayapal C[...]
October 20th, 2016 - 11:18 pm § in The Ave Scene
Endorsement: NO on ST3
I almost always support mass transit, BUT ST3 is too large, fails to address the issues of congestion or target suburban growth, and has astronomical cost. I used a calculator made available by a pro ST3 group and my own taxes would go up over $1000/year for the indefinite future. I think [...]
October 20th, 2016 - 1:54 pm § in The Ave Scene
ENSORSEMENT: NO on ST3
“If not, there is no “Plan B,” and the Sound Transit board and planners will again have to go back to the drawing board.” Bill Bradburd: Public transit in Seattle and the Puget Sound region has had a fitful history. November’s ballot initiative Prop 1, the $54B Sound Transit 3 (ST3[...]
October 19th, 2016 - 2:19 am § in The Ave Scene
Vulcan names veteran tech exec to be CEO
Bill Hilf, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise executive, will replace Paul Allen, as CEO of Vulcan. Vulcan is the umbrella group that controls the sprawling set of entities that carry out Allen’s diverse interests from sports teams to a conservation-oriented census of Africa’s elephants. Along with [...]
October 17th, 2016 - 10:21 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Job Opportunity: CLOWNS!
The US is Running Out of Clowns The NY Daily News is reporting that the US may be running out of clowns! As Ringling Brothers’ the “Greatest Show on Earth” returns to NY, the circus may face a national clown shortage. Membership at the country’s largest trade organizations for the jokes[...]
October 17th, 2016 - 9:26 am § in The Ave Scene
Richard Sherman’s Rant
Frank Schwab of Yahoo Sports’ Shutdown Corner blog had Sherman and the Seahawks as one of his winners for Week 6: “It was the kind of moment that would have broken the Internet had it come from Odell Beckham. But this is the Seahawks. ‘That was mild,’ Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin said of S[...]
October 17th, 2016 - 2:02 am § in The Ave Scene
How NOT to pay taxes in Seattle
So here in ohso liberal Seattle, we have no state income tax .. mostly we pay real estate taxes. That might be OK, except we also offer yuge tax breaks to folks who own expensive homes. I live in a damn pricey neighborhood. A few months ago I posted about a house downstreet has been […][...]
YOU ARE INVITED: DEBATE #3: “This may be the time for Mike Pence to protect his gonads.”
Wednesday night THE-Ave.US, 43rd LD Democrats and the Hotel-Hotel bar are going to host the third Presidential Debate. SPECIAL GUESTS: #THEREALDONALD #VLADIMIRLENIN The Hotel-Hotel bar is a great place to watch the debate. There is a huge projection screen TV as well as smaller flat screens[...]