Heather Staples (Quinn’s Bar and Grill) said that some stakeholders were considering an appeal to the Seattle City Council, although she says she’s not sure to whom exactly. “People don’t hear us in City Hall,” she says. from Crosscut: In the upstairs of Quinn’s pub on the corner o[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sawant’
June 16th, 2015 - 8:05 am § in Misc.
While Sawant is Taking on Shell, Boeing, and the Democrats, Her District Is in Trouble
June 16th, 2015 - 5:40 am § in Misc.
Seattle Housing: How to pay for lowering the cost of living here?
FACEBOOK: Sarajane Siegfriedt “(Mayor Murry’s Housing Affordability Committee) has agreed on a list of 60 affordability and livability strategies, but with two weeks to go they haven’t figured out financing. Linkage fees look as though they will fly, but how high? City-backed bo[...]
June 15th, 2015 - 9:55 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
CHOOSE PEACE NOT WAR
Kashama Sawant and her “Socialist Alternative” in Seattle appeal to supporters by proclaiming support for the BDS boycott Israel monument. Sawant ough to read what her movement stands for: WAR and ethnic cleansing. As’ad AbuKhalil, a leading BDS activist, states : “The real aim of BD[...]
June 14th, 2015 - 11:37 pm § in Misc.
Is the homeless problem soluble?
While the Sawantistas are touting recreating the failed housing projects of the 50s, people actually working on the problem seem to be making headway. Chronic homelessness has declined by 10 percent over the past five years, and veteran homelessness has dropped by a third in the same time period, [...]
June 13th, 2015 - 10:07 am § in Misc.
A Sawant Supporter Makes His Case: COMMENTS WELCOME
NOTE Brett Hamil, the talking head in this well done piece lives outside of District 3 .. in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. he hates Mayor Murray and demonizes Sawant’s oponents,especially Pam Banks, because apparentrly she can pick up a phone and call the Mayor? he thinks Kshama r[...]
June 13th, 2015 - 8:50 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: Is Sawant Afraid of New People Living in Seattle?
Josh Feit on Sawant “am I to believe that the 120,000 new people expected to move here in the next 20 years are all six-figure yuppies who should be charged extra while the six-figure yuppies in Laurelhurst, Madison Park, Inverness, and Magnolia aren’t part of the housing equation?[...]
June 11th, 2015 - 1:30 am § in The Ave Scene
Keeping the minorities out of politics In Seattle
FACEBOOK: Cindi Laws makes the point that the candidate forums have “gone off the rails.” Moderators are frightened of activists who come not to encourage speech but to dominate it. This results in boring meetings, so controlled that candidates do not even get to answer each others&[...]
June 9th, 2015 - 10:55 am § in The Ave Scene
SAWANT’S MONEY
Sawant makes a great deal of her claim that her opponents are taking money from developers and corporations … Is this so? here is the data from the Seattle web site: SAWANT’S MONEY: Outside her district and especially outside Seattle! Sawant: $82,o0o Leading contributors by employe[...]
June 8th, 2015 - 12:28 pm § in Misc.
Seattle Housing Crisis: A Proposed Answer
Last week I released my proposal to increase the supply of homes in Seattle using a strategy of inclusionary up-zoning–with special attention to affordable housing for people earning the minimum wage. Increasing supply takes time and will not happen overnight. My new proposal for a voucher program[...]