Greater Seattle home costs soared at 11.3 percent, the fastest pace in three years, the fastest in the US. The region has taken the top spot in the national rankings in every month since September, and price growth has only been speeding up as of late . Portland was behind, again, with home pr[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
March 29th, 2017 - 1:01 am § in Misc.
Why is North Seattle Attractive to Encampments?
Encampment Complaints: A suspicious pattern March 23, 2017 The document in the link below was produced by Seattle’s Customer Service Bureau (CSB) in response to a public disclosure request from Safe Seattle. The document shows how many citizen complaints the City got in a six-week time period. The[...]
March 11th, 2017 - 9:16 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle Antisemitism
Tracy Rector FACEBOOK This was left on my son’s school today which is part of Temple De Hirsch Sinai. It breaks my heart that the students, especially the middle schoolers, had to face this hatred in what’s supposed to be a safe space. FYI, in the last 50 days since the Dictator and hi[...]
February 4th, 2017 - 1:13 am § in The Ave Scene
Does rent control work? Evidence from Berlin
“in practice, rent control may actually provide greater benefits for higher income renters.” City Commentary By Joe Cortright As housing affordability becomes an increasingly challenging and widespread problem in many US cities, there are growing calls for the imposition of rent contr[...]
January 25th, 2017 - 11:47 am § in Uncategorized
Will WASTATE go for charters under Trumped Education?
The Donald’s choice of Betsy DeVos as the next secretary of education is momentous for the fight here WA over charters. Stripped of lots of rhetoric the fight here has two parts: 1. Who should control the tax money spent, under our Constitution, to provide public education? On one side, most[...]
December 11th, 2016 - 11:38 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Don’t Tell Trump About Boeing’s Christmas Present
Boeing Selling Seattle Made Planes to Iran! TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s flag carrier finalized a major deal with U.S. plane maker Boeing Co. to buy $16.6 billion worth of passenger planes Sunday in one of the most tangible benefits yet for the Islamic Republic from last year’s landmark nuclear [...]
December 7th, 2016 - 11:15 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
You can rent this U-District nook for $750/mo.
Read story and see more pics here. [...]
December 6th, 2016 - 12:05 pm § in The Ave Scene
Luxury at Seattle’s Town Dump
Nicest dump around? New $108M transfer station in Wallingford even has a basketball court[...]
November 26th, 2016 - 11:23 am § in Misc.
Dan Savage on Liberal Hypocrisy
Dan Savage Has Had Enough Of ‘Pasty White’ Jill Stein Supporters Only privileged groups can afford to risk a Trump presidency, the podcast host argued in an epic rant. HUFFINGTONPOST.COM[...]
DRINKING LIBERALLY: Mister T will be a our Guest For the First Monday After April 1
GREAT NEWS FOR SEATTLE’S NEW CHAPTER OF DRINKING LIBERALLY! We have a very special guest for the first Monday after April 1. Mr. T, himself! Mr. T is the role model that inspired the Donald to run for President. The April 3 Drinking Liberally chapter meeting is at 7:00 pm at Hotel Hotel[...]