It’s Not the Code but Lack of Financing the Prevents DADUs
The latest big social media buzz in and around City Hall is the fight between some angry neighbors and the City over the last round of regulations on Detached Accessory Dwelling Units or DADUs and also called back yard cottages. The recent regulation was appealed by the neighbors and was bogged down in an additional […]
Reform on the Road: More Time in Eastern Washington
Last Saturday I travelled to Wenatchee to attend a dinner with Douglas County Republicans. The topic? Creating a 51st state made of up of Eastern Washington Counties. The proposed name of the new state? Liberty. The presentation by Representative Matthew Shea was provocative, highlighting the stark differences between Seattle and the rest of Washington. After […]
Seattle: Turning Point, Boiling Point, or Point of No Return?
What a month! Back on May 2nd I arrived back in Seattle from Chicago. I went from the airport to my apartment, dropped off my stuff, and then took a Lyft up to a Ballard church where I saw something I’d seen before, angry neighbors. But this was a bit different. The assembled mob was […]
