Countering Conspiracy Theories About Luxury Housing Ownership
Another “report” has emerged about housing in Seattle and the Seattle Times has a story about its claims that somehow less than two thousand pricey units are somehow destroying the whole housing economy in the city and making life hard for poor people. It’s nonsense. I caught wind of the 51 page analysis of just […]
Small Businesses Rise Up in West Seattle
A new group has formed in West Seattle to try and steer the outcome of the City Council race there between Lisa Herbold and Phillip Tavel. Four years ago, Herbold won her place on the Council with a few dozen votes. I’ve said before, Councimember Sawant is a performance artist, while Herbold actually gets things […]
What Will Happen With Rent Control?
I don’t debate rent control any more. There was a time when we argued about rent control with Councilmembers and its socialist backers. But the argument has morphed into something different that a debate about policy; this is religious at this point. And that characterization is probably unfair to religious zealots. Anyone should have known that […]
