A conversation with Seattle
For an all-too-brief moment, it seemed the pets of Whoville Seattle could breathe easy. 2014 would bring a summer without 4th of July explosions in the sky — always just after sunset, maybe the sun-ball had popped? The pets couldn’t say — and without August’s weird overhead shrieking that smells distinctly of jet fuel. But the McGinnch had other plans! Continue reading How the McGinnch Saved 4th of July Fireworks
The biggest question remains unanswered: If the NBA cancels Hansen’s purchase agreement, by what mechanism would the league force the current owners to sell to the Sacramento group? As I have written here before, this fact—that a purchase agreement has been signed, that the Kings are not a beef cattle up for auction—is the single strongest factor in the Seattle group’s favor. Continue reading Seattle to NBA: Do We Get Our Sonics Back or Not?
From South Dearborn to Denny Way, Seattle’s Third Avenue marks the spine of an area that could be papered over with the police reports used to track the crime within it. During the past year, it’s been the setting for more than 3,800 incidents, everything from shoplifting and narcotics use to car theft, robbery, and shootings. 33 times, someone threatened to kill someone else. Continue reading Seattle Plans Third Avenue Clean-Out Redux
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn was not in fact dressed like Jedi knight (the most popular alternative faith in the United Kingdom, so it wouldn’t have been weird) when he announced an ultra-fast broadband plan that would capitalize on the city’s excess (or “dark”) fiber optic lines. Continue reading Light the Dark Fiber We Must, Says Robed Mayor McGinn
“I don’t think we should accept the idea that people are doomed to be homeless and live in tents,” Conlin had told Publicola in November 2010. In October 2011, the Council passed legislation making it easier for religious groups to host tent cities for longer periods of time. Continue reading Op-Ed: City Council Has Nickelsville’s Rat-Infested Floodwater on Its Hands
BlogsGiving has come and gone for the fifth year, but you can still donate to Northwest Harvest: it’s easy. (Text ENDHUNGER to 80888 to make a $10 donation from your phone.) This year we raised $420 for hungry people, an amount which is purely coincidental with the passage of I-502. Continue reading BlogsGiving V Enters the Pages of History
The majority voiced support for Mayor Mike McGinn’s proposal to rezone parts of South Lake Union to allow for towers up to 400 feet tall or about 40 stories. At that height, buildings could obstruct some views of Puget Sound, the Space Needle, and Lake Union from Capitol Hill. Continue reading City Council Gets an Earful of Support for SLU Rezone to 400′