January 30

City Approves Legislative Rezone
This afternoon at City Hall, the full Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to approve the Roosevelt legislative rezone.  Whatever your opinion about the details of the proposal, this step culminates a process which began in July 2006 when we submitted our detailed recommendations for the rezone.  What a long strange trip it’s been. The final [...]

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January 10

I won $50,000 for setting out my trash on Tuesday
I won. And so did several thousand of my Seattle North neighbors who also set their trash out on Tuesday. All of us have the opportunity to spend up to $50,000 on a capital improvement project in our neighborhoods. Any project. Anywhere in the area where we set out our recycle, yard waste or tiny [...]

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December 06

Roosevelt Land Use Update 2 Dec 2011
The neighborhood rezone saga is rapidly coming to a close.  City Council’s land use committee (“COBE”) has been discussing this topic since the public hearing on September 19th.  I expect for the committee to vote by December 14th and for full Council to finalize new zoning legislation on December 19th. At this point, COBE’s position [...]

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October 30

Climate Change and Your Carbon Footprint
I’ve read many articles on how our planet is warming and how climate extremes are happening now and will increase, such as; more flooding, drought, heat waves and intense storms.  If we don’t all cut back on fossil fuels, our climate will heat up and we will not be able to reverse it.  Scary stuff!  [...]

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September 21

Roosevelt Land Use Update – City Council Public Hearing
Last night’s public hearing by the City Council land use committee was remarkable in many ways; indeed there are many remarks on various blogs I have been told.  But what struck me most was the incredible attendance – over 500 people showed up for this meeting, which makes it the largest community meeting of the [...]

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