Morning Fizz

Construction Boom Funds Expanded Budget

The mayor's budget proposal, council candidates on the Sonics, and a #ShellNo victory.

09/29/2015 By Josh Feit

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Seattle Times Comes Out Against Transportation Levy

Criticizing city hall's "urbanist agenda," Times calls for no vote on transportation levy.

09/28/2015 By Josh Feit

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State Attorney General Ferguson Likes His Role as Equal Opportunity Avenger, Council Candidates Like Urbanism, Kinda

State AG on nonpartisan tear, plus our city council candidate interviews continue.

09/25/2015 By Josh Feit

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Council Outlines Affordable Housing Priorities, School Board Suspends Suspensions, and the Mariners Speak

Revisiting the Housing and Affordability committee recommendations, the year the Mariners saved baseball, the Pike Street closure, and Sawant’s record.

09/24/2015 By Josh Feit

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Amazon and Boeing Creating 43 Percent of Local Jobs

Local economy update, council candidate push poll, and some media gossip.

09/23/2015 By Josh Feit

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Developers Scoff at Both Sawant and Burgess

Rent resolution, neighborhood reaction, Eyman violation, and housing consternation.

09/22/2015 By Josh Feit

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Seattle Greenways Returns to Park(ing) Day's Activist Roots

Cyrus Habib for lieutenant governor, Jon Grant for paid parental leave, and Seattle Greenways for tactical urbanism.

09/21/2015 By Josh Feit

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Urbanism in Its Own Right

'Social justice' and 'equity' are the most overused words of the year, and environmentalists need to stop trying to justify their movement with pandering overtures.

09/18/2015 By Josh Feit

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An Uber Economy Bill of Rights, a Candidate Forum, and Rent Control

Caffeinated news featuring candidate signatures and conflicting statements.

09/17/2015 By Josh Feit and Josh Kelety

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Teachers Support Agreement, 43rd District Endorsements, Q&A with Council Candidate Lisa Herbold, City Passes on Affordable Housing Dollars

City council candidate Lisa Herbold on affordable housing, parking, and Mayor Murray.

09/16/2015 By Josh Feit

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"Tentative Agreement" Reached Between Striking Teachers and Seattle Schools District

The teachers' strike, some candidate endorsements, and a letter from hookah lounge owners.

09/15/2015 By Josh Feit

Guest Opinion

The Slippery Slope of the Affordable Housing "Grand Bargain"

How social justice advocates can save the grand bargain.

09/14/2015 By Dan Bertolet

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Friday Likes and Dislikes Featuring Lorena González and Rob Johnson

Outtakes from our interviews with city council race frontrunners, including their opinions on the transportation levy and HALA recommendations.

09/04/2015 By Josh Feit

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Bill Bradburd Thinks the Overall HALA Recommendations Are "Dumb"

An outtake from our general election endorsement interview with city council Position Nine candidate Bill Bradburd.

09/03/2015 By Josh Feit

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Pike/Pine Showdown and Uber Standoff

Caffeinated news featuring Uber's response, a retailer's response, and a legislator's resignation.

09/02/2015 By Josh Feit

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Some Pike/Pine Property Owners Disapprove of Street Closure Project, Uber Driver Deactivated After Speaking Out on Workers' Rights

Caffeinated news featuring a Pike/Pine surprise.

09/01/2015 By Josh Feit

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Drawing While Governor, Smoking While East African, Skywriting While Protesting, Discriminating While Renting, and Quitting City Hall

Caffeinated news featuring the unabated hookah crackdown, the unsophisticated governor, unabashed landlords, and unhappy at city hall.

08/31/2015 By Josh Feit

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Friday Likes & Dislikes: Hookah Edition

Hookah lounge owners unsatisfied after high-level talks with mayor's office.

08/28/2015 By Russell Knight

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Murray Reaches Out to Hookah Lounge Owners, Sound Transit Board to Decide on ST3 Options

Caffeinated news featuring a change of strategy on hookah lounges, recommended changes to the future light rail line, and abandoning city hall.

08/27/2015 By Josh Feit

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Anti-Semitism Creeps into Recent Black Lives Matter March

Recent Black Lives Matter rally marred by anti-Semitic rhetoric.

08/26/2015 By Josh Feit