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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 1/15/21, 8:27 am

All things being equal, I would prefer a tunnel from Ballard to West Seattle (item 1). But if we can’t get federal money, it probably makes sense to do elevated. I guess. Cost estimates for above ground seems more volatile, but still probably lower.

Biden is proposing a lot of money for public transportation, so I hope Sound Transit can grab some of it.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 1/13/21, 7:25 am

Hello you lovely people. I hope you survived the storm last night. I still have power here in the urban core. It looks like a lot of the rest of the area does not. If you have to be out in it, stay safe.

And wash your hands right now.

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Monday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 1/11/21, 8:24 am

There’s so much important state and local stuff going on. I want to write about it, but I am just still so pissed off about what happened in DC everything else seems trivial. I generally think that local issues affect people more than national ones, but Trump in general and the last week in particular has really tested that.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 1/8/21, 8:30 am

I don’t know how any Republicans who supported stealing the election, at any time but especially after the riots, can still have a job. They should all resign in disgrace. And if they don’t, they should be removed. From the President down to state legislators and local officials.

And you should wash your hands right now.

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Open Thread Jan 6

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 1/6/21, 8:20 am

Man, what the fuck Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The only Washington State Congress member voting against receiving the electoral college electors. The election isn’t contested. The violence is on her. The delusion people have is on her. The fraud is redistricting. The fraud is vote suppression in Black parts of town, in cities, in college towns. To imply fraud when there isn’t evidence is disgusting.

And she witnessed Rossi’s grievance filled campaign, so she knows it’s not a winning electoral issue. Like, a candidate feeling aggrieved doesn’t help people in a material way.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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First Open Thread of 2021!

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 1/4/21, 8:18 am

And a happy first day of the legislature in Washington. If you have some pressing concern, you should contact your legislators. The session will probably focus on COVID-19. So you might want to push them to make sure that funding doesn’t fall on the poorest people in our lopsided sales tax heavy tax system. Maybe you have some issues that you’re afraid will be overlooked in a probably narrow focused session.

Also, wash your hands right now.

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Open Thread Wednesday

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/30/20, 7:16 am

What is going on East of the Cascades? First the attempted bombing in Spokane. Now Leavenworth bomb threat. Scary stuff.

Anyway wash your hands right now.

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December 28 Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/28/20, 7:44 am

I am glad that the action of Governor Inslee meant that Washington’s unemployment system still worked during President Trump’s delay. No missed payment. No reapplying. It would be better if President Trump had not fucked around, but at least we mitigated most of the damage.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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Wednesday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/23/20, 7:42 am

The oil train derailment and fire in Bellingham is scary stuff. Fortunately, if you can call it that, it wasn’t an explosion. The environmental damage is still going to be pretty gross. And these trains running through our cities is going to inevitably be derailments.

Anyway, this is the last post before Christmas, so have a good one if you celebrate it.

Anyway, anyway, wash your hands right now.

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Open Thread, Monday Morning

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/21/20, 8:20 am

I don’t know about the rest of you, but since the city cleared out Cal Anderson Park, it seems like there are more tents popping up in the rest of Seattle’s urban core. Not getting people the help they need — starting, but very much not ending with housing — is just shuffling them around. Shame on us, in the shadow of Amazon and other large companies, we can’t find the resources to help.

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Open Thread December 18

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 12/18/20, 8:03 am

Seattle Police are taking public comments on use of force and crowd control policies. They have decided to make it difficult, so there are several links to PDF’s at the bottom. You can comment at the bottom of those. Nonetheless, it’s worth commenting on.

For me the issue starts with a massive provocation every time the police show up. Namely that they are armed at all. The average beat cop having a gun, bringing long guns to protests, it really makes the police antagonistic.

Then when they deploy tear gas or rubber bullets, they get labeled as “less lethal” as if they are the gentle alternative to firing indiscriminately into a crowd, rather than a last resort. But it shouldn’t be an option!

In much of the world, most police don’t carry guns. There are still problems with policing, but there’s one less.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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Open Thread Wednesday

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/16/20, 8:11 am

Man, fuck NIMBYs. Fuck the demonization of homeless people. Fuck kicking people out in the middle of a pandemic. Fuck thinking that an empty hotel is more desirable than one housing people.

Fuck kicking homeless people out of Cal Anderson Park without having a place for them to go. Fuck. It doesn’t have to be this way.

And wash your hands right now.

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Open Thread, My Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Monday, 12/14/20, 8:28 am

We’re less than a month away from the new legislature meeting. It’s going to be less liberal than we thought on election night, but still pretty solid Democratic majorities.

So, what should we push for?

I think it’s going to be COVID-19 related. We are going to have to figure out how to make sure that there isn’t an eviction crisis once the moratorium is lifted. That probably means at a minimum making sure that unemployment stays funded no matter what the Federal government does.

It would also be nice if we could figure out ways to not blow up the budget. Generally, the more progressive the taxation, the better. I can understand if legislators don’t want a fight over the income tax to delay getting the money. But I hope funding wouldn’t just be more sales or sin taxes.

And please wash your hands right now.

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Friday Open Thread

by Carl Ballard — Friday, 12/11/20, 8:26 am

We have Democratic members of the redistricting commission. It’s the guy who is maybe most well known because he ran against Pramila Jayapal and a woman I had not heard of but sounds like she has done good work at the Labor Council.

If Washington gets another seat, hopefully they’ll make sure it is a Democratic seat.

If Washington doesn’t get that seat, I hope they can figure out how to make the Southwest Washington seat competitive. Also, for the last decade, the map of Washington Congressional Districts has featured a corgi standing on its front paws; The commission should commit to making at least one district that adorable.

And you should commit to washing your hands right now.

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread!

by Carl Ballard — Wednesday, 12/9/20, 8:26 am

Jenny Durkan isn’t going to run for reelection. It’s not something I am going to shed a tear about.

One thing that strikes me, generally, is how many mayors are not good at mayoring. In Seattle every mayor since Rice has either lost the election or left at or before the end of their first term.

Nationally, I was struck during the Presidential primary how many of the candidates had been mayors and not a lot of successful ones. Other than Booker, they all seemed like either they were forgettable or bad mayors. Even people who did well in other jobs. Maybe there are different standards we hold mayors to, or maybe it’s the job.

Anyway, wash your hands right now.

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