May 21
Mr. X commented on Poverty Is Up 64 Percent in the Suburbs.
What Fnarf said. Poor people reap what density fanatics and New Urbanists sow.
May 20
Mr. X commented on We Say Stop the Coal Trains.
@11,
I'm well aware coal trains run through Seattle already - I spent the better part of 15 minutes waiting for one the other day. There's nothing in this deal for most of the communities affected by the prospect of up to 18 more trains a day (and that includes places like Kent and Sumner along with Seattle) so why the hell shouldn't we oppose this?
Repeat - there is NOTHING in this deal for most Washingtonians except a handful of jobs in Bellingham, and real impacts that will be a major day-to-day pain in the ass for a whole lot of us.
So yeah, fuck coal trains.
I'm well aware coal trains run through Seattle already - I spent the better part of 15 minutes waiting for one the other day. There's nothing in this deal for most of the communities affected by the prospect of up to 18 more trains a day (and that includes places like Kent and Sumner along with Seattle) so why the hell shouldn't we oppose this?
Repeat - there is NOTHING in this deal for most Washingtonians except a handful of jobs in Bellingham, and real impacts that will be a major day-to-day pain in the ass for a whole lot of us.
So yeah, fuck coal trains.
May 20
Mr. X commented on McGinn Leads in New KING-5 Poll.
@2,
Because he isn't any of those things, except perhaps to those who live only in this particular echo chamber.
Because he isn't any of those things, except perhaps to those who live only in this particular echo chamber.
May 20
Mr. X commented on McGinn Leads in New KING-5 Poll.
@ Stranger bubble dwellers,
You folks can rationalize all you want, but an incumbent who is stuck at 22% is cooked.
The 23% who are undecided in this poll have already decided at least one thing - they aren't voting for McGinn.
You folks can rationalize all you want, but an incumbent who is stuck at 22% is cooked.
The 23% who are undecided in this poll have already decided at least one thing - they aren't voting for McGinn.
May 13
Mr. X commented on Hedge Fund Manager Hansen Hedges His Bets, Cuts Backup Deal to Move NBA Kings to Seattle.
@18,
Well, to start, because we're really paying out $400+ million in public funds for the project after debt costs are factored in.
We don't "need" to do this project, so we don't "need" to take out the debt (reducing our capacity to do other projects, by the way).
http://nosonicsarena.com/wp/?p=284
PS - the so-called "gift" of handing over a fully depreciated arena that Hansen and/or his successors will be demanding public funding to replace 20-some years from doesn't cut it, either.
Debt costs are public costs. I-91 fail. Big time.
Well, to start, because we're really paying out $400+ million in public funds for the project after debt costs are factored in.
We don't "need" to do this project, so we don't "need" to take out the debt (reducing our capacity to do other projects, by the way).
http://nosonicsarena.com/wp/?p=284
PS - the so-called "gift" of handing over a fully depreciated arena that Hansen and/or his successors will be demanding public funding to replace 20-some years from doesn't cut it, either.
Debt costs are public costs. I-91 fail. Big time.
May 12
Mr. X commented on Hedge Fund Manager Hansen Hedges His Bets, Cuts Backup Deal to Move NBA Kings to Seattle.
@13,
I was right there with you on up to the part where you said this deal meets the requirements of I-91, because it doesn't.
I was right there with you on up to the part where you said this deal meets the requirements of I-91, because it doesn't.
May 5
Mr. X commented on Boycott the NBA Playoffs!.
@9,
I grew up in this former NBA city, and I don't care either.
I grew up in this former NBA city, and I don't care either.
Apr 14
Mr. X commented on Saturday Morning News.
@21 and Chris Hansen's flack,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the "new" revenue that stadium supporters like to cite only covers the face value of $200 million in bonds (assuming, generously, that returns are as anticipated and that Hansen et al don't come back asking for additional publicly-funded infrastructure and/or to "restructure" their agreement - both of which are VERY likely prospects), and not the interest on that debt. We get to pay that - and that WILL come from other local funding sources that could go to real public needs.
@47,
It's not what Hansen is doing with his money (and don't kid yourself that this is just some altruistic charity deal - he's looking to make a lot of money by rezoning industrial property to build his new "entertainment zone" and whatnot) - it's what he's doing with the public's money.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the "new" revenue that stadium supporters like to cite only covers the face value of $200 million in bonds (assuming, generously, that returns are as anticipated and that Hansen et al don't come back asking for additional publicly-funded infrastructure and/or to "restructure" their agreement - both of which are VERY likely prospects), and not the interest on that debt. We get to pay that - and that WILL come from other local funding sources that could go to real public needs.
@47,
It's not what Hansen is doing with his money (and don't kid yourself that this is just some altruistic charity deal - he's looking to make a lot of money by rezoning industrial property to build his new "entertainment zone" and whatnot) - it's what he's doing with the public's money.
Apr 13
Mr. X commented on Yes, Liberals, We Should Sue That Anti-Gay Florist.
What the poster @ 86 said.
I too support the enforcement action, but I have no illusions about the fact that that it will also make for one hell of an effective 30-second TV ad in some swing state where LGBTQ rights are on the ballot.
I too support the enforcement action, but I have no illusions about the fact that that it will also make for one hell of an effective 30-second TV ad in some swing state where LGBTQ rights are on the ballot.
Apr 12
Mr. X commented on Latest Fundraising Reports Reveal That Nobody Wants to Be Mayor.
@16,
If you put the stadium proposal on the Seattle election ballot, it would lose.
If you put the stadium proposal on the Seattle election ballot, it would lose.
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