Nov 17
SchmuckyTheCat commented on Council Restores Library Hours in 2010 Budget, Increases Meter-Maid Patrols, and Raises Parking Ticket Fees.
@15 Income taxes are progressively tied to income, duh.
If more parking tickets equals more library hours, hike them up and issue more of them. Out in my 'hood without sidewalks, we never see cars get ticketed, ever. It usually takes a few months for the junk cars to get orange tagged. It usually takes several repeat orange tags before a car actually gets towed away. Send some parking enforcement out here, so we can get better libraries.
If more parking tickets equals more library hours, hike them up and issue more of them. Out in my 'hood without sidewalks, we never see cars get ticketed, ever. It usually takes a few months for the junk cars to get orange tagged. It usually takes several repeat orange tags before a car actually gets towed away. Send some parking enforcement out here, so we can get better libraries.
Nov 12
SchmuckyTheCat commented on City Council Chops Off Head Tax.
Employer provided parking should be taxed as income.
Nov 12
SchmuckyTheCat commented on How to Bring Bell Street Back From the Dead.
This is a recession, surely some of the adjoining buildings to this street are empty. Use eminent domain and add them to the park.
But also, this park will need plenty of patrolling. Belltown is covered in scabby whores, open drug deals, and the pimps and dealers are willing to get violent. All of Belltown needs more open street patrolling (hello, citizens and residents, you have a role to play here!). Let's not forget that the small corner park Belltown had got turned into the dog park because it was an open marketplace for whores and gang-banging drug dealers.
But also, this park will need plenty of patrolling. Belltown is covered in scabby whores, open drug deals, and the pimps and dealers are willing to get violent. All of Belltown needs more open street patrolling (hello, citizens and residents, you have a role to play here!). Let's not forget that the small corner park Belltown had got turned into the dog park because it was an open marketplace for whores and gang-banging drug dealers.
Nov 11
SchmuckyTheCat commented on You Elected 'Em: Now What?.
First, sidewalks. Second, parking enforcement where pedestrians walk. Double the enforcement where there aren't sidewalks. You just try and imagine yourself in a wheelchar or being blind, and navigating an arterial street without sidewalks. Cars are parked everywhere, double parked, perpendicular parked, leaving nowhere for pedestrians.
Third, a unified system for city services. The current system is just plain broken. Our neighborhood association prints cards with about twenty phone numbers for dealing with "problems" whether it be graffiti, junked vehicles, blocked sidewalks, loose animals, etc, etc. Most of the time the city agency you talk to says it is the problem of some other agency because of #insert bureaucratese here# and they just discard the complaint. If it isn't a 911 emergency, there needs to be a single contact with the city, with a tracking system to send it to the correct agency, and a followup to make sure the problem is dealt with.
Third, a unified system for city services. The current system is just plain broken. Our neighborhood association prints cards with about twenty phone numbers for dealing with "problems" whether it be graffiti, junked vehicles, blocked sidewalks, loose animals, etc, etc. Most of the time the city agency you talk to says it is the problem of some other agency because of #insert bureaucratese here# and they just discard the complaint. If it isn't a 911 emergency, there needs to be a single contact with the city, with a tracking system to send it to the correct agency, and a followup to make sure the problem is dealt with.
Nov 10
SchmuckyTheCat commented on And Another Thing About the Ballot Counting.
The state should pay postage. You know, with all that money they saved on not delivering poll booths to every grade school and church in every precinct (because those delivery people get paid).
And the results shouldn't be announced until they are ready. It takes a few weeks to count, and then they go through certification. Two weeks should be enough time for the first count. This puts a delay between election day and the result, but still provides a set date for the politicians to schedule their parties and the news talking heads to have some drama.
And the results shouldn't be announced until they are ready. It takes a few weeks to count, and then they go through certification. Two weeks should be enough time for the first count. This puts a delay between election day and the result, but still provides a set date for the politicians to schedule their parties and the news talking heads to have some drama.
Nov 3
SchmuckyTheCat commented on A Tale of Two Port Races: The Confident One and the Half-Empty Tub of Crisco.
I actually wrote in "Tub of Crisco" for that race.
Then I read some of the commentary to that endorsement and fixed my ballot for Vekich.
I also wrote in Dan Savage for Sheriff, because I never vote for candidates running unopposed.
Then I read some of the commentary to that endorsement and fixed my ballot for Vekich.
I also wrote in Dan Savage for Sheriff, because I never vote for candidates running unopposed.
Nov 1
SchmuckyTheCat commented on Something Big Happened.
Why is there spam in the comments? Why can't regular users flag this shit?
Oct 30
SchmuckyTheCat commented on Mallahan: the Business Candidate?.
Has a BBB rating meant anything to anyone since like, 1980?
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