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Apr 25

SPG commented on The Arrest of a Chihuly Trafficker.

Shouldn't they be arresting Dale Chihuly for selling pieces claimed to be genuine Chihuly?

Apr 24

SPG commented on The New King Street Station Waiting Room Looks Like the Inside of Wedding Cake.

As nice of a waiting room as this is, the beauty of a good train system is that you aren't forced to spend hours before every trip in the station like you are with air travel. You don't need to arrive at least 90 minutes before the train leaves so you can make it through the security kabuki.

Apr 23

SPG commented on What Do You Think of the Internet Sales Tax?.

@4, It will help local brick and mortar stores for sure. A store like Glazers Camera would probably sell twice as many cameras if they were able to compete evenly with the big online guys like B&H photo in New York. The other stores that will benefit are the ones just over the border in Portland where there is no sales tax at all.

Apr 22

SPG commented on Should the Smoking Age Be Raised to 21?.

The appeal of smoking for kids is that it supposedly makes them seem older. ...or at least they think so. To me, nothing screams immaturity like smoking does.
Smoking is quickly becoming the domain of the very young and the very old who picked it up when everyone smoked (at least those that haven't been killed by it yet). Fewer people in the middle still smoke, so I guess the only group to try to cut down on is the young smoker.

Apr 22

SPG commented on The Federal Way Shooting Was a Domestic Violence Incident, Say Police.

The shooter had two domestic violence calls with two other women than the one he killed yesterday. Yet he was not only allowed to keep guns, but get a concealed weapons permit.

Apr 22

SPG commented on Bombing Suspect Won't Be Tried as Enemy Combatant, Charged With Conspiracy to Use WMDs.

Not to justify the WMD claim, but I suppose you could argue that something that kills several people and maims over 100 could have that classification.

Apr 22

SPG commented on The Amazing Bullitt Center: Part Three.

If we want to beat dead horses, we can bring up Charles debt to his neighbor. The TV set that he watched be stolen and did nothing about. You still haven't replaced that, or even apologized for letting it happen, have you?

Apr 22

SPG commented on The Way That Wind Farm Is Dressed, You Know She Has It Coming.

Coal.

Apr 19

SPG commented on The Amazing Bullitt Center: Part Two.

The design philosophies and construction methods used in this building should, and hopefully will, become the norm for all new construction.

Apr 18

SPG commented on Watch the aPodment Hearing!.

There are other legitimate issues with them, like parking and resident density that do impact the blocks where these go in. These issues shouldn't be deal breakers to their existence, but like all zoning rules they should be looked at and adjusted so that we can grow our city in a sensible way.
Having cheaper rents available is a good thing. Density in the right places is a good thing. Dropping an unregulated apartment building into a single family block that doesn't have good access to transit isn't such a good thing.
Hopefully everyone can be sensible about this and let apodments (I really hate that word) flourish while being realistic about how and where they're built.