Bunch of old fogeys. "I'll lose my Space Needle view." Oh boo hoo. Kill yourself.

Ditto^^

But it's not fair nor correct for a neighborhood to be led by a board of strangers who live outside the neighborhood. A neighborhoood association should be represented by members of its community. It's pretty ridiculous that their bylaws allow only one residential representative. It's an obvious abuse of power by the board to retain its power.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't care that their changing the neighborhood of South Lake Union. But I do care about the process of how they are doing it. Proceeding without consent of the community is like raping a disadvantaged woman.

There is nothing in the SLUFAN bylaws that limit residential representation to one board member.

This is a factual innacuracy.

There is one seat on the board mandated to be held by a member of the Cascadia Neighborhood Council as part of the inclusionary policies. THAT is part of the bylaws.

No one is excluded for being a resident.

growth will happen in South Lake Union......for the wealthy.

just an FYI, for other neighborhood districts....

the I.D. has a 7 member board, 5 elected reps and 2 appointed by nickel's office.

that the board is made up only of commercial interests interested in the sole purpose of increasing FAR and building height, so they can increase revenue, is laughable. seriously, i wouldn't be surprised if diane was laughing her ass of right now.

There are educators represented, community-based nonprofits as well.

Yes, there needs to be outreach, which is being planned. There is already room for residents at the table via the SLUFAN structure.

But to uniformly cast the SLUFAN board as big business is really truly incorrect.

I might point out the Ms. Diane Masson represents a multi-state development company, and does not live in the neighborhood. That the agency responsible for the "Mirrabella" development on Denny is feeding this supposed controversy is fairly ironic.

does the space needle really hold significance for people here?

It has nothing to do with the needle holding significance or whining about the loss of their view.
Bottom line, to allow developers to come in and plan/(changes to) your neighborhood where you and others of the community have resided for (possibly) decades is just plain tacky and is piss poor city planning/developing. The nay sayers say nay now, and poke at these residents, but wait until developers come to your neighborhood with a McDonalds or a Wal-Mart.
No one ever went to Paris to see a Wal-Mart. And people who have moved to that area did not do so to see the back of someones apt building.