camiloge.bsky.social
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Seattle must embrace bold zoning changes in Queen Anne and similar neighborhoods to preserve our city's promise for future generations. We need a lot more housing in all parts of Seattle. Seattle isn’t full. Queen Anne isn’t full.

Op-ed: www.theurbanist.org/2024/12/09/o...
December 10, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Of course the car industry, electric or not, hate public transportation!
California doesn’t have a true statewide rail system. To get from the Bay Area to LA takes twice as long by train as it does by car. High speed rail will change that. The project has been environmentally cleared & is being built. It’ll be transformative.

And Elon wants it dead.
December 9, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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California doesn’t have a true statewide rail system. To get from the Bay Area to LA takes twice as long by train as it does by car. High speed rail will change that. The project has been environmentally cleared & is being built. It’ll be transformative.

And Elon wants it dead.
December 9, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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NEW STORY // Tammy Morales to Resign from Seattle Council, Citing Mistreatment by Colleagues www.theurbanist.org/2024/12/04/t...
Tammy Morales to Resign from Seattle Council, Citing Mistreatment by Colleagues - The Urbanist
# District 2 Councilmember Tammy Morales announced Wednesday morning that she will resign in January, saying she has been undermined and frozen out of legislating by the more conservative-leaning Seat...
www.theurbanist.org
December 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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18. In the 1980s, policymakers dismissed small, independent retailers as unimportant. The lesson of food deserts is that these small businesses are, in fact, pivotal — a keystone species. When they thrive, it changes the whole ecosystem for the better. Please read and share the piece!
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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13. No longer able to obtain fair pricing, independent retailers went into a tailspin. From 1982 to 2017, the market share of independent retailers shrank from 53% to 22%. Poor neighborhoods, small towns, and Black communities bore the brunt of the closures.
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM