Parts of town where population’s declining (!); KOMO copter-crash settlement; Bill Nye vs. anti-eco politicians; homelessness as public health crisis.

Amazon’s discontents speak out as head-tax vote nears; coal-port cancellation brings a lawsuit; an outré-book mogul dies.

‘Rubber Chicken Museum’ opens; Mayor Durkan wants to slash head-tax proposal; King County sues global oil giants; thoughts about motherhood and chaos.

Another old church building may go away; still more head-tax talk; the real cost to solve the homeless crisis is massive; the Lummi Tribe wants an aquarium orca back.

Relics from a Catholic saint visit Seattle on tour; Knights of Columbus Club building’s for sale; Microsoft’s new-found morality; Ms pitcher James Paxton’s no-no in TO.

Bill Bradburd offers more clarification on the SeaTimes story blurbed here last week, about the amount of land in Seattle devoted to single-family zoning:

Actually… that’s 69% of residentially zoned land is zoned single family. But that 31% left over can have in places a shit ton of housing in residential towers, apartment buildings, multi-family projects, microhousing, etc.

And it’s in those areas we are building well over 100K units of housing.That’s 100K+ units in the pipeline since 2015, the year for which all this HALA nonsense is being measured and our 20 growth plan is based. In fact, since the Dec 2017 through April, about 40K units alone have been permitted.

The hype over single family is a non issue except to developers looking for more low density zoning to build $750K townhouses for tech workers. And a way for neo-urbanists to attack homeowners who often are simply working class people who have nothing to do with any of this shit and make less than 50K/yr….

Don’t believe the hype…

(and in truth, it’s 49% of Seattle (excluding right of ways) is single family homes–some in single family zones, though in single family zones there are multi-unit buildings like duplexes triplexes and more, and in higher density zoned parcels there are old single family homes hanging on. http://www.seattle.gov/opcd/population-and-demographics/about-seattle#landuse)

Keep up the good work…  Bill

Amazon threatens to slow local growth as if we should fear that; shouters take over a head-tax hearing; a Spokane teacher’s truth-to-power moment.

The problem with having fewer trees in traditionally minority neighborhoods; a new ‘reality’ show features an area bikini barista stand; the SPD gets its first inspector general.

Ballard ‘spite house’ lives!; deadly-force law gets un-amended; head tax proposal’s introduced; a better ‘role’ for a certain DC insider?

Seeking compassion, not prison, for drug victims; Microsoft women still scarce; Oberto Sausage sold; Colin Kaepernick to the Seahawks?

A local civil-rights legend passes; an historic nightlife spot’s possibly threatened; a pending victory for BC pipeline opponents; how not to rename a supermarket.

Virtual reality’s next wowie/scary advance; a local arts mag’s new chapter; why the state Supreme Court backs second chances; could coal exports really be eco-friendly?

A local comedy legend passes; the county exec’s recorded speech; UW psych unit threatened; a possible motive for Michael Bennett’s accuser.

Good (local) and frustrating (national) examples of the Christian spirit at work; a judge’s ruling for asylum seekers; Aurora Avenue’s Peutz Golf Range to become houses.

Russian Consulate shuttered; Battery St. Tunnel officially doomed; the Kingdome remembered.