Peggy Sturdivant writes a weekly column for the Westside Weekly, and is curator of the It's About Time Writers Reading Series, founder of Ballard Writers Collective, and has worked in environmental co
I've been tracking the City of Seattle's proposal to update the neighborhood plans since March in the series There Go the Neighborhoods [/authors/peggy-sturdivant/]. You wouldn't think I'd be caught unawares before the only currently scheduled public hearing before City Council's Planning, Land Use,
Chapter 5: Few citizens will read a 170-page auditor's report on how well decade-old neighborhood plans have been implemented. But it should be required reading for the mayor and City Council. Bottom line: The plans have had some good consequences, but City Hall has lost interest.
Of course, you might not win. Dennis Saxman, a self-described thorn in the side of Seattle officials, has just lost one battle involving the design review process — and he's launched another.
Chapter 4: During May, Seattle City Council members listened to hours of public comment on how tax dollars should be allocated by the 2009-10 budget. Now what happens? Not much until autumn — then a flurry of activity.
Running on passion, ground-level media outlets have a business model that's still evolving — or no business model at all.
