aggregated from: Seattle Bubble

Rather than editorializing on everything I heard at the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit today, I thought you all might just enjoy some unfiltered quotes from the industry professionals.Bret BertolinSenior Analyst, Washington State Economic and Reven...

topics: affordability, erosion, housing, housing-market, mortgage

aggregated from: West Seattle Blog...

(Tuesday photo of 53rd Avenue project site, by Chas Redmond)By Tracy RecordWest Seattle Blog editor This project has been a long haul, King County Wastewater Treatment rep Martha Tuttle told Thursday night s Alki Community Council meeting, referring...

topics: alki, bike, erosion, neighborhoods, puget-sound

aggregated from: Slog

A doctor in Republican Congressman Dave Reichert's district just sent over this PDF of a letter he received at taxpayer expense encouraging him to join Reichert in opposing the Democrats' health insurance reform plans. Note the fine print:The let...

topics: budget, congressman, democrats, erosion, government

aggregated from: Discovery Blog

The Wall Street Journal suggests bluntly what people in the pharmaceutical industry should have been asking for weeks: In the process of selling out on Health Care, has Big Pharma been sold out?Or has Big Pharma just sold out the public that counts o...

topics: business, candidate, congress, conservative, erosion

aggregated from: Slog

Hempfest which is this weekend, and is great, don't get me wrong just sent out a press release about this year's festival that seems like it was written by stoners. The theme of the festival this year is (horribly) A Hempen Future. Or it's A 2...

topics: campaign, climate-change, economy, elected, erosion

aggregated from: crosscut.com : Mossback

People in Seattle are green green green. We're a leader on Kyoto, we hate plastic bottles and shopping bags, and our politicians often jockey over who is more green than the other. Candidates for office vie for key endorsements from groups like the C...

topics: business, candidate, city-council, environment, environmentalism

aggregated from: Slog

That manufacturing is in decline is hardly surprising, but the depth and speed of the plunge are striking and, most worrisome for economists, a self-reinforcing trend not unlike the cascading bust that led to the Great Depression.In Europe, for examp...

topics: erosion, suburbs

aggregated from: Cascadia Prospectus

One of the best ways to get around metropolitan regions without a car....is on the water. And you need not own a boat yourself. In the San Francisco Bay Area, there's an extensive network of passenger-only ferries - they carry people, but not cars. T...

topics: bremerton, business, erosion, ferries, shoreline

aggregated from: Slog

STFU, Seattle Times:Council President Richard Conlin recommended protecting trees on most residential property in the city, broadening a more limited proposal from Mayor Greg Nickels. We call ourselves the Emerald City for a reason because we think o...

topics: city-council, erosion, mayor, pollution

aggregated from: Seattle's Rain City Real Estate Guide

Here are my notes from yesterday's Mortgage Industry Panel from the National Auctioneers Association's Convention in Denver. When known, the name of the panelist answering the question is noted.PanelistsA. Wesley SchunemanFounder, Ultimate Funding...

topics: erosion, foreclosures, housing, mls, mortgage