An excerpt from STNI: The Chicken or the Egg

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As many of you know, my day job is working with SeaTacNoise.Info. We have an upcoming documentary on the community history of Sea-Tac Airport. I’ll be publishing a series of ‘excerpts’ and here is Part I: The Chicken or the Egg–1949-1990, which basically answers the questions: Who was here first? And: How did we let an airport so close to so many people get so big?

The Deputy Mayor and I exchange comments on social media re. Des Moines Creek West

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Introduction At the July 12 Port of Seattle Commission Meeting, Mayor Mahoney and Deputy Mayor Buxton spoke in favour of the Port taking the 14.4 acre slice of WSDOT land west of the current Des Moines Creek Business Park off 216th. You can watch their testimony and get my take on it here. That afternoon, … Continue reading “The Deputy Mayor and I exchange comments on social media re. Des Moines Creek West”

All or nothing thinking…

Categories Airport, Economic Development, Environment

Almost everything useful I’ve ever learned came from marriage counseling. 😃 I’m always fascinated how opinions about “the airport” so often fall into what therapists call “all or nothing thinking“. People will say things like The airport was here first! You did hear the airplanes flying overhead when you were looking at houses, right? Don’t like … Continue reading “All or nothing thinking…”

Port of Seattle assigns Panattoni to develop to Des Moines Creek Business Park West

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I almost titled this post “This is what a sellout looks like” But I restrained myself. 🙂 At the 12 July Port of Seattle Commission Meeting, the Port voted to proceed with the Item 10b (Des Moines Creek West Ground Lease.) (Presentation.) This is the scrubby forest land west of the FAA building on 216th … Continue reading “Port of Seattle assigns Panattoni to develop to Des Moines Creek Business Park West”

Sound insulation should be standard equipment

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At Thursday’s meeting, I introduced an item of New Business. Basically an ‘undo key’ on Ordinance 1539 from 2012. Or to put it another way, to re-instate Ordinance 1407 from 2007. To be less confusing: We used to have a section in our building code (Ordinance 1407 from 2007) which required sound insulation in all … Continue reading “Sound insulation should be standard equipment”