Slog - Comments on Just in Time for the Development Bust http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust Seattle is mulling over big plans for bigger buildings. Under a supplemental budget passed June 5, the city has agreed to dish out $50,000 to a half-time staffer who will conduct a zoning analysis of the Roosevelt neighborhood. Residents of the area submitted a neighborhood “urban village” plan that would allow taller buildings and a dense core, which will be the basis for the city’s analysis, back in July 2006. The Roosevelt Neighborhood Group, which drafted the proposal, and the area's most controversial landlord agree that the rezoning is overdue. “Everyone is eager to get on this—as would Hugh [Sisley]—to... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:50:54 -0800 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:30:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by max solomon so, are you're pissed that some "half-time staffer", probably with a master's degree & accompanying student loan debt, is making 50k?

john in the morning makes over 100k to spin records for 20 hours a week on KEXP.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060642 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:42:44 -0800 Comment by max solomon that's are YOU pissed? not are YOU'RE pissed? i'm grammar nazi-ing myself.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060654 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:44:36 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden I don't believe the staffer is making all of that $50,000 in half a year. I think the figure includes some operating expenses, but I cold be wrong.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060735 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:23:28 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo You know what would be huge boon for all those construction firms who are facing a market downturn? If some sort of city-mandated plan, perhaps passed under the guise of public safety, were to stipulate that hundreds of Seattle buildings needed to be renovated immediately. I know! If the department in charge of issuing permits could eliminate the grandfather clause on seismic retrofits. Yes, that would do nicely.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/just_in_time_for_the_development_bust#c1060825 City Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:30:14 -0800