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LisaM

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1. The City Council has been dysfunctional for years, ever since they went to the ward system.

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Tue Nov 12, 2024, 08:28 PM

Nov 12

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They simply do not have a shared vision for the city. (Though they are almost all in thrall to the developers). The city has (physically) been torn up for years, Sound Transit is sucking up money like a Coinstar machine, bus routes have been slashed, the regressive tax base is foundering, and the character of the neighborhoods is vanishing.

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The City Council has been dysfunctional for years, ever since they went to the ward system. LisaM Nov 12 #1

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