Seattlest: Not in My Backyard Lap

Erika

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:32:55 -0800

It seems to me that it would be a better idea to spread strip clubs throughout the city. It's not right to force one neighborhood to host a glut of strip clubs. Allow one strip club in several different neighborhoods and spread out any possible impact.

Durin

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:50:49 -0800

Georgetown is getting treated like crap from Nickels and everything he doesn't want to see is getting shoved our way. Need a new dump? Let's stick it in Georgetown, only 3 minutes from another existing one! Need to put some rapists somewhere? Stick em in Georgetown! Boeing Field just not earning the city enough money? C'mon Georgetown! Let us put even more planes over your roofs! What are we going to do with all this mercury? I know! Let's float it down the Duwamish river towards Georgetown! Georgetown is now what Fremont was 15 years ago and Belltown was 10 years ago - a small, tight-knit community that is taking over and rebuilding neglected neighborhoods. Businesses are beginning to thrive, a community is building and growing stronger, and it's being turned into a great place to live and have a family. For all of his talk about wanting to energize Seattle and turn it into a living city, Nickels is sure crapping on his backyard. I think he'll be surprised by the "weak neighborhood activism."

Courtney

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:38:49 -0800

Perchance "Posted By" is thinking of I Heart Rummage? The first Sunday of every month, at the Crocodile Cafe. Next up: May 7.

Seth

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:17:20 -0800

Thanks, Will--the link is fixed now.

Seth

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:08:17 -0800

Do you mean the Fremont Sunday Market?

Will

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:28:31 -0800

I think the link is busted for the "dog owners hate Nickels" link.

Posted By

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:05:36 -0800

Hey Seattlest, whats the name of the monthly (sunday?) event that has some cute name in which people sell their handmade/weird stuff? Maybe its in Ballard? Fremont? Can not recall when where or what its called.

James

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:40:17 -0800

Yeah, Georgetown seems to have enough area that's 1000 feet from all the places a strip club has to be far away from. I don't get why strip clubs can't get within 1000 feet of libraries, though. What if I'm inspired to leave the club and check out Elisabeth Eaves' Bare or Lily Burana's Strip City?

Kevin

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:35:08 -0800

It probably isn't a surprise Georgetown got picked, it's probably has that magic combination of sufficient quantities of dilapidation and weak neighborhood activism. But hey, at least Georgetown has sidewalks.