Neighborhood News and Local Blog Roundup
To guarantee that your valuable Obama sign is not stolen and sold on eBay,
it is best to have a guard cat watch it at all times, as Seattlest Flickr Contributor liquidnight demonstrates.
- The Slog brings the sad news that The Cascade People's Center is set to close after the City Council cut funding. The People's Center has been a bastion for the neighborhood that we once called Cascade before Paul Allen took over the place and decided to call it South Lake Union. The CPC will close its doors on December 31st if it cannot come up with $75,000 in funding.
- Capitol Hill Seattle is excited that CNN decided to show a little love to Seattle and their neighborhood, recommending hill hangouts like the Cha Cha and Elysian Brewery. Even more exciting to all of us neighborhood bloggers, it was one of our very own, Scott of Central District News, who helped CNN with the list.
- Speaking of Central District News, they are recommending you secure your Obama yard signs and such, as the now 'commemorative memorabilia' is being stolen from yards all over to be sold on eBay.
- Another beloved local business bites the dust due to the current economic conditions. The latest casualty? Beato Food & Wine in West Seattle.
- The Rainier Valley Post says "not so fast" to those of you who thought your city job or favorite urban pet project was safe; Mayor Nickels is looking to go back over the budget with a big fat red pen. We know you thought you could finally take a breath, but you're just going to have to hold it a little longer. (Until, say, in 2010, when Nickels may no longer be mayor.)
- White Center opened a brand new library this week, and White Center Now has all the details.
- Demand was so high for the sold-out November 5th edition of The Seattle P-I that the paper has decided to make commemorative everythings with the front page on them. For sale, of course, at The P-I's new online merch store.
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