Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'nimby'
May 7, 2008
Seattle city planners announced today four possible locations for the city's new jail. Funny thing about jails, even the strictest "law and order" folks and the strongest proponents of the penal system have no interest in a new jail being built in their neighborhood. Jails and the NIMBY folks go hand in hand...the chorus of "yes we need it, I just don't want to see it." The neighborhoods that are sure to a quick......
Continue Reading "Seattle's New Jail in a Neighborhood Near You? "March 19, 2008
Tomorrow, Thursday 20th March, would have been Fred Rogers' 80th birthday. In his honor, Family Communications, the non-profit he founded, is asking you to wear your favorite sweater: We're asking everyone everywhere--from Pittsburgh to Paris--to wear their favorite sweater on that day... It doesn't have to have a zipper down the front like the one Mister Rogers wore on the program,it just has to be special to you. These festivities are all part of......
Continue Reading "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"