Tag: real change

October 15, 2010

Proposed parking increases get cold reception from council

I wrote the following story for Real Change this week. You should buy a copy from your neighborhood vendor if you haven’t already. The mayor’s proposed budget contains a lot of cuts. The budget’s flip side is fee increases, which will be felt all around the city, from utility hikes to increases in cat license…
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tagged: city council, mike mcginn, parking, real change, tom rasmussen
September 7, 2010

Streets for All searches for common ground – Real Change

You can still pick up a copy of last week’s Real Change today to read a story I wrote about Streets for All Seattle (or you can read it online): The environmental movement is rarely accused of being united. Inevitably, it seems, different environmentally-minded groups will end up on different sides of an issue, both…
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tagged: real change, streets for all seattle
July 13, 2010

At a Bike Works volunteer party, bikes for kids are pieced together with heart

Editor’s note: The following story is about a trip I made to Bike Works in February, shortly after they had been robbed. It was originally written for Real Change, but it never made it in. So here it is in all its delayed glory. Davey Oil paused the music and rang a bell. The roomful…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, kids bike swap, real change