Eric Aderhold
@eric.aderhold.us
Curler/software engineer/dad/Scouter/urbanist in Seattle.
Even under the current system they paid about $1,200 per parking spot in property tax last year. A revenue-neutral switch from property tax to LVT would roughly double the tax on vacant parcels in King County. Would likely result in redevelopment of some but not all parking lots.
January 27, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Even under the current system they paid about $1,200 per parking spot in property tax last year. A revenue-neutral switch from property tax to LVT would roughly double the tax on vacant parcels in King County. Would likely result in redevelopment of some but not all parking lots.
And backing up a step...folks with a pending application for permanent residence shouldn't be whisked away to Texas in the first place. Zero excuse for even detaining them at all.
January 27, 2026 at 10:51 PM
And backing up a step...folks with a pending application for permanent residence shouldn't be whisked away to Texas in the first place. Zero excuse for even detaining them at all.
Okay, but why? Why do cities want vacant storefronts so badly? It's not like if you put a home on the ground floor there's no possibility of ever putting a shop there if the commercial market demands it. The city has tons of counterexamples.
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Okay, but why? Why do cities want vacant storefronts so badly? It's not like if you put a home on the ground floor there's no possibility of ever putting a shop there if the commercial market demands it. The city has tons of counterexamples.
It's almost as though the film was never intended to be a profitable enterprise on its own, and the whole point was to curry favor with the White House.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
It's almost as though the film was never intended to be a profitable enterprise on its own, and the whole point was to curry favor with the White House.
Tomorrow afternoon looks like lovely weather for painting!
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Tomorrow afternoon looks like lovely weather for painting!
Something that the government has permission to shoot you for doing cannot in any sense be considered a "right."
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Something that the government has permission to shoot you for doing cannot in any sense be considered a "right."
That's a huge one. Law enforcement needs to be held to a greater or equal standard of conduct than everyone else. Qualified immunity flips that on its head.
January 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM
That's a huge one. Law enforcement needs to be held to a greater or equal standard of conduct than everyone else. Qualified immunity flips that on its head.
The checks and balances in the existing constitution presume that Congress will guard its own power and impeach officials who break the law too badly. Hard to think of an amendment that could protect us from elected officials just generally deciding not to follow the constitution in the first place.
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The checks and balances in the existing constitution presume that Congress will guard its own power and impeach officials who break the law too badly. Hard to think of an amendment that could protect us from elected officials just generally deciding not to follow the constitution in the first place.
Mr. Governor, you have police and military forces at your command. I don't. I expect you to do more about criminal gangs in our state than write a strongly worded letter.
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Mr. Governor, you have police and military forces at your command. I don't. I expect you to do more about criminal gangs in our state than write a strongly worded letter.
Hale Elementary alum here.
See www.separatenotequalmn.org for an interesting bit of history about the school from a time when the federal government was actually pushing to increase racial integration and equality. Would be nice to get back to that.
See www.separatenotequalmn.org for an interesting bit of history about the school from a time when the federal government was actually pushing to increase racial integration and equality. Would be nice to get back to that.
www.separatenotequalmn.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Hale Elementary alum here.
See www.separatenotequalmn.org for an interesting bit of history about the school from a time when the federal government was actually pushing to increase racial integration and equality. Would be nice to get back to that.
See www.separatenotequalmn.org for an interesting bit of history about the school from a time when the federal government was actually pushing to increase racial integration and equality. Would be nice to get back to that.
Neat, but maybe "ignite" isn't the best word to use in the headlines when you're talking about fire code changes. :-)
January 22, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Neat, but maybe "ignite" isn't the best word to use in the headlines when you're talking about fire code changes. :-)
For sure. As a more middle-aged guy his accent was a bit more moderate than the older folks, but his vowels definitely fit the pattern.
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 AM
For sure. As a more middle-aged guy his accent was a bit more moderate than the older folks, but his vowels definitely fit the pattern.
It's not entirely Hollywood BS. Many people still do talk like that in Minnesota. So many of the people interviewed out on the streets recently, especially the elders, it's unmistakable. I was born in MN, have lived elsewhere for years. It took some effort to adopt a more standard American accent.
January 20, 2026 at 10:03 AM
It's not entirely Hollywood BS. Many people still do talk like that in Minnesota. So many of the people interviewed out on the streets recently, especially the elders, it's unmistakable. I was born in MN, have lived elsewhere for years. It took some effort to adopt a more standard American accent.
Murphy, van Hollen, and Kelly are saying many of the right things online.
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Murphy, van Hollen, and Kelly are saying many of the right things online.
If the primary goal was immigration enforcement, arresting people with proof of legal status close at hand would be unheard of because it wastes the agents' time. Instead it seems to happen often!
No other logical conclusion than that the people claiming it's mainly about immigration are lying.
No other logical conclusion than that the people claiming it's mainly about immigration are lying.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
If the primary goal was immigration enforcement, arresting people with proof of legal status close at hand would be unheard of because it wastes the agents' time. Instead it seems to happen often!
No other logical conclusion than that the people claiming it's mainly about immigration are lying.
No other logical conclusion than that the people claiming it's mainly about immigration are lying.
"what the White House has called Operation Metro Surge is definitely not just — or even primarily — an immigration enforcement operation."
Thank you for writing this. It needs to be said more often in more mainstream media outlets.
Thank you for writing this. It needs to be said more often in more mainstream media outlets.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
"what the White House has called Operation Metro Surge is definitely not just — or even primarily — an immigration enforcement operation."
Thank you for writing this. It needs to be said more often in more mainstream media outlets.
Thank you for writing this. It needs to be said more often in more mainstream media outlets.
A right without a remedy for violation is no right at all.
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A right without a remedy for violation is no right at all.
Yeah I've seen my share of that sort of thing on Aurora as well. It's a perfect storm of a lack of sidewalks, lanes wider than needed to support traffic traveling at legal speeds, no traffic enforcement, and intoxicated people wandering around amidst all that.
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Yeah I've seen my share of that sort of thing on Aurora as well. It's a perfect storm of a lack of sidewalks, lanes wider than needed to support traffic traveling at legal speeds, no traffic enforcement, and intoxicated people wandering around amidst all that.
If SDOT wants to apply the shared street designation to existing greenway/healthy street networks they need to keep the speed limit (for bikes at least) higher than 10 MPH. You shouldn't have to choose between biking full speed along a dangerous arterial vs. slowing to a crawl on a safer route.
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
If SDOT wants to apply the shared street designation to existing greenway/healthy street networks they need to keep the speed limit (for bikes at least) higher than 10 MPH. You shouldn't have to choose between biking full speed along a dangerous arterial vs. slowing to a crawl on a safer route.
I read the main reason this hasn't been done is the three-block stretch of 56th St between Kirkwood and Latona doesn't have pavement designed for regular bus usage. That's something SDOT could work on!
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I read the main reason this hasn't been done is the three-block stretch of 56th St between Kirkwood and Latona doesn't have pavement designed for regular bus usage. That's something SDOT could work on!
Did you know Metro's long-range plan would take the 62 off of Kirkwood Pl/Woodlawn Ave/Ravenna Blvd through Tangletown and instead use 56th St/Latona Ave/65th St where it would be on a more direct route and also be able to drive faster?
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Did you know Metro's long-range plan would take the 62 off of Kirkwood Pl/Woodlawn Ave/Ravenna Blvd through Tangletown and instead use 56th St/Latona Ave/65th St where it would be on a more direct route and also be able to drive faster?
Lol. I moved to Seattle almost 17 years ago and have never seen anything but a giant pit on that property. There are legit trees growing there now.
January 13, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Lol. I moved to Seattle almost 17 years ago and have never seen anything but a giant pit on that property. There are legit trees growing there now.
I still haven't had any trouble with backpacks at Roosevelt Safeway even though they've gotten the full metal gate and Costco-style receipt checking treatment. Their permanent closure of the door next to the bike rack is mildly annoying though.
January 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I still haven't had any trouble with backpacks at Roosevelt Safeway even though they've gotten the full metal gate and Costco-style receipt checking treatment. Their permanent closure of the door next to the bike rack is mildly annoying though.