Frankly, that's what I'm concerned about here too. Shon Barnes has talked some big talk, that Mike Solan is clearly not aligned with, and Solan is the one that the vast majority of the SPD rank and file chose to represent them.

It's not lost on me that sitting in cars for most of their lives has negatively impacted health outcomes for so many of our elders today.

But yes, her neighborhood absolutely needs sidewalks, more routes of more frequent transit, and protected bike lanes! This is true in so many places and we must lay groundwork now so future generations of elders have independent mobility options!

I'm team "yes, and" here. My 90-year-old disabled grandmother isn't hopping on a bike or walking a half mile to the nearest transit stop anytime soon (fortunately she has family who can provide transportation for her).

Our last place was on an arterial and pretty close to Aurora. The noise difference compared to where we live now is VERY noticeable. We also never opened the front windows due to the grime.

That’s a good second point. We have a growing cohort of elders who are aging out of driving but do not live in locations with other viable methods of transportation, and many of them don’t have support networks to backfill their driving needs.

I'll bet.

I just...I'm surprised they can get away with that, with the quotas for non-Asian/half-Asian kids and whatnot. I understand they're choosing it rather than being forcibly segregated by an external entity, but sounds like lawsuits waiting to happen.

Whoa, what? I'm familiar with the rec/travel divide in youth sports, but I've never come across a racially segregated league. That's insane!

In this age of hypercompetitive sports parents, I think we will see it at some point. It probably won't get the same traction because there won't be a grift operation to support it.

To me, that line of thinking is ultimately centered around the elevation of mediocrity, while ignoring the numerous benefits of amateur athletics beyond winning medals and trophies. Anyone not leading with "everyone can play" should STFU.

I've been saying, just wait until the "unfair biological advantage" argument starts coming for the tallest, fastest, strongest cis kids in sports.

You could absolutely argue, for example, that Michael Phelps had unfair biological advantage and should thus have his medals voided.

I'm not giving them the clicks to find out, but I'm quite sure that's Andrea Suarez. She's been a go-to quote for them for quite a while.

I thought she gave a thoughtful and nuanced answer that considered the deficiencies in our current homelessness response, but that will never satisfy the extremes who either want zero removals ever or constant removals everywhere.

Even if they're not doing something stupid, they're still loud, and excitable, and yeah scooters give them wider access than they'd otherwise have to a city that's not known for being particularly youth-friendly.

The white meat has been strategically placed on top, I see.

I think this guy has gotten high on the attention he’s received on social media (and now in print) and he’s ratcheted up the rhetoric accordingly.

If there is a case to be made for some kind of enforcement, they guys selling fentanyl to other unhoused people and the guys stealing shit from all the nearby houses are a pretty legitimate target. SPD, however, will not allocate resources toward that end. And in my view that is a problem.