Monthly Archives: October 2010

Wallyhood Endorsements

We're not going to do across the ballot endorsements this election year. Instead, we're going to focus on three initiatives that we think are particularly important. Yes on 1098 Initiative 1098 would institute a state income tax on people earning more than $200,000 / year (or households earning more than $400,000) while reducing B&O tax on small businesses and property taxes. We have lived so long without a state income tax in Washington that it sounds like heresy. It also sounds…

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Weekend Roundup

Are you ready for the weekend?  I sure am! What a week!  Here's what's on tap nearby this weekend: Friday, October 22nd Apples and Pears, A Harvest Celebration. 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC), Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, room 202), basement level.  Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online through Brown Paper Tickets.  Pre-registration is $9.99 and tickets at the door are $15. Green Lake Pumpkin Flashlight Hunt for kids 4-11…

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Obama Roadblocks

Don't be surprised if it's a little tough to get around parts of Seattle tomorrow, POTUS is in town. The details of his schedule aren't made public for obvious reasons, but we did get this advisory: Tomorrow morning there will likely be closures on local streets as the President attends an event at a private residence, and then attends an event at 11 a.m. at the Edmundson Pavilion on Montlake Boulevard NE next to Husky Stadium. Rolling closures are again likely…

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Meridian Market items for auction

Earlier last month we were saddened to say goodbye to Meridian Market--a neighborhood staple for many.  What's sadder still is walking past the store's remains--a shadow of its former self, with empty shelves and stacks of newspapers accumulating by the front entrance.  We wrote in August that we hoped a buyer could come in to save the market, but nothing materialized. A public auction of the store's fixtures and equipment will be held at the space (2201 N 56th St.) tomorrow…

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Transfer Station Stakeholder Meeting 10/21

Seattle Public Utilities is holding its next stakeholder meeting for the North Transfer Station on Thursday, Oct. 21 from 5-8 p.m. at the Institute for Systems Biology (837 N. 34th St).  Not familiar with what's planned for the North Transfer Station?  Visit this previous Wallyhood post, which will link you to other background posts so you can get caught up! This week's draft meeting agenda includes: Overview of the four layout designs carried over from the 9/14 meeting Review of what's…

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Don’t Surrender to the Fearists

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Wallingford, it is your moral and civic duty to hand out candy to the children of strangers next week. Parents, if you do not let your children go door to door at your neighbors' houses collecting goodies, you are surrendering all that is good and dear in America to the fearists. Yes, the fearists! Like terrorists, fearists undermine our society by sowing distrust and uncertainty everywhere we go. Fearists don't bomb buildings, but they still chip away at the things that…

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Geography Winners

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If you haven't checked out the responses to Paul Dorpat's historical puzzler (he posted photos taken around the turn of the century in Wallingford and challenged readers to figure out where they were taken), you should. It will make you see the neighborhood in a fresh light. And if you entered and won (we chose seven winners in all!), be sure to e-mail your address to [email protected] so we can drop off your prizes. We'll be loading DVD's and jars of…

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