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District 4 Wonkathon: Priorities for Wallingford

Here's the District 4 wonkathon wrap up question! We might repeat the process for District 6 next (North of 50th), if anyone has deep thoughts on the questions or the format here please offer them up in the comments. In particular, are there specific questions regarding Tangletown you'd like to see asked? The Question: Finally, an open ended question. In the end, priorities often matter more than policies. What are your top one or two priorities for Wallingford? How will life be…

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Read more about the article District 4 Wonkathon: Fixing the Move Seattle Levy

District 4 Wonkathon: Fixing the Move Seattle Levy

If you read the blog then I'm sure you saw this candidate question coming. Also, to keep the train rolling on these questions I'm skipping a separate calendar post this week, check out our calendar page for what's going on in Wallingford over the next week. The Question: 45th street over I-5 is one of the most congested, dangerous roadways in the city for pedestrians and cyclists, yet the Move Seattle Levy does nothing to help connect Wallingford pedestrians or cyclists to light rail…

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Read more about the article District 4 Wonkathon: Camper Vans and Homelessness

District 4 Wonkathon: Camper Vans and Homelessness

As a preface, here is an interactive map that the Northlake Safety and Security Team put together of the camper problem down on Northlake way. They state that in addition to the increasing numbers of vehicles, there are "numerous bags of garbage and debris" plus "12 unusually large piles of dog poop/human feces (?) in just a small section of the walking path". Also, I apologize for pairing homelessness with property crime in the question. I was trying to boil the questions…

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Read more about the article District 4 Wonkathon: Low Income Supports

District 4 Wonkathon: Low Income Supports

As a preface, the podcast Planet Money from NPR is a great listen, and they do a good job of covering the gap between rich and poor and the difference between handouts and redistribution. The Question: Seattle has a myriad of programs for people that are low income that must be opted into through a complex set of lotteries and qualifying paperwork. People in low income brackets are deterred from rising across income cut off lines for fear of losing their benefits, while others…

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Read more about the article District 4 Wonkathon: Neighborhood Planning

District 4 Wonkathon: Neighborhood Planning

For the next 5 days we will be running Wallingford's Seattle City Council District 4 Candidate Wonkathon! As promised, Wallyhood put out 5 Wallingford-specific questions to all District 4 candidates and asked each of them to answer the questions in 200 words or less, although some candidates couldn't contain themselves. At the end of each post you get to vote on which candidate best spoke for your point of view. We'll begin with the wonkiest question of all... Question 1: Wallingford's Neighborhood…

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