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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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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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Read more about the article Move Seattle: Wallingford Shows the Council They Care
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Move Seattle: Wallingford Shows the Council They Care

We had a GREAT turnout for the Move Seattle levy "fix-it" tour on Sunday! About 50 participants showed up as we toured paths from Wallingford to the U-District, mostly people from Wallingford. Seattle City Council Transportation Committee representatives Jean Godden, Mike O'Brien, and Tom Rasmussen all attended, and news stations were there as well. For a wonky tour of neighborhood greenways and an I-5 bridge crossing that's a great turnout! While we were on the walk all three council members spoke in…

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Wallyhood Calendar: Spring Clean, U-District Street Fair

Pick up some junk and get plied with pizza and beer and neighborly gossip. If the weather holds then it's not so bad for a Saturday out and about: Wallingford Spring Clean 9 AM to 12 PM: We will meet up at the Wallingford Center at 9 and come back at noon for pizza! Tools provided (but feel free to bring your own favorite implement if you have one) Bring a team, or join a team! A great way to earn those community service hours!! There…

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Read more about the article Seattle City Council Comes to Wallingford on Sunday

Seattle City Council Comes to Wallingford on Sunday

Seattle City Council Transportation Committee representatives Tom Rasmussen and Jean Godden will be taking part in the Move Seattle levy walking tour happening this Sunday at 11 AM in Wallingford and the U-District. Mike O'Brien is also on the Transportation Committee and is a maybe (it's his wife's birthday), plus candidates running against Jean Godden for Seattle City Council District 4 will be attending. Wallyhood hopes you will come on the walk! Just come to the Mosaic Coffee house on 44th…

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Read more about the article Bus Service Changes for 2016 Light Rail Finalized

Bus Service Changes for 2016 Light Rail Finalized

Mike Ruby writes: Metro has released their final proposal for revisions to Wallingford bus service. If you studied and commented on their proposal in March (214 Wallingford residents did) you will note that they adopted their “make changes” option as originally described. Route specific maps are located here. The proposal essentially switches the 16 and 26 routings south of N 40th, with the 16 going to Fremont and downtown via Dexter and the 26 using Aurora. This means the 31 and 32 are switched to Wallingford…

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