Aww shit, Seattle will really have to up the ante to get on you radarsimple schoolboy wrote:No idea. There's a money spigot that goes to city outreach workers and NGOs. How much of that ends up being useful services who knows. Someone's getting paid though.tragabigzanda wrote:What do mental health resources look like for the poor in CA? Serious question, just asking as I view it as an frequent extension of sobriety.
If you enjoy fentanyl or meth and don't want to get hassled by the cops, it would seem that word gets around that Portland, San Francisco, and LA are the places to be.
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Everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
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Gonna be interested to see if the pandemic (talk about Engage Now Or Die!) gets people to keep engaging more in hyperlocal elections like school district trustees and health district boards.
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A buddy and I voted for each other on the write in line for City Council
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Are you in Seattle proper or a suburb?Bammer wrote:A buddy and I voted for each other on the write in line for City Council
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SuburbB wrote:Are you in Seattle proper or a suburb?Bammer wrote:A buddy and I voted for each other on the write in line for City Council
I really wish I could vote in Seattle
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Think of all the trouble you can make for them once you're on the city council of one of their suburbs!Bammer wrote:SuburbB wrote:Are you in Seattle proper or a suburb?Bammer wrote:A buddy and I voted for each other on the write in line for City Council
I really wish I could vote in Seattle
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Over here there's a section of unincorporated Ada County that has "Boise" as their mailing address, but they very much hate that and revel in the fact that they aren't Boiseans, because they don't want to pay what they consider to be their outrageous taxes. I know one of these folks, and he'll regularly lament that while he likes the lower taxes, he does sometimes regret that he can't try to vote out some of the politicians within Boise when they piss him off.Bammer wrote:I really wish I could vote in Seattle
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Green Habit wrote:Over here there's a section of unincorporated Ada County that has "Boise" as their mailing address, but they very much hate that and revel in the fact that they aren't Boiseans, because they don't want to pay what they consider to be their outrageous taxes. I know one of these folks, and he'll regularly lament that while he likes the lower taxes, he does sometimes regret that he can't try to vote out some of the politicians within Boise when they piss him off.Bammer wrote:I really wish I could vote in Seattle
Does Boise still have Brass Lamp Pizza? I miss that.
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No clue.tragabigzanda wrote:They ever rebuild those burned store fronts in Idaho City? Did the owner get in trouble? I had heard it was an obvious case of arson for insurance.
Nope. The Boise one is now a cool brewhouse that retains a lot of the history. The McCall one got torn down as a victim of a bad San Diego developer's delusion to try to transform that town into Sun Valley 2.0.blueviper wrote:Does Boise still have Brass Lamp Pizza? I miss that.
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Good ol' Lincoln project, trying to stay relevant.
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simple schoolboy wrote:Good ol' Lincoln project, trying to stay relevant.
Quite the to-do here
At least they are copping to it:
https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/10/anti- ... rch-stunt/
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
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But did they set it up, or just agree to take the blame?Bi_3 wrote:simple schoolboy wrote:Good ol' Lincoln project, trying to stay relevant.
Quite the to-do here
At least they are copping to it:
https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/10/anti- ... rch-stunt/
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I'd guess the latter, but we may never know. But since it didn't work and all Terry's campaign folks had to delete their "omg nazis for youngkin" tweets he's gone with this:simple schoolboy wrote:But did they set it up, or just agree to take the blame?Bi_3 wrote:simple schoolboy wrote:Good ol' Lincoln project, trying to stay relevant.
Quite the to-do here
At least they are copping to it:
https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/10/anti- ... rch-stunt/
It's like he wants us moderates to vote Republican tomorrow.
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This, and bring out mysteriously inflated coronavirus figures for hospitalized children. If Youngkin wins, your children will die of the 'Rona!Bi_3 wrote:I'd guess the latter, but we may never know. But since it didn't work and all Terry's campaign folks had to delete their "omg nazis for youngkin" tweets he's gone with this:simple schoolboy wrote:But did they set it up, or just agree to take the blame?Bi_3 wrote:simple schoolboy wrote:Good ol' Lincoln project, trying to stay relevant.
Quite the to-do here
At least they are copping to it:
https://wtop.com/virginia/2021/10/anti- ... rch-stunt/
It's like he wants us moderates to vote Republican tomorrow.
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Election day. We’ll see if the city of Seattle stays on course circling the toilet bowl or if voters make sane choices.
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538 just gave Youngkin slightly better odds, anyone in or close to VA think that's prudent?
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