Our City Council and Mayor Nickels' density argument won't hold water in this re-zone case. The well-known Cambridge study has proven that buildings themselves are the worst polluters. Gigantic sequoias need massive amounts of water to do their magic and these trees wick up much of the run-off from the west slope of Magnolia's east hill. My memories of a rushing brook burbling through the property make me wonder: What happened to the spring that fed it?
Traffic and a dearth of parking have become a major problem in our village. Many of us already walk or ride bikes to do our errands. Adding 18 vehicles as slated by these developers will further stifle commerce. Do people really use their garages for cars these days?
Imagine a garbage collection day at the site with Rabanco's truck wedged between the traffic diverter triangle and delivery trucks for our hardware and grocery stores stacked up behind.
As a lifelong Seattleite, I grieve for our city under its misguided leadership. In our immediate neighborhood, there are a dozen new big-box houses. In their greedy massiveness, they block views, light and air for the rest of us - and our gardens.
This kind of city planning is based on funneling the highest taxes back to the bureaucrats who champion such atrocities.
There is no democracy in the re-zone process as it stands, as set up by our city fathers and mothers in the 1980s. We have no say.... "Taxation without representation is tyranny" right?
Hasn't Magnolia fulfilled its density quota when the former Navy property on its northeast flank, overlooking Interbay and Fisherman's Terminal was densely developed in the 1970s?
Linda Anderson has lived in Magnolia since 1966
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