First Streetcar Line Will Be MLK?

the City Manager announced that the next streetcar line will most likely be on MLK. He said the city is pursuing that route because of an LID underway in that area – and because of the muscle power of Multicare at one end of Hilltop and the Franciscans at the other end. He also said it might be built out of sequence with a planned extension of the downtown LINK streetcar up Stadium Way. via i.feedtacoma.com This via Morgan’s Brain on FeedTacoma. I think it’s an interesting idea, and if it means getting rail in the ground sooner rather than Read more…

Michael Medved last night at City Club

Michael Medved had an interesting presentation last night at Theatre on the Square. He recently wrote about "The 10 Big Lies About America" and during the presentation he covered three of the lies he covered in his book. One–that America is in an irreversible state of moral decline I've long believed to be false, and I'm glad Medved argued against it as passionately as he did. The second–that America is "uniquely" responsible for slavery and that slavery in the US was worse than anywhere else in the world … I found to be a bit of a strawman's argument. I Read more…