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mntleo2

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19. As a Seattle homeless advocate I know Hon ...

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 04:41 PM

Jun 2015

...and as you say LGBTQ housing ~ indeed all affordable housing ~ is beyond a crisis in Seattle. But I will tell you that this small $66,000 symbol of acceptance is also a good thing. I wish we did not have to choose whether to see something as fabulous as these crosswalks or housing for those in a city whose housing costs are spiraling out of control and if I could choose I am not sure what I would choose.

To me the $40 Million they spent for 215 homes taking over 10 years to do it is something that should be questioned ~ $186,000 for a 2 bdrm apartment that will fetch at least $1Mil in rental income during that time? Come on!

My 2 cents ~ and I so love you for seeing the suffering so many weep over every day!

Love, Cat in Seattle
Lake City Homeless Coalition
Also board member of POWER http://www.mamapower.org

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Seattle mayor unveils rainbow crosswalks in Capitol Hill neighborhood. [View all] pnwmom Jun 2015 OP

I have to wonder if 66,000 could have been spent better elsewhere. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #1

Nope ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #2

It's actually 56K more than white crosswalks and it was paid for out of pnwmom Jun 2015 #9

Thank you ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #12

Thank YOU! pnwmom Jun 2015 #18

I'll take that gig, 11K per intersection.... snooper2 Jun 2015 #32

SF's Ed Lee must be kicking himself KamaAina Jun 2015 #3

Heh! ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #5

I think we have something like this in Castro Prism Jun 2015 #21

Cool! Yup, that looks very rainbow-ish to me, too! pnwmom Jun 2015 #23

pictures Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #6

It's more that "painting a few sidewalks" ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #8

Jesus. ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #10

As a Seattle homeless advocate I know Hon ... mntleo2 Jun 2015 #19

I know ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #20

Or rather than someone else telling them that, you could invite them into your house and serve them LanternWaste Jun 2015 #14

This money came from developers' fees and couldn't be shifted to feeding the hungry. n/t pnwmom Jun 2015 #15

Why don't you pass your opinions on to the LGBT people in the neighborhood who have, pnwmom Jun 2015 #16

They are crosswalks and the true cost was the difference between these pnwmom Jun 2015 #13

K&R. NCTraveler Jun 2015 #11

Along with the brass dance steps in the sidewalks... RGinNJ Jun 2015 #17

I would love to have something like these where I live in Iowa 47of74 Jun 2015 #22

While I am in favor of supporting Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #24

In Seattle we have prominent crosswalks everywhere and unlike in some cities, pnwmom Jun 2015 #25

We are quirky that way ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #26

Yup! I remember being so amazed, a long time ago, to see how polite most of the drivers are, pnwmom Jun 2015 #28

The colors painted on the street Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #27

They DO resemble the crosswalks we have HERE, except most of ours are painted in white stripes pnwmom Jun 2015 #29

Seattle is concerned with symbolism Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #31

Yeah, so? pnwmom Jun 2015 #33

I don't know what the laws are in Seattle, I've never had the need to check them. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #35

What does that have to do with Rainbow crosswalks anyway? ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #36

"What does that have to do with Rainbow crosswalks anyway?" Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #40

The symbolism of a Lenin Statue in the district of Fremont ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #42

I don't care where the statue is. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #44

No it isn't ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #56

Thank you for proving that the term "Socialist" will scare away even many Democratic voters. pnwmom Jun 2015 #37

I have proven nothing, at least not intentionally, Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #39

Here's something else you don't understand about Seattle. pnwmom Jun 2015 #41

I did some reading about that statue. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #43

Yes, people have decided to dress it up. As John Lennon (the Beatle), as a clown, and in drag. (Not all at once.) pnwmom Jun 2015 #45

Yes, I don't see the humor Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #46

How is dressing him as a Beatle, a clown, and in drag "glorifying" him? I'm sure that wasn't the pnwmom Jun 2015 #47

Because it's there. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #49

We have a statue of a cow, too. Are we glorifying the cow? And not far from pnwmom Jun 2015 #50

This is in fact, one such statue cemaphonic Jun 2015 #54

It's a self-aware joke mostly cemaphonic Jun 2015 #53

This is my last post on the topic. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #57

These are busy high-traffic streets with stoplights. cemaphonic Jun 2015 #30

I think it's beautiful. Zorra Jun 2015 #38

KnR! How uplifting Hekate Jun 2015 #34

Happy Seattle Pride! It's an actual celebration here. Those crosswalks are really cool. nolabear Jun 2015 #48

Hmm, not what I was expecting. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #51

This is what an LGBT group in the "Emerald City" planned. pnwmom Jun 2015 #52

I miss living on Capitol Hill at times cemaphonic Jun 2015 #55