While Portland City Council debates sit-lie citywide, baseball stadiums, parking lots and signage – Seattle’s appears to be kicking our collective butts.
Portland continues to struggle with a debate over a past hero (Cesar Chavez Blvd.), while Seattle appears to be looking to the future and is backing an immigration platform.
Portland continues to sift through a Housing Bureau transfer with no concrete examples of how exactly the transfer will benefit the affordable housing stock in Portland, specifically in places like South Waterfront and now possibly Lents.
Seattle was far enough ahead of the curve to put a Affordable Housing levy worth $142 million on the ballot. It's projected to pass.
You decide.
Posted by Israel Bayer