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RIP Lime bikes—another case study in Seattle City Council regulatory incompetence

January 5, 2020 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Lime bike

News out just before Christmas that Lime has pulled its e-bikes from Seattle means that Uber (with its Jump brand) now has a monopoly on bike sharing in the city. This follows the departure of Ofo in the summer of 2018 after the city raised its annual fee for operators to $250,000, far above what […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: lime bikes, seattle, Seattle city council, Uber

Big little climate lies

July 14, 2019 By Nicholas Kerr

In episode 3 of this season’s star-studded HBO show ‘Big Little Lies’, Renata (played by Laura Dern) explodes when her daughter, Amabella, is hospitalized after suffering a panic attack as a result of her second grade teacher’s discussion about what global warming might do to the world. This leads the principal to call a school […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Big Little Lies, Cliff Mass, climate change, global warming, seattle

The Incredible Whiteness of Washington State’s ‘Progressive’ Policies

May 27, 2019 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

(This first appeared in National Review on May 27, 2019) Democrats in the state government are harming blacks and helping whites. Washington State progressives who like to position themselves as allies of blacks are failing to live up to their promises. In the state’s most recent legislative session alone, Democrats passed several measures that will […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: progressive, seattle, Washington

A response to a hatchet job in Crosscut

April 14, 2019 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

An opinion piece published this week on Crosscut by Walter Hatch, who lives in the Phinney Ridge / Greenwood area, was bizarre. In it he suggests that most of his neighbors who comment on Nextdoor lack any compassion and are profoundly contemptuous of the homeless. While his piece amounts to nothing more than a whiny rant, it’s […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Crosscut, nextdoor, seattle, walter hatch

Seattle’s homeless contradictions

June 2, 2018 By Nicholas Kerr 5 Comments

Seattle’s ongoing homeless crisis is surrounded by an absurd number of contradictions that if not addressed will only result in a continuation of this human tragedy. Leaders and supporters of the city’s current approach claim compassion, but have delivered heartlessness. When residents have been asked for and given more tax dollars, the result is only […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: Building Code, homeless, Homelessness, Jenny Durkan, seattle

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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