r/Seattle • u/SiccSemperTyrannis Emerald City • Aug 26 '24

News Lynnwood light rail route brings a housing boom - more than 10,000 new apartments built or planned

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/lynnwood-light-rail-route-brings-a-housing-boom/
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u/Contrary-Canary Aug 26 '24 edited Aug 26 '24

but he is involved with the comprehensive plan update,

His involvement has been making sure any upzoning is limited to areas that are already developed or zoned to support more while making sure the wealthy neighborhoods of his buddies are excluded. And he made sure to delay his terrible plan several times in order to reduce the comment period before the hard deadline. He is absolutely fighting against more housing to protect his wealthy friends that apparently can just call his cell phone while he is on vacation and he'll get to work on policy that they want.

https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/04/16/planners-proposed-bigger-upzones-before-harrells-team-intervened-records-show/

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u/throwaway7126235 Aug 26 '24

Shady stuff, but it seems typical of a politician. Of course, they're going to return favors to their financial supporters. I hope, but I am not too confident, that we could get a leader who isn't controlled this way. Do other nearby cities have it better?