Broadway LID Public Meeting Tonight
The estimated construction costs associated with the Broadway LID have increased and an effort is underway to re-poll the property owners to determine whether the project moves forward. To answer your questions – which I’m sure you have some – there is a public meeting tonight. Make yourself heard.
Broadway LID Public Meeting
Monday, Aug. 6 at 5 p.m.
Tacoma Municipal Bldg, Room 708 (7th floor)
747 Market Street
15 comments
R RR Anderson March 18, 2008
ah daniel-san: Wax on… wax off. Wax on… wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don’t forget to breathe, very important.
S Sassy McButterpants March 18, 2008
Very nicely put.
Great idea in getting together at Blackwater and being chatty and vulnerable with each other, Mr. Blue. I would go, but I sleep in on Saturdays.
K KevinFreitas March 18, 2008
Y’all are welcome at tomorrow morning’s FeedTacoma Feed breakfast at PSP, 7am. Buy-one-get-one-free eats. It may be early but it’s a great excuse to get out and meet other locals and enjoy a great start to your day. List or not, ya gotta eat. ;)
M Matt March 19, 2008
Very well written DB.
D dni March 19, 2008
Oh the trials and tribulations of ego. Thanks DB
T tressie March 19, 2008
7 am…Breakfast! I don’t get up that early for anything unless the abode is on fire….and I will actually be working for a living on Sat at 3pm. I hope. Have a nice chat in the flesh!
R Red Hot Snap Dragon March 19, 2008
You inspire me to release both fear and guilt.
Also, I’m sorry Ensie.
A altered chords March 19, 2008
Daniel – I have had a smoldering resentment for “things” that are popular but do nothing for me. Things like Budwieser beer, much of pop music, McDonalds, etc.
You have identified why such bland fare is popular. No burst of a flavor whith which you may not be familiar. No tension filled jazz chords. No hoppy bitterness, aroma or flavor.
No risk.
The masses, it seems are more afraid of the unknown than the risk of never discovering that which is truly wonderful.
It IS fear that prevents many from exploring.
Thank you for your insights.
W wes March 19, 2008
…or laziness.
breaking out of one’s bubble can be exhausting.
america: the culture of convenience.
S Sassy McButterpants March 19, 2008
I embrace the local shops with my whole heart, I visit Hells Kitchen and the Java Jive with my ears wide open… but I totally still love Target and a variety of trashy Pop music and I make no apologies. I have also been known to imbibe a breakfast of Diet Coke and Two Apple Pies for a dollar from McDonalds on occasion… for that…I apologize to my body.
P Paul Sparks March 19, 2008
I can’t resist a final quote in hopes that we overcome “The Fear”.
The French Revolution, which aimed to liberate individual rights from the dead hand of medieval tradition, made all people citizens and outlawed many associational entities that were not elements of the state, just as Stalin did in the great community quest of Marxism and Hitler in Nazism later. Free and equal French citizens were to be joined to their government not by local ties but by representative bureaucratic systems. The state itself was to be the national community; all others were suspect. As we have seen, this did not work out, for national community is a contradiction in terms. Community is a local phenomenon.
David B. Schwartz
ok, I’m done
P Paul Sparks March 20, 2008
Daniel, thanks – it’s nice to hear from a writer who recognizes the benefits of “going local” extend beyond economics. I think it is “The Fear” that keeps us isolated and polarized.
Last week the Tacoma Weekly had an article about a big-box retailer pushing out a bunch of mobile homes on Meridian in Puyallup. Some say make way for the big-box – others say the government should restrict this type of activity. I say it’s a shame that there wasn’t any social cohesion as a neighborhood to act as a buffer. They could have demanded that big-box retailers innovate in ways that support local residents and worked to prohibit foolish laws from centralized authorities that can’t take particular contexts into consideration. I hope downtown learns that local face-to-face commitment is what builds the social capital necessary for this type of action.
Here’s the quote I meant to submit before the one above:
What is crucial in the formation of the masses is the atomization of all social and cultural relationships within which human beings gain their normal sense of membership in society. The mass is an aggregate of individuals who are insecure, basically lonely, and ground down, either through decree or historical circumstance, into mere particles of social dust.
Sociologist Robert Nisbet 1953
W wes March 20, 2008
all humans experience fear whether or not they choose to accept it. and fear is what drives us to move forward. it’s moving through fear that teaches us how to live and grow
…but i disagree that “THE FEAR” is the reason some people don’t support the businesses that you value. there’s much more to the matter than being afraid to step out of one’s comfort zone.
i respect your pride in local business as i feel strongly that supporting local is a key step into sustainable living.
compliments on putting yourself out there and keep in mind, the key to open minds is an open heart.
P penelope March 21, 2008
Well said Wes. Keep on marchin’ Daniel
M Mummah Bird March 25, 2008
Could not make it to the Blackwater on Saturday; I was instead at a memorial service for a beautiful, talented 28 year old young woman would lived her life kicking the unholy crap out of fear.
Hope it went well. Makes no sense to live in fear and complacency. (the ketchup and mustard of inertia)
I like that whole “keep on marchin’” plan of Miss Penelope’s. I second that.