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Mike Baker. Writer of wrongs. My opinion, only, like a giant tweet.Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comBlogger426125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-64767861293970848042017-09-21T16:16:00.003-07:002017-09-21T16:18:51.421-07:00Public Meeting on KeyArena Proposal EIS, don't be surprised by the return of SoDo<div>
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What should go into the EIS?</div>
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How about a preferred location at <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seattle Center </span>for a rebuilt KeyArena, and a second action alternative with SoDo for a new arena, or a no build alternative.</div>
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Here was the scoping comment from 9/8/2017 from the city:</div>
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10 days later they need 3 options, OVG's plan, another action alternative (that now excludes claiming to be able to completely teardown a landmark, KeyArena) so a reasonable action alternative might just be SoDo. "Bust" really is a no-action alternative for an arena.</div>
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<time datetime="2017-09-18T10:28:21+00:00" itemprop="datePublished" style="display: inline; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;">September 18, 2017</time> by <span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="display: inline; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><a href="http://buildingconnections.seattle.gov/author/callism/" itemprop="url" rel="author" style="color: rgb(65 , 110 , 210); display: inline; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;"><span itemprop="name" style="display: inline; font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;">SDCI Community Engagement</span></a></span></div>
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<em style="max-width: 100%;">-Rescheduled for September 28</em></div>
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The Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) has received a proposal from the Oak View Group to allow the renovation of Seattle Center Arena (KeyArena). The project, filed under application #3029061, includes a new entry atrium, below-ground expansion for additional seating and circulation, and an underground loading dock and vehicular tunnel. Parking for 450 vehicles will be provided below ground. The scale of this proposal requires the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to inform the permit review process and eventual decision by the department.</div>
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The first step in compiling an EIS is soliciting public input to determine the range of topics to be reviewed within the environmental document. This process is known as scoping. SDCI has identified the following areas for discussion in the EIS: traffic and transportation; historic preservation (landmarks and archeological resources); light and glare; noise; land use; and public services and facilities (recreation).</div>
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A public meeting to obtain comments on the scope of the EIS, design alternatives, impacts, mitigation measures, and other approvals that may be required was originally scheduled for Thursday, September 21 and Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Those meetings have been cancelled and rescheduled.</div>
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<strong style="max-width: 100%;">The rescheduled meeting is set for</strong>:</div>
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<strong style="max-width: 100%;">Thursday, September 28, 2017</strong><br />
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<li style="max-width: 100%;">Open House: 6:30 p.m.</li>
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Written comments on the proposal, including the scope of the EIS, will be accepted through <strong style="max-width: 100%;">October 6, 2017</strong>. Comments should be emailed to: <a href="mailto:prc@seattle.gov" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">prc@seattle.gov</a>. Comments may also be mailed to:</div>
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SDCI – PRC<br />
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Commenters who provide an email or physical address will be sent notices of future meetings and hearings. They will also be sent notice of the SDCI decision with information on the appeal process. Public comments and related project material will be posted to SDCI's <a href="http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">Permit and Property Records</a> web page.</div>
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Questions about the meeting may be directed to:</div>
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John Shaw<br />
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<a href="mailto:john.shaw@seattle.gov" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: underline;">john.shaw@seattle.gov</a></div>
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Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-8566363539338070082017-09-19T19:37:00.002-07:002017-09-19T19:37:56.053-07:00Seattle doesn't have anything for the NBA to relocate a team to<div>
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I've been saying this for quite some time, there are owners that would leave a billion dollars behind if they sold their teams if relocation wasn't an option.</div>
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Some teams will not to operate profitably where they are.</div>
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Will Seattle choose a KeyArena remodel, taking that building away for 4 years?</div>
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Will the solutions they seek not include Seattle because the city is choosing to not green-light SoDo now, and KeyArena approval and construction not complete for years? </div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"National revenues drive up the cap, but local revenues are needed to keep up with player salaries," one owner explained to ESPN. "If a team can't generate enough local revenues, they lose money."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Good luck, Seattle City Council, it's all on you.</span></div>
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Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-58351450994779904572017-09-18T20:32:00.003-07:002017-09-18T20:32:41.209-07:00Showing yourselves out<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 11pt;">Today, the <a href="http://seattlechannel.org/mayor-and-council/city-council/select-committee-on-civic-arenas?videoid=x82643" target="_blank">Seattle City Council started down a path</a> to agreeing to develop a MOU with OVG, which pretty much says FU to the NBA anytime soon. The City has been down this path before and repeatedly failed, peak failure was inviting the Sonics to leave over KeyArena remodeling proposals that were a lot like the one they are attempting to construct.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">I was both saddened and amused that Councilmember Rob Johnson asked Ed Murray appointed Director of Economic Development Brian Surratt a clarifying question, that the MOU is a framework but the council will get to vote later on the final plan, as well as many of its major pieces, just like the SODO MOU 5 years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">I have much less confidence in <a href="http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/the-obituary-of-farmers-field/article_fd228b6c-c915-11e4-a202-7f7fdc24ca4c.html" target="_blank">Tim Leiweke</a> than I do Chris Hansen, but the City has bought the bullshit and is going to talk themselves into gifting city revenue while pretending that a privately funded arena proposal exists.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">BTW, pretending something better doesn't exist isn't particularly satisfying.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">Today, it became less likely that the NBA will return to Seattle anytime soon. OVG has been driving off Sonics fans since they got here. It's pretty weird to see become more interested in having OVG in town than the Sonics. I will not go there, and say disengage from those that do.</span></div>
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Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-61566181674395824282017-09-12T21:37:00.001-07:002017-09-12T21:41:14.936-07:00Scare tactics greet Seattle sports fans<div>
A day of hollow promises from OVG, accused child abuser Ed Murray resigning as mayor, Sonics Rising scares its readers with a false sense of choice based on parroting Tim Leiweke's fanciful talking points.</div>
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OVG has nothing now, and will not have anything that resembles an actual approval from the city for quite a while, more than a year, maybe a couple years, maybe the council changes its mind again. But gosh, cramming readers with a false choice immediacy in an attempting to cow people toward a decision that could not possibly be acted on now. For KeyArena, there is now, not this year, maybe not next year. They don't know, pretending the aspirational date of a lightly invested developer is anything close to a fact is foolishness.</div>
Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-53965503302661965832017-09-08T13:28:00.001-07:002017-09-08T13:35:16.630-07:00Seattle Arena Update | The Fabulous Peltoncast<div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A special Peltoncast breaks down Thursday's proposal from the Sodo Arena group to renovate KeyArena into a trio of smaller music venues, the statement by the Seattle Office of Economic Development saying the offer came too late and why the City Council — not the OED — will control the decision between the Sodo proposal and Oak View Group's offer to renovate KeyArena into an NBA/NHL arena.</span></div>
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Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-70503068126574857852017-09-07T17:48:00.001-07:002017-09-07T17:48:53.418-07:00Russell Wilson talks about the latest SoDo arena and KeyArena efforts<div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><table style="border:1px solid black;padding:8px;"><tbody><tr valign="bottom"><td width="48"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1520138181/183559_746673338483_206343_39617870_6496309_n_1__normal.jpg" style="width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;"></td><td><b>Aaron Levine (<a href="https://twitter.com/aaronq13fox?refsrc=email&s=11">@AaronQ13Fox</a>)</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div><a href="https://twitter.com/aaronq13fox/status/905953840289038336?refsrc=email&s=11">9/7/17, 5:40 PM</a></div><div>Here is <a href="https://twitter.com/Seahawks">@Seahawks</a> QB and <a href="https://twitter.com/sonicsarena">@sonicsarena</a> investor <a href="https://twitter.com/DangeRussWilson">@DangeRussWilson</a>, talking about their alternative <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23KeyArena&src=hash">#KeyArena</a> proposal. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NBA&src=hash">#NBA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NHL&src=hash">#NHL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Seattle&src=hash">#Seattle</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZWQ4RqGvn2"><span>pic.twitter.com/ZWQ4RqGvn2</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS">Download</a> the Twitter app </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf4WKpv8MCPqxASj5qhpvS6xVP2K1K5pEQ1x-7X1QfSgMAIQr2fkFlVb3yduGLRrRmI99XePo_GgiI9HP7YBOWfeeErrICdUtC88iwzyDBI1Ez6KODvBC_yIOEdQICBP646RRvcUtk5sO/s1600/image1-785098.PNG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf4WKpv8MCPqxASj5qhpvS6xVP2K1K5pEQ1x-7X1QfSgMAIQr2fkFlVb3yduGLRrRmI99XePo_GgiI9HP7YBOWfeeErrICdUtC88iwzyDBI1Ez6KODvBC_yIOEdQICBP646RRvcUtk5sO/s320/image1-785098.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6463202878593706706"></a><br></div></div>Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-6522707308698685582017-08-25T19:59:00.001-07:002017-08-25T20:04:32.180-07:00OVG doesn't sound opposed to a SoDo street vacation<div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">No. OVG's approach of building a world-class music, sports and entertainment venue will provide the best chance of attracting NBA and NHL teams. History supports our belief that the NBA or the NHL will come when a suitable arena is built. The only way to privately finance an arena without a team is to have a robust music and entertainment calendar. If we attract teams, we will adjust the music programming to accommodate the Storm, NBA and NHL schedules before booking other events to ensure teams can be competitive."</span></div>
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But Lois Maag, a spokesperson for the Department of Neighborhoods, shed some light on how the process would work moving forward.<br />"The project team (in this case OVG) would pursue proposed alterations through the Certificate of Approval process," she wrote via email, in regards to whether Oak View Group would have to preserve the garage. "The applicant can apply for a Certificate of Approval to alter or demolish the building, following the procedures in the Landmarks Ordinance. Before pursuing that option, the staff would urge them to explore alternatives to demolition and discuss them with the Landmarks Board."<br />What's next for proposed KeyArena renovation after landmark designation? http://www.king5.com/mobile/article/news/local/arena/whats-next-for-proposed-keyarena-renovation-after-landmark-designation/281-461977905 via @KING5Seattle</blockquote>
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Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-87265224110872957202017-08-02T21:52:00.001-07:002017-08-02T21:53:47.221-07:00Seattle Preservation Board designates KeyArena, Bressi Garage, as
Landmarks<div>KING5's Chris Daniels reports on the potential benefits and complications the landmark designation means.</div><div>KeyArena was a forgone conclusion years ago, but the garage was in question.</div><div>What was going to be modern use with OVG controlling the property, (are they paying for that?), has taken a turn to 1923.</div><div><br></div><div>It's most likely the city will gloss over this by claiming they will figure it out after committing to the project, like they have with everything else (public cost, transportation, revenue splits, did I mention transportation?).</div><div><br></div><div>Chris Daniels:</div><div><p style="max-width: 100%;"></p><blockquote type="cite"><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The original Oak View Group proposal has called for tearing down the Bressi Garage, which was built in 1923, for use as a staging area and potential future office space, as well as an entry point for a subterranean tunnel to a loading dock on the south end of the new facility. The City's Economic Development office offered it up in the original request for proposals for renovation of KeyArena.</span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However, the 11-member Preservation Board felt, after a tour Monday, that the building has an important place in Seattle history. It voted to preserve the walls of the brick building, interior trusses, and deck. Board members argued that it deserved designation because it "it is associated in a significant way with a significant aspect of the cultural, political or economic heritage of the community, city, state, or nation" and "it embodies the distinctive visible characteristics of an architectural style, or period, or a method of construction."</span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Historic Preservation does not necessarily rule out renovation, but the designation triggers a "controls and incentives" phase of development. Erin Doherty, who is the coordinator the Landmarks Board, said after the meeting that the Bressi ruling triggers a wide variety of possibilities, but the design and how the building is treated within it, will be a factor. The designation could also trigger a negotiation or settlement with Pottery Northwest or potentially a new plan for the tunnel and staging area. It may also make the city eligible for further historic tax credits. On Monday, OVG Chair Tim Leiweke, Director of Special Project Lance Lopes, and potential NHL investor David Bonderman were all seen at City Hall meeting with council members.</span></p><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Seattle Preservation Board landmarks KeyArena, Bressi Garage</span></p></div><a href="http://www.king5.com/amp/news/local/seattle/seattle-preservation-board-landmarks-keyarena-bressi-garage/461567433">http://www.king5.com/amp/news/local/seattle/seattle-preservation-board-landmarks-keyarena-bressi-garage/461567433</a></blockquote></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRPvbCjnffCFJWjmNZudSsNytoJAfgKcdf0ontM4wKlDByK5lFyzs9VsOXqB-GMB1hG1ab8aDr8v9TfwhJOrwo_j26630npKhKZsGmaolLrZ_XDKRNN1yNDox3bLEtBen3GxxVKlhUs0u/s640/blogger-image-574501442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRPvbCjnffCFJWjmNZudSsNytoJAfgKcdf0ontM4wKlDByK5lFyzs9VsOXqB-GMB1hG1ab8aDr8v9TfwhJOrwo_j26630npKhKZsGmaolLrZ_XDKRNN1yNDox3bLEtBen3GxxVKlhUs0u/s640/blogger-image-574501442.jpg"></a></div>Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-13298623073745386172017-07-31T18:53:00.001-07:002017-08-04T22:48:13.533-07:00NBA.com's David Aldridge column on Seattle's NBA options<div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I've read most little bits of information that might be, could be, may be, something for way too long, but this is unusually thorough, posted on </span><a href="http://disq.us/url?url=http%3A%2F%2FNBA.com%3AN1iuscccWWOqPcGBNSQFUGK3-JY&cuid=784607" rel="nofollow noopener" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear;">NBA.com</a><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">, and anonimous source owners. That's a bit different.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">They lay out their path to making a decision for Seattle or not, and in what order.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The question is, how long do those two paths take?</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #2a2e2e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">But I take it that they are on that path now, or why bother talking? Maybe we get a relocated team, or an expansion team, or nothing, in that order.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Arena ownership isn't a charity, or public works project.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;" />Do I think Tim Leweike would put his interests ahead of the <span class="caps" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">NBA</span> returning?<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;" />Yes.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;" />Welcome to capitalism.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;" />The City of Seattle <span class="caps" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">MUST</span> insist on a mechanism, financial or otherwise, that they control to best ensure the outcome of the <span class="caps" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">NBA</span>returning to Seattle.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;" />I want him bound to that obligation even if he doesn't have a <span class="caps" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">NBA</span> partner right now.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;" />Assurances are never going to be enough to satisfy this requirement for me.</span></div>
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He bought the team in 1993 for $85 million. Twenty-four years later, the Rockets are worth $1.65 billion. That’s remarkable.<br />For the NHL, though, his stepping back from the sports world could be the catalyst that makes it possible for hockey to return to the fourth-largest U.S. city.</blockquote>
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This isn't a day one problem. This grows over time as they look for increased profits.<br />
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My overall feeling is that they really do believe what they are saying, I believe them, but it's pretty obvious that they are being used to legitimize Ed Murray cramming KeyArena down everybody's throats before he leaves office. He doesn't have a political future and is absolutely burning these very good people at Sonics Rising.<br />
So, I showed myself out.<br />
Maybe I'm wrong, but Ed Murray has been clear in his arena preference, and how he governs.<br />
That's exactly how I felt when I was invited to a couple off the record meetings with Brian Surratt a few months ago.<br />
IMO, Here is the Ed Murray's fucking of the fans. It is in full bloom.Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-79745909786005029552017-07-20T17:29:00.000-07:002017-07-20T17:29:17.463-07:00City Councilmembers will not accept a KeyArena MOU without a transportation planThere isn't a majority without an actual transportation plan.
The city will have had more than a year to understand the traffic issues and probably should now be negotiating mitigation positions with that information.
A plan for a transportation plan isn't enough for at least two councilmembers, and it didn't sound like they were alone in that thought.
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It is remarkable, the silence, except from those that are outspoken. When news comes out about Ed Murray nobody touches it unless it's to demand change. It's a question of power.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The minute your legacy became more important than the well-being of children in abusive homes, you should have questioned your motives. At least, that's what I believe. Personally, I question myself all the time, and if I'm going in a direction of what's best for me winning out over what's best for the community, I try to roll back a bit and re-center myself. My experience in life—not the best childhood, not the best adolescence—is what shaped my personal desire to do good things—but those must be for the community, and designed to ensure more kids have better lives than I did. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The sadness that I have from your actions, from seeing someone that I looked up to (with some similarities in political paths) is real. But the anger is also real. Your combative approach, and continued damage that your actions are doing to me as a survivor, and to others in our community, is abhorrent. They are disappointing. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I don't expect that you will listen - or even read to this point - but I agree with Council Member Lorena González. It's time to resign. To leave what dignity with the office is left, and take what legacy you can still claim, without doing further damage to the city, or to your legacy. It is time. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a great day,<br />Mike Baker</span></div>
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Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-16455587850841058282017-07-17T20:52:00.001-07:002017-07-17T20:53:20.586-07:00Tweet by Mike Baker ✌️Seattle mayoral debate.<div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><table style="border:1px solid black;padding:8px;"><tbody><tr valign="bottom"><td width="48"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/866809030483824640/md09EkSc_normal.jpg" style="width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;"></td><td><b>Mike Baker ✌️ (<a href="https://twitter.com/tweetmrbaker?refsrc=email&s=11">@TweetMrBaker</a>)</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div><a href="https://twitter.com/tweetmrbaker/status/887145213558308864?refsrc=email&s=11">7/17/17, 8:01 PM</a></div><div>Too many sidesteps for Durkan.<br>Hasagawa performed well, not sure how he stands out.<br>McGinn - experience<br>Moon is over her head. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SEAMayor&src=hash">#SEAMayor</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;"><tbody><tr valign="bottom"><td width="48"><br></td><td><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;"><tbody><tr valign="bottom"><td width="48"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/866809030483824640/md09EkSc_normal.jpg" style="width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;"></span></td><td><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mike Baker ✌️ (<a href="https://twitter.com/tweetmrbaker?refsrc=email&s=11">@TweetMrBaker</a>)</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div><a href="https://twitter.com/tweetmrbaker/status/887146160825155584?refsrc=email&s=11" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">7/17/17, 8:05 PM</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Farrell was very responsive, had answers about approach.<br>Oliver really did a good job discussing different aspects of a subject. <br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SEAMayor&src=hash">#SEAMayor</a> <a href="https://t.co/NFVj2MxNWM">twitter.com/tweetmrbaker/s…</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></div>Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-33878330279092344632017-07-15T19:52:00.001-07:002017-07-15T19:52:56.033-07:00Interpol - Not Even Jail - Live at Eurockeennes Festival, Belfort, Franc...<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">I pretend like no one else</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">To try to control myself</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">I'm subtle like a lion's cage</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">Such a cautious display</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">Remember take hold of your time here</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">Give some meanings to the means</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">To your end</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 18px;">Not even jail</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It seemed at times that Murray's endorsement was more about blocking McGinn's path to victory than opening up Durkan's. Asked whether he had considered endorsing Jessyn Farrell, Murray said he respected Farrell but that "in my conversation with Jenny, she has the best chance of winning, and I really don't want this city to go back to the divisiveness that I inherited." In other words, Durkan had the best chance at wiping the floor with McGinn on the ballot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">He was the last person to recognize how bad it would suck for him to lose to Mike McGinn.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a great day,<br />Mike Baker</span></div>
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Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-10910163343974181462017-06-22T15:02:00.003-07:002017-06-22T15:04:35.105-07:00Seattle Councilmember Rob Johnson, "I just don't want to get fleeced."<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.seattlechannel.org/embedvideoplayer?videoid=x78208" style="min-height: 270px; min-width: 480px;">Fleeced</iframe> <p></p>The council's confidence in the proposal to renovate KeyArena is less than enthusiastic. <p></P>Meanwhile, Councilmember Sally Bagshaw expressed her opinion that the city is done with SoDo if Chris Hansen can't produce a NBA team by the end of the MOU, 12/3/2017. There will then be a gap between the end of the SoDo MOU and the KeyArena MOU due sometime in 2018. If Sally's plan fails then Seattle sports fans have nothing.
Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-82922243407996264812017-06-16T22:05:00.001-07:002017-06-16T22:07:03.904-07:00Generation Gomez Addams<div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>The generation after the *millennials will emulate Gomez Addams.</div><div>This I predict!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRP1eCkkdPb9_rE7to96mQt8vJu7Krk0CBLOP-4HO31D4v3W7K7EuIWuRpwrryCtz8BTMcwCj3Y1_Iyi_ll6r5lmwjzXFQTyRsLZ9fY3yL1ytpfCiIztCt9yljBII8opYUKT4Cu1RQ4pl/s1600/image1-734280.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRP1eCkkdPb9_rE7to96mQt8vJu7Krk0CBLOP-4HO31D4v3W7K7EuIWuRpwrryCtz8BTMcwCj3Y1_Iyi_ll6r5lmwjzXFQTyRsLZ9fY3yL1ytpfCiIztCt9yljBII8opYUKT4Cu1RQ4pl/s320/image1-734280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6432469157465887890"></a><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Gomez Addams - Wikipedia</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">"</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Husband to Morticia (if indeed they are married at all) ... a crafty schemer, but also a jolly man in his own way ... though sometimes misguided ... sentimental and often puckish — optimistic, he is in full enthusiasm for his dreadful plots ... is sometimes seen in a rather formal dressing gown ... the only one who smokes."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1; background-image: none; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomez_Addams#cite_note-4" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; text-decoration: none;"><br></a></sup><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomez_Addams#">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomez_Addams#</a></span></p></div><div><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">*Future generations will mistake "millennials" is a kind of walrus.</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a great day,<br>Mike Baker</span></div></div></div></div>Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-84339361099412897392017-06-16T21:42:00.001-07:002017-06-16T22:07:34.147-07:00I'll show myself out, Sonics Rising<div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div>I've stepped away from Sonics Rising, and I thank them for giving me space to write.</div><div>I'm not having fun.</div><div><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa_pqCR1nPRjwX_9zNjB_G1a1yfEj3Zn_4VsSVCZFVn8EQTtX27GMulOnZUbj6MWUfm9gC2keZH7pe5luZz5ZOmewn5at453XF-hrkRLfRfTSYWlLpXnU7sU4evBOcSCd-S2W5wt3RR7n/s1600/IMG_6353-732515.GIF"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa_pqCR1nPRjwX_9zNjB_G1a1yfEj3Zn_4VsSVCZFVn8EQTtX27GMulOnZUbj6MWUfm9gC2keZH7pe5luZz5ZOmewn5at453XF-hrkRLfRfTSYWlLpXnU7sU4evBOcSCd-S2W5wt3RR7n/s320/IMG_6353-732515.GIF" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6432463141572504754"></a></div><div><br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a great day,<br>Mike Baker</span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div>Mr Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552952081148985135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422036875420173223.post-24753591735226763632017-06-11T22:15:00.000-07:002017-06-11T22:15:00.791-07:00It's not just loyalty, it's reality<div>
I agree with Aaron Levine of Q13 Fox News, there is a missing element of trust (my word) with OVG's Tim Leweike. A contributing factor Levine doesn't mention is the history of plans to renovate KeyArena have failed so badly that the Sonics and now in Oklahoma City. His open disdain for the NBA returning to Seattle bleeds out into disrespect for the fans that, frankly, made this situation possible for Chris Hansen and Tim Leweike.</div>
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Step 1. Don't be an asshole if you want $90+ million of my tax dollars.</div>
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Step 2. Grasp the idea that David Stern scorched the earth on the NBA's leave of Seattle. It sure as heck wasn't the leagues that laid the groundwork for you and Hansen. Lots of people that never wanted to Sonics to leave are helping to make your big payday possible. Do you think Hansen showed up and had to grow support? Really?</div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Again, Leiweke’s plan might be the best one, and his intentions might be pure. But if that’s the case, it’s up to him to prove it down the line. And until he does, because of our city’s past, there will always be doubt, there will always be uncertainty. And there will always be questions about whether he’s the next out-of-town salesman who doesn’t have our best interests in mind.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Commentary: Given Seattle's sports history, the value of loyalty and humility cannot be overlooked in arena debate | Q13 FOX News</i></span><a href="http://q13fox.com/2017/06/11/commentary-given-seattles-sports-history-the-value-of-loyalty-and-humility-cannot-be-overlooked-in-arena-debate/"><i>http://q13fox.com/2017/06/11/commentary-given-seattles-sports-history-the-value-of-loyalty-and-humility-cannot-be-overlooked-in-arena-debate/</i></a></blockquote>
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