Both of these came up at the same time, so I’m doing them in one post. 1. Answering Steve Salmi’s question here first: …Dan Leahy was right to “follow the money” regarding tax breaks for developers – including Ron Rants. Olympia would do well to display greater transparency in its decision making if it wishes…
Month: September 2019
How much did cutting the middle out of our housing stock cost Olympia in the last forty years?
Or, Olympia’s spreading tax-subsidized single-family neighborhoods. I’ve pointed to this chart oftentimes as an illustration of how we changed directions back in the 1980s. I’ve recently been rethinking this graph, mostly due to new perspectives on a fairly old policy tool to encourage apartment construction in downtown Olympia. Dan Leahy has been writing in Works…