A piece on civility in government, which doesn't match the reality. Curiously this particular bastion of free speech thinks I might be a robot.

My rejected comments are below the jump.

Here's the memo:

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Besides the Judges of the Seattle Superior Court, listed below the jump, concurrent conformed copies were delivered to the Office of the King County Executive, the Seattle City Attorney, U.S. District Court, Seattle, and members of the King County Council.

Come with me a second as I 'dig' a little deeper into Seattle politics.

Consider the recent wrangling over the need for a completed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before starting the construction on the mega-project Downtown Seattle Tunnel, replacing the earthquake vulnerable waterfront viaduct. In that battle the Seattle Council is pushing the project prior to the completion of normal public procedure, including

Then consider this piece, concerning the EIS for a permanent, self-managed, homeless encampment in the industrial area just south of downtown. In this issue the Council is taking the position that an EIS is needed - the only legal difference that I can see is that the Seattle Council thinks some people are above the law and others below it - something I personally don't see.

As. thankfully, does not Councilmember Licata, making this vote now 7-2.

Now, for an even 'bigger' dig!

On March 3rd I decided to check out a suspicious controversy getting press in the neighborhood next to my own, or at least before I lost my house to foreclosure a year ago - a so called 'Community Conversation' regarding the Eloise Cooking Pot Food Bank. Boy, was I in for a case of the worst of government employee backed NIMBYism I've ever seen.

Here's the KOMO local news story

I ended up being forcibly ejected from the meeting without cause, save standing up to what Tacoma Comic Artist RR Anderson said was a 'Bullshit Meeting'.

I've been researching this general problem, and thankfully had the right response close at hand, in my 'Toolbox', a little used court rule which allows a citizen to file misdemeanor criminal complaints.

John Hathaway's 'Takhoman' article writes up the complaint.

We're scheduled for a court hearing for the Judge's signature tomorrow, Thursday March 24th in Tacoma Municipal Court at 1:30 in the courtroom of Presiding Judge David Ladenberg, room 235 of the County/City Building.

Wish me luck!