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Re: Why arming WA school officials might not be a bad idea

Edog — Tue, 21 May 2019 20:10:14 -0000

Wait, how many school shootings have there been in Seattle during the 4 year benchmark in Toppenish?

Re: Why arming WA school officials might not be a bad idea

Edog — Tue, 21 May 2019 15:51:09 -0000

Or we could let the NIH study gun violence so we can better understand school shootings, and the "tactical" pathology of gun ownership.

Re: Why arming WA school officials might not be a bad idea

Edog — Tue, 21 May 2019 14:59:47 -0000

There were armed guards at Columbine

Re: Seattle gets an F on snow shoveling

Edog — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:20:27 -0000

In Point 2 Mike uses wheelchairs to justify plowing bike lanes. You don't need special equipment to plow sidewalks for wheelchairs, Mike! If you want special plows for bike lanes, just say so. Stop using the handicapped as a beard for Cascade!!!!!

Re: Epiphone - Epiphone Announces Price Reduction on Top Sellers

Edog — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:54:42 -0000

Well since Epiphone is originally a turkish company founded by a greek, maybe we should all post in Greek and Turkish?

Re: Tribute Les Paul Standard

Edog — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:01:46 -0000

Ha, is that the faded cherry one they've had since this summer? Dude, take that and get the frets dressed. If its the guitar I'm thinking of, it sounds great but is buzzier than a hornets nest!

Re: Erica is Suspended

Edog — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:07:05 -0000

By the by, what do you contribute to, and how long will your suspension be?

Re: Erica is Suspended

Edog — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:48:31 -0000

Of course during her absence this "news" site will not only be much more accurate but offer more thoughtful analysis as well.

Re: Breaking: In End Run Around McGinn, Conlin Moves Tunnel Forward

Edog — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:12:17 -0000

OMG the binder was to thick to review in a week! Yes, they are large, but not that difficult to understand when working with a team of professionals. And anyone who claims to be an environmental attorney, as McGinn does, should explain why he finds it so onerous to read. Forget being the mayor, this is just part of his job, what McGinn's not up to it?

Re: Breaking: In End Run Around McGinn, Conlin Moves Tunnel Forward

Edog — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:08:16 -0000

Actually, its very weak reporting. The use of the colloquialism "doing an end run" in the first paragraph is a sign of several things. One, the "reporter" (I use that term loosely on this site) can not explain what transpired in simple black and white terms. Yes, after the use of "end run" the article does describe what happend to some degree, but clearly assumes something wrong has been done, without providing and deeper comment from experts in how the city government works. Yes, we have calls out, but lets rush to print.

Re: Liberal Consultant Does Mailing for Right-Wing Candidate

Edog — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:08:34 -0000

My THE END comment was in reference to what I know of DC culture, not out here.

Re: Why Does McGinn’s Potential Rail Plan Look So… Familiar?

Edog — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:58:48 -0000

What was the proposed alignment of the monorail from 15th to downtown, and what is it under McGinn's plan?

Re: Why Does McGinn’s Potential Rail Plan Look So… Familiar?

Edog — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:48:17 -0000

Sort of but streets is supposed to create support that pressures people to create funding.

Re: Liberal Consultant Does Mailing for Right-Wing Candidate

Edog — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:31:54 -0000

Actually, you are wrong. Political Consultants are usually tightly bound with one party. I don't know about out here. But in DC, if a firm aligned with D cantidates and issues did some work for an R, that would be the end of them, and their work would dry up, overnight. THE END

Re: McGinn at Odds with Council Over Light Rail

Edog — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:55:21 -0000

Its important so when KEXP has their Hood-To-Hood challenge the participants can get up close and personal on a sexy Eurostyle Train in an Epic Battle for Seattle!

Re: School supply drive at Bartell Drugs

Edog — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:49:41 -0000

Crayons - Alas, no more Burnt Sienna

Re: They Were Asked Very Straightforward Questions

Edog — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:11:54 -0000

No, he excused the quality of its work because it was not a more rigourous study. In fact it need not be a massive study, his work could stand alone, if he understood its short comings and presented those with the findings. He just keeps digging a hole. Rather than attach the appropraite qualifiers, he comes up with weird defenses like, we could not afford to do the work anyway, and its not like we could use a nuke where a tack hammer is required, so we used a stapler instead.

P.S. A straight forward question, even if its a "very" straight foward question, is a pretty weak indicator. It is not without value, and can be useful, but John does not seem to understand it.

Re: They Were Asked Very Straightforward Questions

Edog — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:15:29 -0000

"It is not a 30,000-person survey,.." Gawd every time I read an excuse from these Winpower political consultants I wince. They clearly do not understand public opinion research, and their shallow self serving defense not only says they don't give a sh*t about real public opinion, but that they are trying to shape public opinion.

Don't be mistaken, this is not a push poll. Its just sloppy work designed to produce a predetermined result, and give their clients an opportunity to say the numbers are with them. Their work would not survive the scrutiny of a intro to social research class for a pimple faced undergrad frosh. That they continue to produce and defend such work as actually measuring public support or opposition of anything indicts them thoroughly as muckraking hacks.

FWIW - THERE IS NO WAY TO CONDUCT A 30,000 Person Survey and have it mean anything in the context of city wide election. Work of this size usually represents a seminal study, and is typically funded by someone like the Carnegie Foundation and part of a very serious body of research conducted by TEAMS of academics, professionals and actuarials using a method produced after weeks and hours of discussion and vetting. In the end, it would serve as a benchmark designed to aid a great many things. That a political consultant uses the fact that he is not undertaking a survey of that size to distance himself from the quality of his work speaks volumes about what his motives really are.

I recall on their website they went so far as to admit they did not have proper resources to conduct good work, but their client deserved credit for trying to measure public opinion because they are cash strapped.

From their Winpower Blog

"I know how tough it is for non-profits to raise money in this climate so it’s great to see the fundraising work done to get it into the field. If anyone wants to learn more on these topics, we’d be happy to work with you to put another poll in the field. Just make checks payable to.."

Thats a cheap trick, and thats not how it works. There is way to do work on a small budget, but when doing this kid of work its imperative for the researcher to point out the short comings of their own method, for example if only three questions cover one subject, its incumbent upon the researcher to point out that their findings while perhaps reliable are actually pretty mushy, and should not be considered firm, or accurate. Lastly, if you are going to so quickly acknowledge the short comings of your findings as teaser to find someone who will fund the proper work... well thats says more about you as a researcher than your findings.

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Re: Coming Soon: Lots of New Transportation Taxes

Edog — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:45:18 -0000

--!! Hee Haw !!--

Re: Reminder: Early Design meeting Monday night

Edog — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:26:44 -0000

Hate to see the old building go, but these things happen. What bothers me the most about it, is how dumb and ordinary the plan will be. There will be no set back, and they'll put the driveway in a screwed up intesection to start with. It is not as if anyone who NEEDS access to 57th can get there from 24th these days!

Missed the meeting cause I forgot to put it on the calendar. I'm ever so angry with myself.

Re: Reminder: Early Design meeting Monday night

Edog — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:24:33 -0000

Have you even been by 24th and 57th in the past 5 years?

Re: Duh of the Day: Density Means Less Driving

Edog — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:04:43 -0000

Isnt it Environic?

Re: Duh of the Day: Density Means Less Driving

Edog — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:04:11 -0000

"How do we clear cut thousands of miles of forest...? " Probably with some kind of bomb. Not that I advocate we do it.

Re: Duh of the Day: Density Means Less Driving

Edog — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:48:53 -0000

Wait you mean I don't ride a green pony/unicorn to work? A magical steed that absolves me of my carbon footprint, and makes my stuff not stink?

Re: Duh of the Day: Density Means Less Driving

Edog — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:40:08 -0000

Thats some stinky gas! Powerful stinky!