Posted by unregistered user at 4/28/08 5:10 p.m.

Please fix the potholes and get the panhandlers, drug dealers, and miscreants off the streets, hire more cops and be sure the power doesn't go out. I don't need the city council "to study" how to get me to eat better or decide to allow a farmer's market on my street. This city is insane.

Posted by johnnycakes at 4/28/08 5:45 p.m.

Let's see - get the potholes fixed, there's a number you can call and they get fixed PDQ. Panhandlers have a legal right to be on the streets, SPD needs more resources for the drug dealers (and perhaps the new contract proposal will help), and I'm not sure which miscreants you're referring to specifically. "Hire more cops" see above. "Be sure the power doesn't go out" - how precisely do we do that? Try living in Lake Forest Park or Snohomish County compared to Seattle and we'll talk about power outages.

Council's responsibilities include zoning. As density increases, it's harder and harder for farmers' markets to have places to go. Figuring out where they can go is a legitimate use of City resources. I'm not clear on where McIver got his "nanny state" comment from on this particular issue. Not to say there aren't nanny state issues in Seattle - this isn't one of them.

Posted by FlyintheOintment at 4/28/08 8:33 p.m.

I'm sure Mr. "don't need the city council to study how to get me to eat better" probably doesn't have a problem wasting dwindling health care resources treating his erectile dysfunction that is simply a symptom of his diet and activity level.

Posted by unregistered user at 4/28/08 9:35 p.m.

Interesting that you speculate on the first poster's virility. Are you projecting? Perhaps OintmentontheFly should be your pseudonym.