A bit more on the Whole Foods project:

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TB — 7/19/2013 6:39:07 PM (archived)

Here.

The Huling Properties, including most of the site, are privately owned, formerly the site of a number of auto dealerships.

The controversy is over an alley the city owns that the store would like to use.

In short, Seattle would be "subsidizing" Whole Foods by letting it build a huge taxpaying store/residential facility on an empty alley.

The alley:

http://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/alley2-e1374009887344.jpg

The proposed development:

http://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/thefront-e1371793319702.jpg

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Now I've seen it all. - RobVG - 7/19/2013 4:53:21 AM
- The real point of all this... - TB - 7/20/2013 4:43:21 AM
- Did you know that in (whacky, conservative, libertarian...) Utah, all gas stations sell their gas for the same price? - alcaray - 7/19/2013 10:53:08 PM
  - Not sure who told you Utah was libertarian. - TB - 7/19/2013 11:21:33 PM
    - I know that when libertarians were talking about taking over a state, Utah was on the list of prospectives. - alcaray - 7/20/2013 12:44:58 AM
      - And I'm quite familiar with the tricks you have to go through to get a decent drink in Utah. - alcaray - 7/20/2013 12:47:08 AM
        
        I drive through Wendover on the way to the Midwest. - TB - 7/20/2013 2:41:33 AM
        
        They have beer cocktails. Seriously. - alcaray - 7/20/2013 12:48:05 AM
  - I take back part of what I said. - alcaray - 7/19/2013 11:10:39 PM
- Re: Now I've seen it all. - TB - 7/19/2013 7:17:30 PM
  - Which is that it was raped by the folks who buy debt. Banks, etc. - bowser - 7/19/2013 10:18:02 PM
- Washington DC - Robert - 7/19/2013 2:59:43 PM
  - I notice you dodged a point. - TB - 7/20/2013 2:51:31 AM
  - The law was specifically targeted at WalMart. - TB - 7/19/2013 6:13:08 PM
    - wrong - Robert - 7/19/2013 9:33:58 PM
      - Save it for the rubes. - TB - 7/19/2013 9:49:18 PM
        
        "everyone knows" - Robert - 7/20/2013 1:40:44 AM
        
        Everyone with a working brain. - TB - 7/20/2013 2:33:21 AM
        
        That would seem to exclude you - Robert - 7/20/2013 3:42:20 AM
        
        It was in the version I found, linked in a comment below. - TB - 7/20/2013 4:23:59 AM
        
        Once again - Robert - 7/20/2013 6:13:17 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 7/20/2013 6:56:32 PM
        
        Derailing - TB - 7/20/2013 6:45:59 PM
        
        You are a rube. Seriously, TB, "Mysteries of the Multiverse" was created for you. - bowser - 7/19/2013 10:19:11 PM
        
        Re: You are a rube. Seriously, TB, "Mysteries of the Multiverse" was created for you. - TB - 7/19/2013 10:20:04 PM
        
        Another version: - TB - 7/19/2013 10:18:05 PM
  - ... - ER - 7/19/2013 5:56:47 PM
    - ditto health care - Robert - 7/19/2013 6:08:41 PM
      - Re: ditto health care - TB - 7/19/2013 6:23:04 PM
        
        Surely you're not unfamiliar with the concept of an insurance pool? - Robert - 7/19/2013 9:36:21 PM
        
        Individual citizens? Do they know that yet? - TB - 7/19/2013 10:10:30 PM
- You ain't seen nothing yet. - ER - 7/19/2013 12:18:27 PM
- I'm surprised by your response. - bowser - 7/19/2013 5:49:34 AM
  - I don't think so. - RobVG - 7/20/2013 12:20:16 AM
  - A bit more on the Whole Foods project: - TB - 7/19/2013 6:39:07 PM

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