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I received my recall ballot toward the end of last month, and I can't help but think of Seattle's unofficial slogans. I hear them over and over: "Amazon ruined Seattle. Californians ruined Seattle. The Homeless ruined Seattle." At this point I'm starting to believe that the Seattle electorate ruined (and continues) to ruin Seattle. In 1968 and 1970, Seattle voters voted against the Forward Thrust, and Atlanta got our subway instead. In 1995 and 1996,...
The Seattle that could have been: Proposed versions of the city that failed to pass Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Plans for a vast civic park known as the Seattle Commons was just one initiative that failed to pass in Seattle. Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Photo of the proposed floating stadium in the March 5, 1963 edition of the Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-IntelligencerShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Not all Seattle infrastructure projects pan out according to plan, and many times, Seattleites have only themselves to blame — or thank — for that. For example, on this day in 1970, King County vo...