Seattle doesn’t have a spending problem: it has a collections problem.
Sent May 16, 2026 to Mayor Wilson, County Councilmember Mosqueda (version below) and Assessor candidate Chris Roberts
From the Duwamish to the Dotcom Era: the Value of Seattle’s Waterfront
Sent May 23 to Mayor Wilson, County Councilmember Mosqueda, City Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck, CC:ed May 29 to various local media
City Hall Incompetence Plaza study
Sent to Seattle Times, June 2, 2026
A network transaction
Sent to Seattle Times, Geekwire, June 5, 2026
Moving People, Not Money: An Analysis
June 6
The Orca Whales Didn’t Hire Toby Thaler/The Urbanist, published May 2026
The Orcas Didn’t Hire Toby Thaler [draft with citations], republished with permission
May 2026
Paying Twice: How Sound Transit Built the Wrong Thing in the Wrong Order
June 2026
I Tried to Tell You: Hardwick’s, the Dachas, and the Land
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The Archipelago Nº1: Public Storage
June 2026
Lake City Way corridor study
July 3, 2026
Distributed to Mayor Wilson, King County Council Members Mosqueda and Dombrowski, The Seattle Times real estate desk, UW Prof Marty Curry