Neat Ladies
ETS!,
I very much enjoyed Troy Skeels' article on the postering ban and will definitely sign the petition when I see it. As to the idea of kiosks, when the original ban was voted upon the city council made an implicit promise to provide kiosks around the city. Of course, they did not go so far as to actually include that in the ordinance and only a few have ever been installed.
It is so embarrassing to be from a city in which the female majority of the city council seems very focused on neatness and not on important issues.
Also, the Thursday, April 8, 1999 Seattle P-I had an article about MCI telephone company that is important. MCI has been accused of "red-lining." MCI allegedly forbids the use of calling cards to make long distance calls in neighborhoods that are predominantly populated by persons of color.
I realize that these are only allegations, but I do urge that we try to keep track of this issue and not let it just disappear. I personally use AT&T because, while it is no shining example of business, it does at least have a unionized work force, which is not true of either MCI or SPRINT.
--Thalia Syracoupolous, Seattle
Double Standard
ETS!,
Here's an interresting perspective about Seattle's poster ban that is think is really alarming:
The other day, I was walking accross the street from the Convention Center on Pike and I saw several posters (on power poles no less) the the City would hold a public hearing. I didn't read any further, but I later learned that the city is exempt from its own poster ban. Anyone else find something wrong with this.
--John Santana, Seattle