Development, Policy Analysis

An Update on West Adams in the New Year

Update 06/07/2023 The fourth unit is back, and the design has changed as 144 W. Adams finally made its way back before the Architectural Review Board this week! Original Story Tonight Kirkwood City Council will hold it's first public hearing of 2021. Most notably on the agenda is the Council's incredibly important vote on the… Continue reading An Update on West Adams in the New Year

Development, Policy Analysis

The Starbucks Project is Really Bad, Actually.

Update 01/07/2021: The Starbucks was unanimously voted down upon first reading. I'll keep you updated if Starbucks comes back to the drawing board as I suspect they will. Previous Story: First of all, I just want to say sorry for going AWOL for a couple months. The end of the semester got sort of busy… Continue reading The Starbucks Project is Really Bad, Actually.

Politics

3 Spots. 6 Candidates. 14 Prairial.

Six candidates for three spots. This week I focused on the six. I tried my hardest to sort through the six candidates for Tuesday's city council election; to get them to say the quiet part out loud. If you haven't done so already, I encourage you to go back and read those profiles and interviews… Continue reading 3 Spots. 6 Candidates. 14 Prairial.

Politics

Election 2020: For all the Marbles

I recently read a couple articles that have been weighing heavily on me. The first was one outlining what actions climate scientists are undertaking to reduce their own personal impact on climate change in light of what they know. Some of the scientists featured in the article have stopped flying or have switched to a… Continue reading Election 2020: For all the Marbles