A recap of some recent topics I’ve missed.

I guess I should probably put an out-of-blog message up the next time I take some time off from the blog.

So what did I miss?

I swear a candidate could put up a serious challenge to Mayor Nickels by promising to build sidewalks in Seattle. Here’s a great article in the PI about how convoluted the current process is.

Trees killed on the Burke Gilman, how messed up is that?

How’s this for the mayor standing up to his public pronouncements about tree preservation, city lawyers actually prevented the mayor’s statements on tree preservation from being used in Maple Leaf’s challenge to the Waldo Woods development. So, we now know how much his thoughts on trees are worth.

And on the topic of trees, isn’t funny that whenever a tree comes down someone says not to worry because it’s being replaced by 2-3 trees. With the fact that Seattle’s tree canopy has diminished from 40 percent to 18 percent since 1970, you’ve just got to ask, where exactly are those replacement trees being planted?

And, Fort Lawton redevelopment hearings took place this week - I was actually shocked to see the Thursday forum being broadcast live on the Seattle Channel - isn’t the Seattle Channel supposed to focus on giving work to minor Seattle TV celebs, and not on actually showing city meetings?