Comments on: Mayor to help clean up Ballard Saturday

By: nwcitizen

nwcitizen — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:26:08 +0000

The no parking from 2-5 AM was done to keep homeless people who are living in their cars from parking there. The same was done on 14th NW and around Fred Meyer in Freelard.

By: Ballard Ave. Resident

Ballard Ave. Resident — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:25:03 +0000

Is this why we can't park on Ballard or 22nd from 9pm to 6am now? I wish they'd at least let us park on Shilshole during the night in the meantime, but no, still can't park on Shilshole from 2-5 AM. I live on Ballard Ave., what the hell do I do with my car?

By: Edog

Edog — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:06:38 +0000

Well, as I made a snide comment about him not being around in Ballard on another forum, I have to give him respect for coming to town. Thanks Greg, glad your are stoping by!

I hope you get to see the bizarre, truly surreal, mix of a happy families living in a great neighborhood mixed with the new and emergent population of transient homeless.

By: Trix

Trix — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:41:49 +0000

Of course it's an empty gesture and a photo op for Mayor Knucklehead. Empty gestures and photo ops are his specialty.
But these parks are both a major mess. It doesn't have to be empty for those of us who live here. So pack up your paint brushes and your garbage bags and meet us all down there. It's just a small step but it's a step.

By: alittlebirdie....

alittlebirdie.... — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:27:30 +0000

Cleaning up the park is fine and dandy but what we really need is to get the crime, drugs, booze and transient problems dealt with. If the mayor is going to use the park cleanup as an excuse to claim that he's dealt with the real problems then this is an empty gesture for us and a photo-op for him.

By: XY-47

XY-47 — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:09:30 +0000

last time I saw the mayor do this in Ballard he worked really hard for 3min while the cameras were on then he stopped and left. So Sad…

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:26:30 +0000

Yes dink, it is.
btw, I've been told that the phrase 'Holy cow' is objectionable to some…
go figure…

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:23:09 +0000

Thank you, Geeky Swedes!

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:16:44 +0000

Hey trix

so now…four or so hours later…

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/weat...

this site says t-shirt weather ;-)

who knows…

We might just get the mayors good side?

By: The Norwegian

The Norwegian — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:30:41 +0000

So the corpulent one is coming to Ballard eh? BFD. Another photo-op. That and a good yada yada yada session no doubt too. Being a mere figurehead, it's not up to him to clean much of anything, let alone cool the planet. Driving (unfortunately) to Bellevue the other day I was reminded exactly what he and others “leaders” have NOT accomplished. As in fixing 520 or the viaduct. And again WTF are we all waiting for as far as decent signals along Market St? Current ones are from the 60's-70's. Is he going to fix this? We all drive don't we? Or is Market St just a joke? Like Hizzoner, McCheeze. I hope a bird poops on him Sat

By: Ballard_Sucks_Now

Ballard_Sucks_Now — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:15:25 +0000

Well, I'm thinking it would be great to line up a bunch of vikings and hawk a collective loogie at hizzonor, but I doubt people here have the cajones….

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:48:48 +0000

well, if you believe the forecast,
mostly cloudy, low 50's, no rain until evening…

By: Trix

Trix — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:38:48 +0000

I feel your frustration, Chopper_74. But I think most of my fellow cranky butz know how important this is and will be there.
I just hope it's t-shirt weather on Saturday.

By: Geeky Swedes

Geeky Swedes — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:14:34 +0000

Here's the new Ballard District website - http://www.ballarddistrict.org/

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:09:47 +0000

sigh…like I can make anyone do anything…

By: BallardDINK

BallardDINK — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:40:53 +0000

Holy cow, what an incredible opportunity to speak to the mayor about our needs in Ballard.

Also, Rob Mattson might be a good person to meet. According to http://www.ballarddistrictcouncil.org/about.html, his job is to bring our needs to the City's attention. That site hasn't been updated since 2007, but the fact that this event is happening on Saturday shows that he's still active.

By: Edog

Edog — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:25:22 +0000

The May0r is coming to Ballard, and all Ballard_Sucks_Now can do is play word games with spit!

How about that?

By: Ballard_Sucks_Now

Ballard_Sucks_Now — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:11:35 +0000

He should come back — without his security detail — and get beat up by thugs later that night…

By: Ballard_Sucks_Now

Ballard_Sucks_Now — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:10:06 +0000

Mayor? Ballard? Spit?

I'm having thoughts of the best way to combine these three words…

By: kim

kim — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:06:15 +0000

make him start in bergen park and then move to the other unsavory places. give him a first hand pov!

By: TTTCOTTH

TTTCOTTH — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:36:35 +0000

So fat boy is coming to Ballard for a visit and photo op. In his chauffeur driven car I'm sure. It's nice that he visits the Plebeians every once in a while.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:37:40 +0000

I'll be focused on the goal of cleaning up the park. Also, if any of you know me, you'll see me, but it won't be chopper 74 showing up…just so you all know.

By: SPG

SPG — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:30:49 +0000

You should offer to take him on a tour of Ballard's meth houses. The abandoned house behind Kinko's, 7-11, and the old Denny's site are all within a short walk. In all seriousness it might be the kind of wake up the mayor needs.

By: Trix

Trix — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:15:29 +0000

I think Mayor Knucklehead has earned a little 'unpleasant and mean.'
That said, this is actually a good thing. Both 'parks' in downtown Ballard could use a clean-up effort. Thanks for the heads up, Geeky Swedes!

By: Born right the first time

Born right the first time — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:44:22 +0000

Actually, I know some people who are deeply involved with helping to combat homelessness in Seattle and according to them, Nickels has been a great help and a tireless advocate..give the guy a break, he's finally doing something good for your community so be glad, not unpleasent and mean…
that having been said…now that they are planning on cleaning up Marvin's park will anyone be willing to camp out there so that the drug dealers and other undesireables will not simple comeback to set up camp in the nice newly cleaned up park??

By: spiffy

spiffy — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:22:42 +0000

just thinking about the mayor coming makes me Grimace.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:04:42 +0000

I have two good hands, so I'll be there.
It could certainly use some tlc, thanks Swedes.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:03:01 +0000

Will McCheese & his posse arrive in that gus guzzling SUV?

By: IntegralPoker

IntegralPoker — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:02:59 +0000

What?!?!? I just did a spit-take with my can of seltzer here… did you say that Mayor Nickels is coming to Ballard? And he's doing it without being coerced or at gunpoint or otherwise against his will?

No… no… I don't believe it.