the light rail destroys multiple family owned businesses why shouldnt your home be demolished if someones reason they can afford a home is?

Scarlett said it themselves.  They’re dug in pretty far by now, so the only way to save face is to keep digging.  They seems to have moved away from claiming construction jobs are bad, so that’s good at least.  I’m hoping this “keep telling the neighbors they ‘have no reasoning faculties’ or just that they’re stupid” thing is the last gasp.

“new Scarlett condescension just dropped! wonder how they’re gonna be misinformed this time?”

No

I’m almost certain Seattle Public Schools owns the Jefferson Square property and leases it out. I don’t know if it’s a help or hinderance to the SPS budget if STS aquires the property 

When I-5 was built, it displaced thousands of businesses and tens of thousands of residences in the downtown segment alone, just for a road to places already served by other roads and a train.  There is no displacement-free option to move people around and light rail is the least disruptive option. Remember that buses take up less space than every person in a single-occupancy vehicle, but they still take up space on roads.  The “keep adding more buses” mentality will eventually still lead to the need for more roads (and more displacement), just not as quickly as cars.  The best option to save these small businesses is more relocation support for the new light rail, which will help connect new customers to the businesses in their new homes.

I’d love to know how much pull the Stewart family still has in Washington state that Sound transit doesn’t even consider the blocks across Andover from the newly proposed Delridge station? I am sure the office park and 2 empty parking lots are vital for the community but I would be willing to trade them for Ounces, Mode & the Skylark.

I feel like I commented this as an option for Alki Beach Academy.  It would make great sense for them I think. School already more set up for an operation lime theirs. 50K is no where close to establishing an entity like that in a new location. 

Since the 1968 & 1970 Forward Thrust rapid transit proposals, which did not get the required 60% voter approval.

Remember that all 37 business in Jefferson Square are included, some of which are small office spaces for accountants, etc.