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Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

low bar — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:22:05 -0800

Arsenic fallout for 1000 sq miles in every direction? ? More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:21:53 -0800

sold! (to the developer I believe) would you believe that? More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:07:04 -0700

aren't the unions and the developer friends now that he agreed to hire them? http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/point-ruston-developers-unions-sign/ I get the feeling that you can't really trust anyone. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

Erik — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:02:47 -0700

Doesn't look like the claims are holding up much: The carpenters' union declared a labor victory, but the YouTube video stripped them of some credibility, making claims that were never substantiated. The silhouetted workers complained that "something like acid comes out and all people get headaches," of "burning in the throat" from poisoning, and that "slag and thousands of tons of smoke have poisoned everything within a five-mile radius of the plant." (Poisoned everything? More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:58:18 -0700

Point Ruston ads are carpet-bombing every media publication in Tacoma. if you're a newspaper sailing through an economic crisis why upset a deep pocketed advertiser? More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

dolly varden — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:52:41 -0700

Glad to see you link to that Stranger article, RR, which I thought was pretty balanced and informative -- it wasn't a hit piece on the developer, but highlighted what have at best been some careless practices in Ruston's redevelopment. Weird not to see anyone mention it on any other news source or blog down here until now... More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:10:26 -0700

Text Message from a Toxic-Waste Site How do you build luxury condos on top of a Superfund site? Inside one of the most audacious, complicated, and controversial real-estate projects in the state. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:38:18 -0700

Point Ruston developer Mike Cohen is either a fool or a visionary, I can�t tell. Either way, I�m sold. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

greenfringegarden — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:48:34 -0700

Hi KF. Thanks for letting me use your photograph on other project. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:46:13 -0700

"During the course of the past year, the carpenters' union and Jobs with Justice have participated in protracted, ongoing and escalating threatening activities and spread fear about the environmental safety of our site," said Loren Cohen, manager of legal affairs for Point Ruston developer MC Construction Consultants. "There are no health and safety issues on our site. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

Crenshaw Sepulveda — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:22:02 -0700

Heck, Angela, I'll be there with my coat with the rubber pockets. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

AngelaJossy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:37:46 -0700

Check out this brunch invitation I got a few days ago (see below). Is it wrong to go out of curiosity if you know you can't afford to buy one? More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:49:59 -0700

Oh happy day! First TACOMIC to be incorporated into socialist/pro-union literature! More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

Erik — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:23:58 -0800

I agree wee need to build over the toxic waste dump known as point rustion smelter site.. Nah. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

Evil_Derek — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:38:19 -0800

RR you really sad sack. get real fast. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:10:52 -0800

@ Tacoma Urbanist, I agree wee need to build over the toxic waste dump known as point rustion smelter site.. I'd just like to see it done without the haliburton/immigrant-eating shenanigans More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:07:57 -0800

hey they removed my comment with this cartoon from the TNT article! Friggin' hate the new comment nazi's at the TNT. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

jenyum — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:41:40 -0800

Nice work RR. I'm sorry, I can't come up with anything deep to say about it tonight but I'm glad you're raising awareness of this issue. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

Erik — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:06:52 -0800

You piece was so over the top RR it almost works as a slam piece against the folks who want to keep the site abandoned and polluted forever and are protesting any clean up activity. As endearing as a polluted arsenic laden site is, and certain to keep Tacoma and Ruston feeling gritty and largely avoided for a few more livetimes, I think cleaning up the perpetual wound in Tacoma and Ruston would be plus. More »

Re: Comics | Point Ruston Smelter Condos

NineInchNachos — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:59:54 -0800

Thanks Kevin. So yeah probably should have done something about the school bond thing... More »