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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ll take it.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ha. Took this 5 minutes ago

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Damn I missed it! Is there a wait list?

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 31

Both the website and the app are embarrassingly terrible, but especially the website.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 31

I read the food lab front to back like a novel right when it came out before I had even heard the term "urbanism." If there's another crossover event you know about, I want in.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 27

All too accurate. Don't post in a hurry friends.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is phenomenal. And all 599 accurate.

Councilmember Nithya Raman @cd4losangeles.bsky.social · Aug 26

Why is the rent so damn high in LA? Simple economics: the demand for housing is extremely high and our housing supply is extremely low.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 20

One thing I love about parking reform is how it moves beyond old partisan stereotypes.

We should be pro regulation *and* deregulation if the result of either is making sure our communities and our kids have what they need to thrive into the future.

More of what we want, less of what we don't.

Matt Hutchins AIA CPHD @matthutchins.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm loving Rinck amendment 84-removing off-street parking requirements citywide, striking pages and pages and pages of antiquated text.

We can put design first, rather than starting with the minimum parking and designing around that.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 14

a woman is covering her mouth with her hand while holding an arrow in her hand .

Alt: Hunger games salute

media.tenor.com

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 12

Aren't those strike-thrus pretty? Congrats @electroberts.bsky.social and the rest of the Shoreline City Council!

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · Aug 11

Tonight in Shoreline, another set of minimum parking tables is set to bite the dust as the Shoreline city council fully eliminates parking mandates citywide.

Crossed out: Table 20.50.390D – Special Nonresidential Standards
NONRESIDENTIAL USE MINIMUM SPACES REQUIRED
Daycare II: 2 per facility, plus 1 for each 20 clients
Elementary schools: 1.2 per staff member
Fire facility: (Director)
Food stores less than 15,000
square feet:
1 per 350 square feet
Funeral home/crematory: 1 per 50 square feet of chapel area
Fuel service stations with
grocery, no service bays:
1 per facility, plus 1 per 300 square feet of store
Fuel service stations without
grocery:
3 per facility, plus 1 per service bay
Golf course: 3 per hole, plus 1 per 300 square feet of clubhouse facilities
Golf driving range: 1 per tee
Heavy equipment repair: 1 per 300 square feet of office, plus 0.9 per 1,000 square feet of
indoor repair area
High schools with stadium: 1 per staff member plus 1 per 10 students, and 1 per 3 fixed seats
in stadium
High schools without
stadium:
1 per staff member, plus 1 per 10 students

Crossed out: Table 20.50.390B – Special Residential Parking Standards
RESIDENTIAL USE MINIMUM SPACES REQUIRED
Bed and breakfast guesthouse: 1 per guest room, plus 2 per facility
Residential care facilities: 1 per 3 patients, plus 1 per FTE employee on
duty
Dormitory, including religious: 1 per 2 units
Hotel/motel, including organizational
hotel/lodging:
1 per unit
Assisted living facilities: 1 per 3 dwelling or sleeping units
Note: Square footage in this subchapter refers to net usable area and excludes walls, corridors,
lobbies, bathrooms, etc.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hi Kevin - Could you send me an email at [email protected], and I’ll make sure we have staff look into this?

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'd also point out that in Bothell we don't *have* primaries, and only two of four races are contested for the general

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 7

This post is an FYI for city electeds

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 3

We walked to Westlake to catch the train instead of wait in the line

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 2

Before washington state passed hb1110, a suburban elected official near me equated middle housing to ethnic cleansing.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Aug 2

We went with Neighborhood Scale Commercial in the official language, and have been describing them as neighborhood businesses

www.bothellwa.gov/CivicAlerts....

Council Adopts City Code Changes for Parking and Small Business Permitting

The City Council approved several updates to Bothell’s City Code related to housing and local businesses.

www.bothellwa.gov

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Saving this to my phone for the next time someone asks how we're going to ensure the new housing is affordable after we upzone.

Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · Jul 30

When four homes replace a SFH, each new home is about the same price as the original, and at 5 units or more, the new homes tend to be more affordable. But the critical comparison is to the 1-for-1 replacement — a mansionization, in other words.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks to Paige and Shane from Seattle Now for having me on the podcast to talk about parking reform and neighborhood cafes in Bothell!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

While Seattle struggles with urbanism, Bothell marches forward

Podcast Episode · Seattle Now · 07/29/2025 · 14m

podcasts.apple.com

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thank you for saying this. We're doing our best to make it a great place. ❤️

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 25

That is being worked on! Doing one cool thing doesn't mean we don't care about other cool things. :)

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 25

Government should do cool stuff like design the best skate park in the area with a roof over top of it. Our community should be a lot of fun to live in.

Thanks to Bothell Parks and Grindline for listening to our skate community and giving them something to be excited about!

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 25

Apropos of nothing, my elementary aged kids absolutely love riding transit and will ride the train just to ride the train.

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 21

I have it on good authority he's game

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 20

It's a great night for a comedy show in the pedestrian street

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Mason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · Jul 16

I walked downtown earlier today and was very happy that there was a shady side of the street to choose

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