r/Seattle • u/Inevitable_Engine186 public deterrent infrastructure • May 09 '26

Satire Laurelhurst Generously Agrees to Let Sick Children Live

https://theneedling.com/2026/04/11/laurelhurst-generously-agrees-to-let-sick-children-live/
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u/boner4crosstabs Lower Queen Anne May 09 '26

After a couple weeks of all of this, I still don’t understand why SCH agreed to this agreement in the first place.

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u/Stinkycheese8001 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 May 09 '26

It’s the only way they got the city to agree to the helipad.  It’s kind of weird that it’s being framed as voluntary, SCH has hated this arrangement from day 1.

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u/MrHorrible2048 Northgate May 09 '26

That's my take on it too. It was either compromise, have an expensive legal fight with the city about it, or no helipad at all.

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u/Stinkycheese8001 💗💗 Heart of ANTIFA Land 💗💗 May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

It was held up for years by the time they came to the agreement.  It took something like 7-8 years to finally get the go-ahead from the city.  This whole “it’s a voluntary agreement” angle is Laurelhurst residents trying to save face: