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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

lol maybe that’s just my personality talking but it’s been a painful transition and you’re not alone in frustration!

Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Yeah I’ve noticed that they don’t make records accessible but I don’t know if they’ve been destroyed. Send a separate email requesting recent invoices to bothell@recology.com or go to the Recology store in Canyon Park to get printed copies. If they say no, email citycouncil@bothellwa.gov.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Ugh I should make sure there’s not a problem with my autopay. Thanks for the frustrating reminder!!

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Highly active online profiles and their associated fake accounts are unrepresentative of the electorate. When you start knocking on doors, you find out most of our neighbors haven’t been ragebaited online.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Piloting is a means of delay when you don’t have the political will for progress.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

At work we can’t plant silver birch anymore due to the decimation caused by bronze birch borer in central sound over the past few years 😢

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Geologist here; to reduce risk when we build in areas that require specialty foundations (which can be expensive!) it makes the most sense to spread those costs over larger buildings and more people than just a bunch of oneplexes. If anything, it’s a reason to advocate for a neighborhood center!

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Needs more vowels to be a true hazard 🦈

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A HAZARD is a swimming pool of sharks. A RISK is choosing to swim in that pool. Disasters are NOT natural.

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Tracy Banaszynski @tracyforkenmore.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Bothell Councilmember Curd understands that we can fiercely care for our natural environment AND fiercely care for people through housing. We too believe both people and planet are important. Thank you Councilmember Curd for your vision, service, and belief in our campaign!

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Watch for County Charter Commish in November! The School District primary is now, yeah.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

A few failed attempts at small pieces. City taxes are lower and services are better than in unincorp areas, but cities generally can't finance annexation of more sprawl, which is expensive to retrofit and sometimes less politically aligned with the direction cities take by default ("local control")

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The County sets the transportation policy - right now there are only 5 county council members. BUT!!! The county charter commission is on your ballot this November! More representation is possible if the candidates who are running for that commission prioritize an amendment to the County Charter!

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Right? More inspiring regional leadership could really help.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The huge swath of unincorporated area between cities means it's unfortunately unlikely to happen in our generation with the County's current transportation paradigm. Check out the County's comp plan bike infra map on page 61 for some hope though: www.snohomishcountywa.gov/DocumentCent...

snohomishcountywa.gov

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Bothell neighbors have skills. Clean out your garages!! I want to see bike tuning, yarn spinning, cat cleaning, art sharing, kombucha brewing, tax preparing, floral arranging, tamale supplying, trophy engraving… or whatever your specialty is!

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Reply YES to stay subscribed to SalmonJokes™️

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Shouldn't the orca appeal people know astroturfing sheds tire wear particles which affect salmon?

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Meanwhile, public-private partnerships are trying to figure out whether they'll exist or not in six months and are experiencing a rapid decay in trust we've been building for decades. A high price to pay for the ✨giggles✨ you get to have while people wait for you to do your job.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Constraining housing capacity in our state's largest cities is literally paving paradise for unsustainable, new suburbia out here. Just wreckless abandonment of the next generation - all for the sake of boosting their real estate to pay for the retirement they didn't otherwise prepare for.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Councilmembers from Seattle are welcome to come out to Bothell, stand at the edge of the urban growth boundary and see what their policies are doing on the other side of the line. It's connected.

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Paul Chapman @poulchapman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Know what kills orcas? Sprawl and cars. Not dense housing in walkable neighborhoods

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hopelink has a mobile market throughout Bothell-Kenmore-Woodinville! Great resource for folks with kids that can always use help. Nourishing Networks works to maintain a list of food suppliers in need of donations nearby but can be sort of King County oriented: nourishingnetworks.net/bothellkenmo...

nourishingnetworks.net

Bothell/Kenmore Get Help — Nourishing Networks

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Removing parking mandates doesn’t mean parking doesn’t still get built! It just means cool new places aren’t banned because they need to get creative with their footprint.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

If this is your first winter at >47°N, stay in line; it’s gonna be brighter from here on out! Happy Solstice 🌅

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Downtown Bothell Fire Station 42 is open for folks to charge devices today until 7PM (priority for medical devices). I'm grateful for neighbors checking in on each other and helping out during the extended power outage.

Bothell fire station 42: a dark, blocky building with big red numbers and a bike rack out front.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Feeling so inspired seeing red Kokanee spawning in a creek near Lake Sammamish today! 🤩

About ten red fish - 'Kokanee,' a non-anadromous, lake-locked sibling of sockeye salmon - swimming upstream in a small, gravelly creek in Sammamish.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

You can often find the info approximated in Urban Tree Canopy Assessments for Eastside cities. Here are the recent reports for Bellevue, Redmond, and Kirkland:

Kirkland tree canopy is 38% and pavement is approximately 30%.

Redmond's tree canopy strategic plan approximated 38% of city land to be forested by tree canopy, while 34% covered by structures and impervious surfaces like pavement.

Bellevue's tree canopy assessment report subdivides impervious surfaces (40% of the city land) by roads (9%), buildings (12%), parking lots (9%), sidewalks (1%), and other (8%). 37% of the city was measured to be covered by tree canopy.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

As far as the profession goes, idk how to change the insurance market without really complicated regulation. I'm really interested in how this is dealt with in other countries. Would require an overhaul and may be incompatible with our litigious culture.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Haha step 1: get elected 😂✅ but for real, comp plan policy increasing density maxima in ECAs to offset the cost of reducing risks with expensive engineering; right sizing exemptions from ECAs; 'socialize' engineering by equipping SDCI with qualified staff to run analyses for infill projects; etc

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Recovering geo consultant here - SDCI determines reporting reqs by mapped buffers; increasingly difficult for infill/small projects due to small-scale residential Geotech work being disincentivized by insurance market. Expect ~$3k minimum for just a letter documenting whether it actually is an ECA.

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Carston Curd @carstonc.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

Grew up with a backyard creek; I never saw or thought about local spawning until I started working in salmon recovery a few years ago, overcome by awe & emotion about their persistence. It's a transformational experience everyone should see!!

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