A King County judge ruled in favor of Qwest Field retaining its atrocious logos atop the stadium roof for which it is named.
A group calling itself Save Our Skyline filed a lawsuit against the city saying the city had illegally granted Qwest the right to erect such a hideous, corporate eyesore in the first place. Qwest quickly responded, citing a small loophole that would permit the logos to remain if they opened a small Qwest Service stand inside the facility, therefore making the signs technically legit.
Seattle City Attorney Tom Carr was dedicated to defending Qwest's right to deface our skyline all along, stating that he knew the lawsuit would be tossed out because it wasn't filed in time.
IN time for what? A reconsideration. Is Tom "I'm fighting for big money" Carr really serious? Does he really think it is in Seattle's best interest to have huge corporate logos trashing our city? Never mind that these logos can be seen from space, much less from any skyscraper higher than 15 stories. Carr is setting a presidence that if a company has enough money they can muscle themselves into the Seattle aesthetic for the worse.
If De Ja Vu had enough money, would we see giant neon strippers shaking their legs atop the building across from the Market at 1st and Pine? Carr thinks it's a First Amendment issue -- if a company has enough money, they have the right to advertise in everybody's face, for better or worse.
Freedom of speech and digging up loopholes so a lousy midwestern cell phone company can associate its lousy product with an entire city is not a matter of free speech. Tom Carr is a disgrace to fight in Qwest's defense.
Further, Carr's argument that SOS' lawsuit was filed too late leaves me with an unsettling question. Does Seattle now officially have a timeline for which bad ideas can't be overturned? What kind of argument is that?
So much for the greater good. Qwest has the deeper pocket and Carr has their back, not to mention a new enemy.
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