Opinion

By Nick Licata, Seattle City Council

Ed. Note: This piece originally appeared in Nick Licata's newsletter, "Urban Politics."

The question that has dominated the discussion of the deep-bore tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way…MORE

Meet Bill Jensen

Bill is well known for his gift at raising a huge garden every year in his Three Tree Point acreage that is full of exotic calla lilies and Begonias.

Bill, a retired tool and die maker, did it again this year.…MORE

One thing Water District 54 commissioners and Des Moines officials can agree on is Commissioner John Rayback's comment that "the City and this District seem to have communication problems."

Water commissioners are still sore about having…MORE

This poem was written by Sarah Whitney an eighth grade student at Washington Middle School. In her submission Sarah said, "This poem is about my view on Seattle rain."

Seattle Known as the rainy city That troublesome rain that runs…MORE

By John Fox and Carolee Colter

You probably don't know this because no one down at City Hall thought to tell you, let alone ask for your opinion on the matter. But quietly two weeks ago, the full Seattle City Council unanimously voted to…MORE

Which do we value more, our car or our children? Sadly, I think that many children may be coming in second in this race.

When our car isn’t working right we take it to our dealer; describe the symptoms that we are experiencing and leave…MORE

It's kind of difficult to understand the reasons people do what they do when we don't walk in their shoes or see the world through their eyes.

Born in Vietnam, Tran Quoc Tan, better known as "Lee," is a proud American citizen who takes the…MORE

Back in 1990, the Food and Drug Administration required major food producers to label their packages with calorie, fat, carbohydrate, and other nutritional information.

For many of us, this changed the way we bought groceries. In fact,…MORE

What do the terms ADD and EBD mean to educators and what re-thinking might be appropriate?

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Emotional or Behavioral Disorder (EBD) are the traditional definitions the education community gives for…MORE

Kellen Bryan is a student at Washington Middle School who lives in West Seattle. He will be graduating from eighth grade soon and wrote a free verse poem, entitled “Big Steps,” about how he is feeling about this new change he will be making…MORE