King County Executive Ron Sims has expressed the right idea when it comes to helping West Seattle residents get to and from their daily appointed rounds while trying to cut down on high gasoline costs.
Unfortunaltely our mayor has once…MORE
Opinion
Op-Ed - Wishful thinking motivates search for 'green collar' jobs
Mon, 08/11/08
The article in April started this way: "... (Aberdeen) was hemorrhaging jobs. Mother Jones tells it like this: 'Families were breaking up and moving out. There were suicides. It was really a hard time.'"
The author goes on to note that "…MORE
Op-Ed - Back away from biofuels
Mon, 08/04/08
After only a couple of years, the U.S. strategy on biofuels and climate change has a clear record: dramatically higher food prices and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
Government programs have encouraged farmers to use marginal…MORE
After raising taxes, the Seattle City Council blithely followed Mayor Greg Nickels and called the increase a "fee" and then file
Mon, 08/04/08
That isn't all folks, the Council has been told it may have to increase water rates by 40 percent over three year and garbage rates by a whopping 46 percent over a mere two years. Add into the mix the county's expected big increase in bus fares…MORE
Op-ed: Mayor ignores firearm rights
Mon, 07/28/08
Mayor Greg Nickels, behaving more like the would-be ruler of a city state than the chief official of a public municipality, has decided to ignore Washington State's long-standing firearms statute regarding the legal carry of concealed handguns by…MORE
Better design could come with a price
Mon, 07/28/08
It's about time Seattle leaders do something to address the thoughtless design of some developments that have been sprouting up in our neighborhoods the last several years, especially when there are no signs of the trend abating.
Mayor…MORE
Better design could come at homebuyers expense
Mon, 07/28/08
It's about time Seattle leaders do something to address the thoughtless design of some developments that have been sprouting up in our neighborhoods the last several years, especially when there are no signs of the trend abating.
Mayor…MORE
Is it wrong to hire a PR person?
Mon, 07/21/08
It is usually a good idea to find and hire a professional to guide a business or a political candidate, but not always.
A few weeks ago, longtime KING-TV political analyst and reporter Robert Mak was hired by Seattle's mayor to be his…MORE
Unreasonable permit waits
Mon, 07/14/08
It is good that we have so many new restaurants and that many of them have outdoor eating areas on sidewalks and courtyards, but what caught our eye our story about these areas was the horror businessmen must go through to get a sidewalk caf/…MORE
