Why did state reject aid?
By Don C. Brunell
In the wake of an earlier column about our state rejecting a $13.2 million education grant, people are asking, "What is going wrong in Washington?"
Why was Washington the only state…MORE
Opinion
Not an urban critter crisis
Tue, 05/20/08
The caller was a bit miffed when we said there was nothing to be done about coyotes in her backyard and mildly outraged when told she should make certain Fido and Muffy where inside at night and not to leave their food on the patio.
"This…MORE
Once again, we are left out
Mon, 05/12/08
Now they tell us we can't ever have a streetcar, even though a monorail could have made it to West Seattle.
MORESkateboarders are not bad kids
Tue, 05/06/08
Despite the blame being put on budgets constraints, the way it was done made it clear to us that skateboarders lost out at Myrtle Park because of dark mutterings and portrayals of evil from a very few people living on the "right side" of 35th…MORE
A desire named streetcar
Tue, 05/06/08
The confirmed monorail lover in us makes us wonder at this latest idea to float out of the city wonderland, a 4.4 mile streetcar that would connect the Ballard Library with downtown, via Fremont.
The idea wafted into reporter Rebekah…MORE
Parks and Pike Place Market?
Mon, 04/28/08
The problem with dealing with government is getting it to do what we, the voters and citizens want and not what someone "downtown" wants done. It is one of those never-ending struggles that frustrates both groups, the cash-strapped man and woman…MORE
The growth factor
Tue, 04/22/08
The good news is that housing prices in the city will not plummet as low as those in the far-reaching suburbs. The bad news is there will continue to be a rush to provide housing for the huge number of people who will chose to live near their…MORE
