Opinion

The city has to build a jail and two of the potential sites are in our area. Some say the sites are in South Park, others say Highland Park, still others say White Center. Actually it is not "in" any of them, but that is really an insignificant…MORE

Public safety cuts are necessary

By Dow Constantine

How would cutting 100 Sheriff's deputies affect police response times? How would a reduction of 30 deputy prosecutors impact our ability to put criminal suspects on trial?

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Public safety cuts are necessary

By Dow Constantine

How would cutting 100 Sheriff's deputies affect police response times? How would a reduction of 30 deputy prosecutors impact our ability to put criminal suspects on trial?

…MORE

Public safety cuts are necessary

By Dow Constantine

How would cutting 100 Sheriff's deputies affect police response times? How would a reduction of 30 deputy prosecutors impact our ability to put criminal suspects on trial?

…MORE

It woud be easy to simply blame our old whipping boy, Tim Eyman, for the apparent disaster looming over the King County 2009 budget, but that would be too simple and wrong.

A couple of weeks ago King County Executive Ron Sims made official…MORE

Public safety cuts are necessary

By Dow Constantine

How would cutting 100 Sheriff's deputies affect police response times? How would a reduction of 30 deputy prosecutors impact our ability to put criminal suspects on trial?

…MORE

Tell Coast Guard to keep bridge open

By Tom Rasmussen

West Seattle residents and businesses will see major road projects in the West Seattle bridge corridor begin in the next several years. Construction to widen and improve the…MORE

Unless you are a total Bushie or have spent the past couple of years selling oil in Saudi Arabia, you understand that the world is using up our natural resources at a breakneck pace and turning our once pristine earth into a giant toxic waste…MORE

Tell Coast Guard to keep bridge open

By Tom Rasmussen

West Seattle residents and businesses will see major road projects in the West Seattle bridge corridor begin in the next several years. Construction to widen and improve the…MORE

Readers of this newspaper have proved over and over again that they expect us to provide them with the information they need to access the necessities and the not so necessary enjoyments of life in our peninsula. We are making an important change…MORE