Opinion

For the past three years, I have been the chair of the Metropolitan King County Council. Now that my term as chair has ended, the aspect of my job I am most excited about is having more time to focus on the people, communities, and businesses of…MORE

We in Ballard tried to get an innovative monorail system only to have it shot down because of gross incompetence of the monorail leaders and rejection by the city's political leadership more beholden to downtown business interests and the light…MORE

One of the basic tenets of government since the early 20th century, both nationally and locally, has been to protect. Protect consumers, employees, employers, and many more stratifications. Sometimes protection was warranted; and other times…MORE

All sides can agree that the region's transportation system is woefully insufficient to handle the demand on our road system. The state's November Congestion Report concludes that travel times increased on most every major route monitored in the…MORE

We in West Seattle tried to get an innovative monorail system only to have it shot down because of gross incompetence of the monorail leaders and rejection by the city's political leadership more beholden to downtown business interests and the…MORE

The fight over how to replace the viaduct seems to have caused a surge of conversation around the idea of regional transportation governance reform, an issue currently being considered by the Washington State Legislature.

Seattle is struggling to meet the challenge of ensuring that individuals and families of all income levels can work and live in our city. One phenomenon impacting this challenge is the increasing conversion of apartments to condominiums. During…MORE

Once San Francisco was a city filled with vibrant people enjoying its beauty and its relatively good weather. Visitors came from far and wide, enjoyed the City by the Bay, shivered in summer when winds from the Pacific Ocean blew in and basked in…MORE

Let's move forward, not backward

By Larry Phillips

The fight over how to replace the viaduct seems to have caused a surge of conversation around the idea of regional transportation governance reform, an issue currently being…MORE

Once San Francisco was a city filled with vibrant people enjoying its beauty and its relatively good weather. Visitors came from far and wide, enjoyed the City by the Bay, shivered in summer when winds from the Pacific Ocean blew in and basked in…MORE