Opinion

I was saddened to see recent news stories of apartment tenants losing their homes in Burien. I served as Burien City Manager for over seven years. I negotiated the Lora Lake Apartments agreements with the City and the Port of Seattle.

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With the city putting more emphasis into bike lanes, while making parking harder and harder, we think the time has come for bicycle riders to have city or state "bicycling" licenses coupled with proper training on how to ride on streets shared or…MORE

In early 2006 I commissioned a survey of Seattle Police Officers from David Brody, Washington State University Spokane criminal justice program coordinator and Nicholas Lovrich, director, Washington State University Division of Governmental…MORE

Consider these three separate Ballard developments:

-A group of Seaview residents and business owners want King County Metro to restore bus service to their area, but Metro says it's not cost effective because there are too few riders.…MORE

We as a region have a chance this fall to expand our regional light rail system by up to 60 miles and give commuters even more alternatives to sitting in traffic on our overcrowded freeways. The proposed Sound Transit 2 package enhances the rail…MORE

Charlie Chong's ironic imprint on the city of Seattle will continue to benefit residents for years to come.

His famous distrust of government ran from healthy skepticism to angry derision.

Meet Anne Sheehan who now lives in Ballard

The last time I saw this intrepid lady she was demonstrating yogurt smoothies at a supermarket. She had a big grin on her face like she just knew that if I drank enough of her product it would…MORE

We as a region have a chance this fall to expand our regional light rail system by up to 60 miles and give commuters even more alternatives to sitting in traffic on our overcrowded freeways. The proposed Sound Transit 2 package enhances the rail…MORE

Choosing an option for the Viaduct that permanently removes freeway capacity will increase congestion on I-5. This will likely have a negative influence on the economy, endanger public safety and further restrict freedom of movement.

We apparently did not make it clear in our editorial, "Sound Transit looms," April 11. We are not now, nor have we ever been opposed to light rail transit. We are opposed only to the political inertia that seems to doom Ballard to a future of no…MORE