Opinion

The Seattle City Council, and Councilman Peter Steinbrueck in particular, deserve high praise and support for ignoring the mayor's budget proposal and voting to add 30 more police officers to a department that hasn't had an significant increase…MORE

Licata lone tunnel opponent

By Nick Licata

The City Council (last) Friday passed a series of bills about the future of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

The council votes included: Passage of an ordinance designating a tunnel as the…MORE

The New York City Health Department announced recently that it wants to ban restaurants from using partially hydrogenated oil, or trans fats, commonly found in margarine, shortening and frying oils and are used to make everything from pastry to…MORE

It is unfortunate that so many car prowls take place in our city and frequently the police can do nothing unless someone catches a prowler in the act but there are things we can do to reduce the risk.

First, if you haven't already done so…MORE

Governor Gregoire's recent trade mission to South Korea and Taiwan should remind us all that economic freedom and personal freedom are inseparable.

Just compare North and South Korea.

North Korea is a grim, closed Communist…MORE

We aren't sure whether we should be laughing or crying at the latest bit of research that tells us that it will cost our economy $2 billion a year while the Alaskan Way Viaduct is closed and being rebuilt or replaced.

That cost will come…MORE

This letter was sent to officials and staff of the Seattle School District upon the news that the superintendent would leave the district next summer.

By Raj Manhas

I am writing to let you know that the 2006-2007 school year will be…MORE

Last week I called the editor of the West Seattle Herald in order to give him his quarterly ration of good natured "how can this absurdity be" harassment.

Usually it's a one-topic harangue, but this time I had two. About half way into my…MORE

The so-called "Bridging the Gap" proposal to lift the levy lid on property taxes causes us some pause, but we are convinced the need far outweighs the usual arguments against what is Seattle Proposition 1 on your ballot next week.

For…MORE

King County needs transit now

By Larry Phillips

We are fortunate in King County to have one of the largest and best regional bus systems in the nation. In fact, the only complaint I hear about Metro Transit is that citizens want…MORE