Opinion

Small business owners are usually too busy to take time from their busy and hectic schedules to decide on a comprehensive message to relay to their elected officials in Olympia. But last fall they did just that at two Small Business Conferences…MORE

On the final Friday of 2005, a rare break in the clouds drew a small crowd of skateboarders to the newly opened Ballard Commons Park, where the concrete in the new skate bowl was almost dry. Squeegees and towels quickly removed the remaining…MORE

During the last year of the existence of the Seattle Monorail Project, we continually heard how outrageously expensive the idea was and, unfortunately, due to the total mismanagement of Joel Horn and Tom Weeks, there was truth in the argument.…MORE

The Loyal Heights Community Council was recently given official status as a neighborhood group.

The last three weeks in the life of the city of Burien have been full of both joy and sadness. Joy because we are moving forward with a new City Council and a new City Manager. Because of this there is a new feeling of openness and…MORE

With the Washington Legislature into the second week of its even-year 60 day session, one of the main topics is the test that must be passed to graduate, the WASL or Washington Assessment of Student Learning.

We have said before that one…MORE

I didn't think I'd get embroiled in this holiday's controversy de jour, the recoil against the politically correct "season's greetings". I'm not often in the politically correct camp.

As the Washington State Legislature entered its even-year, short 60-day session, the time has come for our lawmakers to distinguish themselves as leaders and not simply an egotistical mob bent on self-preservation.

But that does not mean…MORE

Ballard's housing stock is undergoing tremendous change. We have large condominium developments underway, we are seeing so called "mega houses" replacing smaller bungalows and we are witness to an outcrop of many new townhouses. I would like to…MORE

"How much is too much?" More specifically, what is "Excess Surplus?"

That's the question state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is wrestling with, and it may work its way into legislation when lawmakers descend upon Olympia.

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