Politics
Dodge-em time at City Hall
The City Council squirms and delays on the issue of the anti-tunnel referendum, since now is the time when challengers to incumbents must rise or fall.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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Some signs point toward Michael Young as new UW president
It's mostly circumstantial evidence so far, but the University of Utah president would appear to be a good match for the Husky vacancy.
Elections
Tunnelers vs. Torpedoes: Seattle's stormy political weather
In pushing for a referendum on the tunnel, Mayor McGinn may have crossed a line in his insurgency against the political order. Two modes of coping with his challenge, patience and leave-it-to-the-council, seem to have run their course. What's next?
Politics
Open letter to the Seattle School Board
Just dismissing Dr. Goodloe-Johnson is not enough. Here's how to turn this crisis into a real turnaround.
Politics
Arts hitch their hopes to two Olympia bills
We are notably stingy when it comes to public funding for the arts, but two bills could come riding to the rescue of gasping organizations. The key is hitching arts wagons to the political causes of tourism, jobs, and education.