Politics
A council misguided: The futility of property tax-financed city elections
Commentary: The Seattle City Council is considering a proposal to finance city elections with property taxes. There's a better option.
Jordan Royer
Jordan Royer left city government in 2007 to accept the position of vice president for external affairs in the Seattle office of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, where he currently works rep
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Staying Alive: Will waterfront businesses survive the seawall?
Alaskan Way merchants and the city wrestle with sticking to construction schedules and staying in business.
Politics
Seattle mayoral hunger games: The issues that will make a difference
What's the city's transit future? Can we promote neighborhoods and downtown development at the same time? The next mayor better have answers.
Politics
Why talking jobs is better than campaigning on values
In Seattle and nationally, our political discourse is frustrating and circular, wrapping us in irrelevant talking points. How about discussing the ways we make a better future?
Politics
Northgate Mall: battleground for transit and planning issues
As a new round begins, over a Sound Transit parking garage, there are lessons to be learned from the successes at Northgate in recent years and from transit-oriented development along California's BART lines.