Politics
Directory resistance: The challenge of contacting local government
Seattle has all its employee contact info online. King County is trying. Olympia? Oy.
Peter Lewis
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Seattle & King County
Landlords get a reprieve
The City Council has decided not to pursue a more aggressive program of inspecting rental housing.
Politics
A new poll shows Dino Rossi has narrowed the gap
In the Washington Poll, he now trails Gov. Chris Gregoire 50-48. The same poll earlier this week had Gregoire ahead 51-45.
Politics
New poll: Gregoire 51, Rossi 45
The Washington Poll also found that Initiative 1000 is ahead and that Sound Transit Proposition 1 is no worse than tied and possibly ahead, based on the margin of error.
Seattle & King County
The high cost of an empty taxicab
Taxis traveling between Sea-Tac Airport and Seattle without passengers mean less revenue for the cabs, and fuel burned senselessly. Solving the problem would require coordinated policy changes by city officials, the mayor, and the Port of Seattle, and it's not clear that will happen anytime soon.