Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
A daughter's powerful letter about the still-unsolved assassination of her father, federal prosecutor Thomas Wales; senatorial politics; raw political maneuvering in Snohomish County; Gregoire vs. liquor privatization.
In the news: San Francisco's traffic hell subsides, the supercommittee acts super secretly, Ron Sims gets an A in healthcare, Minnesota enters new-stadium limbo and Amanda Knox's defense lawyer's misstep.
In the news: Randy Dorn sticks his neck out for public ed, King County wins the budgeting blue ribbon, Alaska exports park rangers to the Washington Monument, Kucinich gets lucky with redistricting and the vikings come to the UW.
Political shootout in north Sound county executive's race; Alaska looks at survival in post-oil era; Boeing and Microsoft's tax breaks; and is rationed care coming to the ER?
First, the president talks over brunch to big donors. Then he stops at the Paramount, where sports legends Lenny Wilkens and Bill Russell also appear.
