An oversight committee of state, city, and other politicians has an opportunity to get on top of the serious issues as they inevitably emerge in any project of this magnitude. First, though, they have to engage in posturing.
Top-scale wages here beat even New York's and San Francisco's. Comparisons like that should generate some buzz at a meeting tonight (June 3) of of Metro's stakeholder task force.
One might expect treatment of the Tea Party to differ significantly between major networks. But a small survey by my UW class suggests that, along with FoxNews, the Tea Party can count on CNN and NPR to get out its message.
Deepwater Horizon's owners rely on an 1851 law with sorrowful applications to Seattle and Alaska history. The request for a liability cap of $27 million for the oil spill will have support from a case where a giant corporation got off paying $643 for the loss of 353 lives, including 149 from Seattle
By coyly encouraging the speculation about her next job, Gov. Gregoire manages to throw Dino Rossi's timing off a bit.
