A relic of the Cold War past lies under I-5, a public haven where Seattleites could wait for the end of the world. With space for only 200 people, the shelter would have had us dying to get in, or at least competing to win at atomic "Survivor."
The practice of suddenly jailing people who have failed to comply with collection requests comes close to violating a ban on imprisonment for debt. Judicial watchdogs are taking note and getting some relief, but many people desperately in debt are still helpless.
An imaginative design competition focuses on one alley in Pioneer Square, coming up with ideas we should apply around the city.
Can the state cleanup effort deliver on Gov. Gregoire's demands for measures of real progress? Or, more basically, can the Partnership convince the public that there is a real need for a cleanup?
Washington voters showed again that they don't trust the leadership with their tax money, something that has been the case for more than a decade since the construction of Safeco Field. Changing the way that the state does business is something that can't be avoided any longer.
