Politics
City budgeting: Isn't it strange?
Seattle thought maybe it was too smart to suffer a recession. Now, political leaders bring their own agendas to deciding how to respond to a real loss of revenue.
Seattle thought maybe it was too smart to suffer a recession. Now, political leaders bring their own agendas to deciding how to respond to a real loss of revenue.
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1053 would force further cuts in badly needed services while helping big oil companies like BP and Shell.
Voters want tax increases to be an absolute last resort. Initiative 1053 would help Olympia live up to that wish.
There are new ideas being developed around a neighborhood alliance, which has an energetic executive. Online-gaming developers have already discovered the charms of the place.
Statement hints that primary election results could be overturned.