Washington's nominating process for partisan political office has a long, tortuous history [http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/pdf/2006/History_of_Washington_State_Primary_Systems.pdf] — and it just got a little longer. Last week's Supreme Court decision [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/06-7
The longtime columnist for Seattle's dailies casts an affectionate eye over the many sweeping transformations of the city, and wonders if all the newcomers will learn to cherish the uniqueness of the place.
One of today's top stories is the decline of housing prices in the Seattle area [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004306599_homeprices26.html], where the average price has dropped 1.3 percent, comparing January 2008 with the previous January. It's the first such year-over-ye
I'm a big fan of the Puget Sound Business Journal, which this week has a story about four high profile factories that might leave Seattle [http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/03/24/story4.html]. A lot of media attention has followed efforts to keep Korry Electronics, which was looking at
The City of Seattle is in a pickle over its five, very expensive public toilets. [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/356215_toilets25.html] In the spirit of adding to this decade-long debate, I have a suggestion: keyed toilets. The idea comes from Freeway Park, which I am helping other citizens to
