Here's a bracing corrective from reader Patrick Higgins, arguing that "the people" didn't really speak, as we pundits like to say, since the large majority of voters stayed silent. Mr. Higgins, you have the microphone: > Before we all get too far along with our pronouncements about what "the > vote
One immediate reaction to the defeat of Proposition 1, the roads and transit package the voters thumped yesterday, is to fall back to The Portland Way. Build lots of small fixes, as opportunities arise, rather than scaring the voters with a mega-package. It may be a little Rube Goldberg-like, but it
Oregon voters, except those in Multnomah County where Portland sits, can be bought. Not something to be proud of, but at least it took $12 million to do it. No cheap you-know-whats here. As reported in The Oregonian [http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1194418606131680.
Cocker Fennessy, a Seattle public-relations firm, hosted the premier "pre-poll" party, an Oscar-night analogue for the Northwest's political class. It was a blast. (Disclosure: Cocker Fennessy wined me, fed me, and wined me again.) The election-night fete featured an impressive mix of politicos – a
Updated through the day: In an evolving thread, Crosscut's writers analyze Washington's general election. They see an electorate distrustful of the people in charge.
