Politics
Outing Portland's 'hydro hogs'
Willamette Week's annual report on the biggest water users survives an effort to keep the names secret.
Willamette Week's annual report on the biggest water users survives an effort to keep the names secret.
Soon we'll all be like salmon, with our way home blocked – by a tollbooth.
What do Paul Allen, a gray whale, and the Washington State Ferries have in common? They all displace a lot of water. Or two of them are running out of gas, and one of them is all gas. You decide.
In the aftermath of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, it's apparent that local politicians would rather earmark dollars for sexy new transit lines and highways than stick to basics. Seattle's coming roads-and-transit vote is a classic illustration of this pattern.
Remember that as you freeze your butt on the aluminum bleachers.