Guest Opinion: It's time for our state's federally elected officials to stop pandering to military expansion interests and get serious about the real challenges we're facing.
King County Metro officials have raised bus driver pay dramatically while neglecting some promised service increases. Now, the wages threaten to cut into existing service.
Transit demand should continue to fall through the year, owing to fuel prices and high unemployment. But the demand for new transit taxes, based on last year's rise in usage, will not go away.
