Posted Thu, Jun 16, 12:30 p.m.

Inslee getting in is about 95%+, he has really all but announced. Sonntag will come under huge pressure not to run for Governor.

Posted Thu, Jun 2, 1:08 p.m.

On the continued struggle to keep down skyrocketing health care costs, salaries/bonuses are an even bigger issue. Susannah Frame/King5 did a great job of highlighting the problem at a local public hospital district: http://www.king5.com/home/valley-medical-center-122473009.html

Posted Mon, May 17, 10:53 a.m.

The reason that Australia/Canada have largely missed this recession is that they remain primarily natural resource extracting economies. Many natural resources are at or near record highs and both of these countries are now highly tied to exporting to China. Iron ore and coal to China is a huge economic ...

Posted Wed, Jun 10, 10:30 p.m.

The comment above that Russell leaving Tacoma would allow for other -- smaller -- companies to move in and use the space that Russell leaves vacant, really doesn't work. Tacoma certainly doesn't lack for vacant office space downtown right now. Small/medium sized employers are clearly needed, but a few anchors ...

Posted Fri, Apr 3, 10:13 a.m.

This is very disappointing. Abdicating strong and effective government oversight is absolutely the wrong way to go about creating savings in a challening economy. If anything we should be increasing the amount of performance auditing -- and thinking creatively about the most cost-effective way to provide services. Gutting this program ...

Posted Wed, Mar 4, 10:42 a.m.

Pretty disappointing that a basic threshold of openness and responsiveness is being actively avoided by the Legislature/DOR. It it so dangerous to share w. the public what policies are being deliberated?

Posted Tue, Jan 13, 2:30 p.m.

Running annual trillion+ $ current account deficits while also having major trade deficits -- at some point we will be looking at real inflation problems. It may seem a great idea today but this sets the country up for some serious problems in the future.

Posted Mon, Jan 5, 10:27 a.m.

It is just sad that the outlook seems so bad for the Times. We'd be a much poorer region without the Times - but there is such a drumbeat of bad news for them, would think the mid-term outlook for that institution is grim at best. Today's paper is awfully ...

Posted Tue, Dec 9, 10:39 a.m.

Chris - don't agree with you on this one. Most aspects of local government are not of a partisan nature. We'll be better off if partisanship is muted, not blared. Going to non-partisan offices is a step in the right direction, even if vestiges of partisanship remain. On the KC ...

Posted Wed, Nov 12, 8:48 p.m.

Stuart -- where is the logic of saying there were no signficant # of Obama/Rossi voters? There wasn't much fall-off of voters between President and Governor. Gregoire underperformed Obama by about 4.5% That difference pretty much has to be voters who voted for both Obama & Rossi. 4.5% isn't an ...