Posted Tue, Apr 8, 9:41 a.m.

RE: Additional delegates.: I wonder how soon we'll know whether the LD-level caucuses have caused any shift in the state-wide delegate count. In Iowa, another caucus state, Obama picked up more statewide delegates than originally projected (though, of course, there were more viable candidates when their initial caucus was held, ...

Posted Tue, Apr 8, 9:30 a.m.

RE: So let's see here...: Sorry, but wrong. McDermott didn't wiretap anyone. The folks who intercepted the call - a couple with a cordless phone, who happened to find themselves on the same frequency and within range of someone also using a cordless phone - recorded the call because it ...

Posted Tue, Feb 12, 2:49 p.m.

You can't just use. . .: . . . the current dividend level to do this math. Microsoft didn't pay regular dividends for quite a while. Then they kicked off their current quarterly dividend program with a $3/share chunk. The author is adding up all the dividends over the last ...

Posted Sun, Feb 10, 8:33 p.m.

I'm the precinct chair, so I brought my daughter.: My daughter was stuck coming along, she's only six. On top of everything else, my husband got sent on a business trip this week, so I was flying solo. There were a handful of other kids, and they put up with ...

Posted Fri, Feb 8, 3:03 p.m.

RE: Seemed like an all ages rally to me...: I'd say you're quite right. Initially, I was in line with an older woman, with families ahead and behind us (one was a grandmother, a mom and a toddler). When we got in, we were seated next to a row of ...

Posted Sat, Jan 5, 9:33 a.m.

RE: UPSCALE RETAIL: It has been my understanding that a lot of the pressure behind "getting rid of the ugly viaduct" has come from developers of pricey condo buildings, and the owners of currently viaduct-shadowed properties that could become pricey condos. Considering the state of the "upscale" housing market at ...

Posted Fri, Dec 7, 9:29 a.m.

Some of the loss is hidden. . .: I am currently involved in a project to re-green a section of the Burke-Gilman. We're pulling out invasive plants, and putting in native plants and saplings. In working on the project, I got to talk to a forester with the Parks Dept., ...

Posted Fri, Nov 9, 9:17 a.m.

As a reasonably informed voter. . .: . . . and PTA parent, let me tell you why I voted for the new school board members, and against the old. It was mostly (as Mr. Lilly said) that the school board had gotten too contentious and politicized. It was also ...

Posted Thu, Jul 26, 6:41 p.m.

RE: (R) or (D), who cares?: I care. And I have a sensible reason. The one time I ever had cause to contact Norm Maleng's office, it was with regard to the despicable - and illegal - "caging" efforts of the local Republican party. A woman swore - under penaly ...