Posted Fri, Oct 9, 8:36 a.m.

I couldn't agree more. It's simple math, really. If you shoot down 100% of all ideas with incessant bickering, then you will succeed in shooting down 100% of the bad ones. Good work!

Posted Tue, Oct 6, 9:19 a.m.

You want fries with that?

Posted Fri, Sep 18, noon

Interesting piece. Perhaps capturing the psychology, but frustratingly anecdotal. I honestly don't think Seattle had to try hard at all to attract Russell. If you're a CEO trying to attract hot-shit talent to your international investment firm, where would you want to be? And with a gorgeous, brand-new, ready-to-occupy, marquee ...

Posted Tue, Aug 25, 7:47 a.m.

The thesis of the piece is silly. One need only watch 5 minutes of "Ask the Mayor" on the Seattle channel to get to _know_ this man. Smart, warm, very respectful of the public's concerns and questions -- even when they're a bit crazy or misinformed. But most of of, ...

Posted Tue, Jul 21, 11:27 p.m.

What a sour bit of backward bullshit! If Seattle's an adolescent, Knute, then you're a permanently a child, always wanting the comforts of routine and repetition and always suspicious of any change that happened after about 1955. Get over yourself. The City has moved on, and Mossback's reactions to change ...

Posted Fri, Mar 6, 7:37 a.m.

Your argument is specious. Taxing gas (or more generally, carbon) can achieve the same aim of incentivizing fuel efficiency and transit use without any of the downsides -- invasion of privacy, intrusive government, the specter of big brother tracking your every move. I'm a good liberal and not some Black ...

Posted Thu, Mar 5, 11:45 a.m.

Total horsepucky, Joe. You can't possibly blame one man for 40 years of rot and inaction. If you love the damned boat so much, then get out your checkbook and buy it, otherwise, don't ask me to.