Posted Sat, Jan 7, 2:41 p.m.

More task forces, more studies, more "Seattle Process" with no real progress. How about including some average citizens on a task force? Since the removal of the bus shelters and the rerouting of virtually all the downtown buses to Third Ave., it has become very unpleasant to wait for a ...

Posted Thu, Oct 20, 10:18 a.m.

I agree with those who say we should elect our City Council members by district. It would be easier to hold them accountable. Having them elected at large means they represent everyone, and actually no one.

Posted Thu, Oct 20, 10:13 a.m.

The Constitution, in Article VI, section 3, says " . . .no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." We would do well to remember this. I, for one, would be delighted with a candidate who has NO ...

Posted Tue, Sep 20, 12:21 p.m.

This $60 car tab increase is really $100 when you add the $20 the city has already imposed and the $20 the county is imposing. For those of us living on a fixed income, this is a real hardship. I support government services, but do we really need two more ...

Posted Tue, Aug 16, 2:06 p.m.

Thanks for a lovely story, Peter. I have heard about the Nelson-Atkins my entire life. My parents lived in Kansas City during the late 1930s and my father attended the Kansas City Art Institute. It is nice to see the pictures and read the description of the new addition. I ...

Posted Fri, Feb 19, 10:24 a.m.

Thanks for this nice piece on Waid's. He is a good man.

Posted Wed, Feb 10, 2:01 p.m.

Seattle seems heck-bent on leaving behind any vestige of its maritime past. Compared to the dollars required by some of the gigantic projects now proposed or underway around here, the money to save the Kalakala would just be a small drop in the bucket. Kalakala deserves better than the fate ...

Posted Thu, Feb 4, 12:26 p.m.

I, too, am sorry to see them go. They covered important issues with wit and style.