Posted Fri, Dec 11, 9:09 a.m.

"If anyone were to doubt that there really are two Washingtons — that the Seattle metropolitan core (and its playgrounds) are another world from most rural to small-city Washington, and especially from east of the Cascade crest — a look at the vote on Referendum 71 should be persuasive." But ...

Posted Fri, Feb 20, 1:53 p.m.

Tapping the rainy day fund during the current economic crisis is not a gimmick. The whole point of creating such a fund is to build reserves during good times so they are available for use during a serious economic downturn, thus flattening year-to-year public sector spending through the ups and ...

Posted Wed, Jan 28, 4:46 p.m.

It's Publicola, not Politicola.

Posted Mon, Aug 25, 9:02 p.m.

Update: I did not notice the update to the post until just now. I appreciate the clarification.

Posted Sat, Aug 23, 9:19 a.m.

Old Boys Club: Lisa, I suspect your previous commenter fully comprehends the distinction between an endorsement and a prediction. He is arguing that given the pool of predictors, the predictions themselves seem all too predictable.

Posted Sun, Sep 30, 9:42 p.m.

RE: Skip, do you really think doing nothing is a good idea?: Cameron, there are any number of prominent and respected current and former Republican office holders who support the Roads and Transit proposal. Reagan Dunn, Shawn Bunney, Fred Jarrett, Slade Gorton, and Ralph Munro come quickly to mind, and ...

Posted Sun, Sep 30, 6:30 p.m.

RE: Skip, do you really think doing nothing is a good idea?: Sure: simple question, simple answer. I have immense respect and affection for Ron. I agree with him on very many things. On this, though, I think he is wrong. I think if we turn down 50 miles of ...

Posted Sun, Sep 30, 10:53 a.m.

Skip, do you really think doing nothing is a good idea?: Skip writes regarding the proposed light rail expansion, "One is called ST2 and provides funding for Sound Transit's second phase of light rail, extending it to North Seattle and the Eastside suburbs." Actually, that seriously underplays the expansion that ...

Posted Mon, Aug 13, 8:50 a.m.

I-747 Has Not Yet Survived Judicial Scrutiny: In your listing of previous Eyman initiatives, I noticed that you claim I-747, Eyman's one percent property tax limitation, has survived judicial scrutiny. That is incorrect (or at a minimum premature). In June 2006 a King County Superior Court judge threw out the ...

Posted Sun, Jul 1, 7:19 p.m.

What was so passive aggressive about my comment?: But Skip, you are a nice guy. And when it comes to your views of what the city used to be, what it has become, what caused those changes and what they mean, you are wack-a-doodle-doo. Truth is the best defense. Besides, ...

Posted Fri, May 18, 1:03 p.m.

P-I going tab?: Given the (tabloid) size of this thing, is that an indication that Hearst is serious about taking the P-I tabloid?

Posted Fri, May 11, 8:20 p.m.

hearstscribe can't spell: It's Kaushik, as in K-A-U-S-H-I-K. But I still love you, Joel.

Posted Sun, Apr 29, 5:35 p.m.

RE: Skip's a nice guy, but he's wack-a-doodle-doo: You're right that I am probably being unfair to the specifics of your piece. I'm reacting, however, to its tone and to the fact that this is the latest (and, admittedly, probably a more innocuous) variation on a theme that undergirds almost ...

Posted Sun, Apr 29, 10:25 a.m.

Skip's a nice guy, but he's wack-a-doodle-doo: I've said this before. Still, it bears repeating: I know you don't think of yourself this way, Skip, but you really are a reactionary. You don't say, let us manage change better so as many as possible, up and down the income scale, ...