Seneca

Posted Thu, Nov 12, 9:14 a.m.

Thanks for an informative piece...few of us know about the depth and breadth of city government's organization structure, perhaps especially on the Executive side where the work gets done (or not). Questions you raise by implication are zingers: Why would regular auditing of departments not already be a standard for ...

Posted Wed, Nov 11, 10:36 p.m.

"That's all there is to it. Now get to work, and good luck." SIR! Yes, SIR! Thank you, SIR! Will that be all, SIR!?

Posted Tue, Nov 3, 9:15 p.m.

Within our little corner of the nation, as well as across the USA, there's a much greater need for a fundamental, "back to basics" conversation between the electorate and their elected officials than there is a need for this or that programmatic/policy change. Let's face it: In the absence of ...

Posted Thu, Oct 22, 7:46 p.m.

I wasn't aware that Crosscut gave individual citizens access to its pages to do personal endorsements. No journalistic principle that I'm aware of would support turning over the front page to a single individual's pleasure, and it is a stain on Crosscut's credibility to have done so. Your policy is ...

Posted Tue, Oct 20, 9:53 p.m.

This is the first time in years that I voted early. Like, you know, a smug student who turns his homework in a few days before it's due. Extra credit?? What's THAT!!?? Changing metaphors here a bit: I paddled out and waited to catch the McGinn wave, but, darn it, ...

Posted Tue, Oct 20, 3:08 p.m.

24 hours in Seattle: * Council votes 9-0 to go ahead with tunnel. Orders commemorative hard hats and shovels from Amazon online. * Mike McGinn caves. Hope the tunnel doesn't! * Joe Mallahan crows. * Sightline, having apparently forgotten to change its wall calendar, wakes up and releases its speculative ...

Posted Sun, Oct 18, 3:58 p.m.

Sad story...another Post-Gutenberg, Post-Literate, tale like many others across the country, with the added effects of local factors, as you mention...and for a town historically ranked among the highest in per capita book sales, not a happy one. I've felt for years that EBB's location is much more a handicap ...

Posted Wed, Sep 23, 12:27 p.m.

Thanks for sticking up for we who were mediocrities in our youth...either from boredom, sloth, the need for a slower pace, more repetition, less-stressed and more sympathetic teachers, or any of the many other reasons for "substandard" performance. The issue here isn't isolated D's...it's the proposition that students who have--what?--1.0 ...

Posted Thu, Sep 10, 10:54 a.m.

Glass half-empty piece, Matt. I'm a regular cyclist, though not a daily commuter--and my impression (as both biker and auto driver) is that these prominent markings DO help to raise driver awareness of cyclists' presence and right to consideration. I appreciate that they've been added, and wouldn't want to lose ...

Posted Sun, Aug 16, 3:40 p.m.

Didn't hear the Nethercutt piece, but would have chewed nails right along with you if I had. The virus infecting the country vis-a-vis health reform is already frustration enough--for NPR to botch a commenter's ID and give him quality time for biased spin is just more vexation.