Our Sponsors:
Trending Stories
- Simple rules for staying sane in Seattle
- Seattle neighborhoods fight needed land use reform, density
- Morning Fizz: 'I'm Appalled'
- Monday Jolt: Community Council coup and McKenna misstep
- Wednesday Jolt: 'Seattle Times' wins fight against density; everybody (except Brett Phillips) wins key endorsement
- Morning Fizz: Some outstanding questions about the report
- Jolt: Parking Garages and Charter Schools
- Morning Fizz: $7 million committed to the charters cause?
- Tuesday's Scan: Costco? Who says we're from Costco?
- Morning Fizz: One step further
Our Members
Many thanks to
Mark Musick
and
Robert McNamara
some of our many supporters.
ALL MEMBERS »Most Commented
- Seattle neighborhoods fight needed land use reform, density (62)
- Jolt: Parking Garages and Charter Schools (47)
- Wednesday Jolt: 'Seattle Times' wins fight against density; everybody (except Brett Phillips) wins key endorsement (26)
- Morning Fizz: $7 million committed to the charters cause? (21)
- Morning Fizz: In hope of reaching a consensus (28)
- Monday Jolt: Community Council coup and McKenna misstep (20)
- Morning Fizz: Some outstanding questions about the report (22)
- Is Washington becoming 'happy with crappy?' (16)
- Simple rules for staying sane in Seattle (13)
- Tuesday's Scan: Costco? Who says we're from Costco? (11)
Follow Us »
Follow us on Twitter. |
Like us on Facebook. |
Subscribe to our RSS Feeds. |
Get our Daily Email Newsletter. |
Twitter
Facebook
RSS Feeds
TypeOne's comments
Posted Sun, Mar 22, 4:05 a.m.
I am speaking of my past personal experience responding to information requests, and I spoke of "a majority" of requests are "most often" unnecessary and abusive. I stand by that, and my opinion about the persons who file them. Certainly not everyone is out to use public disclosure to be ...
MOREPosted Sat, Mar 21, 7:18 p.m.
Not sure how you inferred all that from my comment, Gregory. Your generalizations are interesting, yet off-topic.
MOREPosted Fri, Mar 20, 11:22 p.m.
I support public disclosure law, open government, and an investigate press. In theory it all sounds good. But from past work I found that public disclosure is most often abused by a few nutjobs and cranks who use it as a tool to harass public agencies or elected officials. It ...
MOREPosted Mon, Dec 3, 9:40 p.m.
Glad Tom Carr is on the committee: Look at the makeup of the members of the Sunshine Committee; only Tom Carr is a public employee with an office that has to deal with public disclosure requests. I'm not counting members of the AG's office or the elected representatives, who have ...
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 23, 7:42 p.m.
RE: Sad: Ok, I'll ask the obvious question: "What?"
MOREPosted Mon, Jun 4, 10:42 p.m.
RE: Time for bikers to pay: Never mind that the majority of road improvements are paid for by property taxes, not gas taxes, so don't tell me I'm freeloading by riding a bicycle and leaving my licensed vehicle at home. Safe & separated facilities for cyclists are less expensive than ...
MOREPosted Tue, May 29, 9:13 p.m.
Ballard citizens voted for annexation in 1906: This was a democratic process - Ballard was not seized by Seattle. In November 1906 Ballard citizens voted to approve annexation. Ballard's inability to provide safe drinking water to its citizens may have had something to do with it.
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 23, 9:19 p.m.
RE: office hours: Good point. At the same time, politicos are trying to turn Occidental Park and City Hall Park (south of the KC Courthouse, known as Muscatel Meadows by local workers) comfortable and attractive places to gather. I'm all for open spaces, but we have seen who occupies them ...
MOREPosted Wed, Apr 11, 9:49 p.m.
RE: Pretty Park, Bad Transportation Plan: Agreed. And they are just now finishing or trying to figure out how to accomodate the bike traffic through the area, months after the park officially opened. It was a mess to ride through when it was under construction, but that was better than ...
MORE