Posted Tue, Jan 25, 8:17 a.m.

Excellent piece. The challenge for Wilbur however will be to shake his past persona and become the "big tent" leader who can draw moderate Rs and some Democrats to McKenna. The mainstream won't know about who grew up with who, who likes who, etc. Right now this essentially Blue state ...

Posted Mon, Nov 8, 7:46 a.m.

Note to right wing: you won on creating jobs. First statement out of gate, "we're going to kill health care reform", "we're going to defeat Obama". Dumb. Note to left wing: you're going to defeat Obama because he wasn't "progressive enough". Tell it to President Gingrich. Now that will serve ...

Posted Wed, Aug 4, 9:10 a.m.

Opponents of the tunnel need to understand, going in, what each suggests as an alternative. 1/3 a boulevard; 1/3 a viaduct repair; 1/3 a surface cut. So they defeat the tunnel, part ways and spend another five years fighting each other on the next idea. Ad infinitum, ad nauseum. Pogo ...

Posted Mon, Apr 26, 7:27 a.m.

The Dems eliminated the 2/3 vote on taxes giving the GOP a free ride to avoid deficit decisions and bolster their standing with voters -- Dumb Then they couldn't agree among themselves on a tax/expenditure package and showed themselves as excluding the GOP from discussions -- Dumber. Now Bill Gates ...

Posted Tue, Apr 20, 8:47 a.m.

Perfect...while we're at it lets tear down 520, re-open the John Danz theater in rural Bellevue, build a yellow brick road from Playland, past the Aqua Theater and Bobo's cage at Woodland Park. Maybe re-name I-90 to Highway 10. How about a lumber mill on Yesler Hill? I'm so embarrassed ...

Posted Fri, Sep 18, 10:19 a.m.

And now Mike McGinn is going to dismiss the balance of the Light Rail region to build a system to Green Lake. A recent question posed to Mallahan: when was the last time you rode a bus? My questions to Mallahan, McGinn, Hutchinson and Constantine: 1) when was the last ...

Posted Mon, Sep 14, 1 p.m.

"....I loved seeing thousands of passionate citizens show up this Summer to debate the role of government." Ah yes, with their AK 47s, pictures depicting our President as Hitler, the cries for revolution. My God, Joe McCarthy would have been thrilled. Chris, if you are attempting to consult for Republicans, ...

Posted Thu, Aug 27, 9:03 a.m.

Another great MacDonald piece. I'm a ST fan, but the Vision 2040 analysis is worthy of serious discussion by PSRC and regional leadership. Will be a test of that leadership to see if people take MacDonald's arguments seriously and assess the need to adjust our assumptions or growth management approach. ...

Posted Wed, Dec 3, 7:46 a.m.

Advice from a moderate independent: Follow Chris Vance's advice, if not his philosophy. He was quite right wing when the Republicans swept several years ago, but one of the first to advise Republicans to atleast appear moderate and cater to the suburbs when things began to turn. Correct approach, but ...

Posted Thu, Oct 9, 8:26 a.m.

Night Night Tim: So, as I track your E-mails Tim, you hovered over your computer last night for a few hours, gleefully feeding your immense ego and egging on the opposition to your latest misguided initiative. Further feeding the ego, while promoting your latest fundraising effort. As cities attempt to ...

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 11:02 a.m.

RE: Why no debate coverage?: Huh ?

Posted Tue, Oct 7, 7:45 a.m.

Better now than later: This matter should be resolved now. If Rossi loses, it goes away for him, but hopefully will be a lesson for BIAW (like that will ever happen). But if Rossi wins, it will dominate the discussion for most of his term. And if Ireland/Utter are correct ...

Posted Fri, Sep 5, 7:56 a.m.

...after the ersatz mansion scene is returned to some movie back lot...": John, I'm a liberal/moderate Independent who feels you are a respected conservative voice in the region. You've done your best to lay out a "happy face" analysis of Sarah Palin. But really, as intellegent as you are, are ...

Posted Mon, Aug 11, 12:37 p.m.

Nice Launch. Happy Landing.: Gosh, what a really keen idea. Let's run a $17 billion campaing on Facebook. Maybe we could sell cookies too; or maybe have a car wash. This is going to be really neat. Never mind that last year's corporate sponsors have decided to take a pass ...

Posted Tue, Jul 22, 9:06 a.m.

Lighten Up Folks: What a blow for civil discourse. Instead of coming to the table to discuss the best way to organize transportation in Puget Sound, just take pot shots at anyone with a different viewpoint. That should solve the problem. Geeez.