Posted Wed, Jan 18, 10:06 p.m.

Gee Sam Hunt. Last time I bought wine at Costco it wasn't in the giant supersized bottle. What a moron. Workhorse more like Horse's Ass. Voters approved an intiative you did not like. Get over yourself you jerk and focus on fixing the budget.

Posted Mon, Jan 16, 1:03 p.m.

It also takes leadership from the Mayor which this mayor lacks to implement the necessary reforms.. Negotations should not take place in a vacuum. The police union leadership is strong because the Mayor's office and the Police Chief have abdicated any sense of responsibility and does not wish to take ...

Posted Sat, Sep 3, 10:29 a.m.

Hate to intrude on this grandious idea but it boils down to one simple fact. MONEY AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

Posted Wed, Jul 27, 7:19 p.m.

Wait staff and bartenders rely on tips to make most of their money. Workers that clean hotel rooms and work in maintenance in hotels face the greatest risk for workplace injury.WRONG Actually Roger, get your facts straight. The greatest risk for injury according to L & I statistics is working ...

Posted Mon, May 2, 10:45 p.m.

One of the smartest moves Michael Young could do is what Ohio State's President Gee does every summer. President Gee visits every county in Ohio and lets each county know how important Ohio State is to each county. I've never understood why UW and WSU President do not visit every ...

Posted Sun, Feb 27, 7:42 p.m.

Black Swan was the worse movie I've ever seen in years. Incomprehensible. It is one of those movie you have to wiki just to find out what the fuc$ did I just waste my time seeing.

Posted Thu, Feb 24, 3:33 p.m.

What does minority bidding on a Seattle School District contract have to do with educating Seattle children. This just doesnt pass the smell test. I'm curious why can't a minority business owner call the Purchasing Office of the SEattle School District or any Seattle School District Department and ask what ...

Posted Mon, Feb 21, 10:43 a.m.

Pardon me if I yawn. Yet another supposed plan to save Pioneer Square. Gee where have I heard this before. Sorry but until you clean up Pioneer Square nothing will happen. I've heard this song and dance since the mid 60's. Forty plus years now and Pioneer Square is on ...

Posted Tue, Feb 1, 8:29 p.m.

So just wondering. Say this passes...Highly unlikely but let's say it does. Yakima merges into Benton County. Then Benton County takes in more dollars then it gives so Benton merges into King County and then King COunty suddenly takes in less then it gives so it merges into........Wow..soon we'll just ...

Posted Thu, Jan 27, 8:30 p.m.

I agree but the school reform needs to go much more deeper. Let's couple it with district consolidation because in this area of limited resources it doesnt make sense any more for every little town to have its own school district. Make it that if your district has less then ...

Posted Tue, Jan 11, 9:41 p.m.

Michael Wallenstein..here's a law school class you should have taken Debtor Creditor. Ignoring your loans is asine. The loans arent able to be discharged in bankruptcy. Your tax refund can be garnished, your social security can be garnished. At 250,000 once the default judgement is issued, you're going to paying ...

Posted Sun, Dec 26, 6:07 p.m.

It will boil down as it always does on 5 to 4 decisions to what side Justice Kennedy comes down on. If I was arguing this case before the Supreme Court, I'd look at Justice Kennedy's prior decisions and figure out what arguements sway him. Sorry kiddies but it really ...

Posted Fri, Dec 3, 10:31 p.m.

Yes Roger that's exactly what I wish govt would do. Take money out of much needed road projects and give it to mass transit which hasnt done shit to clear up road congestion.

Posted Tue, Nov 30, 8:41 p.m.

A few facts you forgot to tell your readers regarding I 695, citizens had complained to the Legislature, the Governor and State Agencies about how outrageously high are car tabs were for years if not decades. Those complaints went nowhere. State Agencies loved that money and didn't want to upset ...

Posted Thu, Nov 4, 8:52 p.m.

Knute may be Bill Gates Sr isnt in the Loser category but I would sure put him in the really really far out of touch with reality category. Everytime I heard him speak, I thought is he senile or just so out of touch with the rest of the voters ...

Posted Sat, Sep 25, 4:01 p.m.

Amazing how everything in Ms. Rundstad's article was reported by Robert Mak in King 5 Upfront last week. It was in fact checkers and Robert confirmed everything Judith mentions. count me as a no vote.

Posted Sat, Sep 25, 3:57 p.m.

Yes Dr. Ed Don't believe the smokescreen. Initiative-1098 is simple. It’s a tax on high-income individuals — to be specific, on income in excess of $400,000 a year for couples, offset by decreases in property tax and business and occupation tax. And within 10 years it will be extended to ...

Posted Wed, Sep 1, 8:32 p.m.

The UW did do itself any favors with the legislature when in the last two sessions it made funding for a new football stadium as it's top project instead of oh let's say undergraduate education. President Gee of Ohio State visits all 88 counties in Ohio every year to let ...

Posted Sat, Aug 7, 11:42 a.m.

I would like to know where the Chihuly folks get their crowd and revenue estimates. Also how much of the Chihuly money would draw from the Tacoma Museum of Glass. I question their estimates and revenue projects. 400,000 to see glass where I can go elsewhere in Seattle and see ...

Posted Mon, Jul 26, 8:48 p.m.

Ah yes... we've got a great plan to clean up Pioneer Square. Where have I heard that before... Oh that's right 1976, 1982, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2010. Yay. Sean,mhays, seattle obseve have it right. Clean up the area.

Posted Mon, Jul 19, 8:18 p.m.

Thanks Knute. You've just given me yet another reason to vote against I 1098. I hadn't thought of cities imposing income taxes but I can see Seattle doing it. I dont think Seattle has met a tax it hasnt liked.

Posted Tue, Jun 29, 11:01 p.m.

I'm just curious with all this talk about class size in middle and high schools when the teacher has 35 to 40 kids in a class, what happens to the little angels when they attend their first university class and the class size is 150 with a Professor and a ...

Posted Mon, Jun 28, 9:42 p.m.

Knute. I'm just curious but how do you know it's not the rest of us Washingtonians building a moat around Seattle in order to keep the dumb ass Seattle ideas confined to Seattle and not infect the rest of us. As Mark Sidran use to say Seattle is 35 square ...

Posted Tue, Jun 1, 3:02 p.m.

Actually Joe It should be Liberty Orchards and Brown & Haley are in state candy makers and with this new tax get f*&cked; over daily while big out of state candy makers will not.

Posted Sat, May 29, 6:04 p.m.

GaryP and Bryan Glynn Please explain to me why West Seattle and Ballard should get light rail before Federal Way and Lynnwood and Everett. God spare me from Seattlites who think light rail is only for Seattle. Pierce & Snohomish counties voted for the light rail as did the East ...

Posted Fri, May 28, 11:44 a.m.

Interesting however nowhere does Mr. Taupin mention perhaps the state needs to live within its means. No mention of reopening negotations with state unions to renegotate pay increases or god forbid have state workers pay more for health care premiums like private employers do. What about the mess at the ...

Posted Thu, May 27, 2:16 p.m.

Yet another example of our state's initative process at work. For years the public has asked the state to allow liqour sales at groceries and other outlets only to be stymied by entrenched Olympia interests and a do-nothing legislature. I'd like to see a study to see is there more ...

Posted Fri, May 21, 12:44 p.m.

I agree with you Harris about it taking a toll on Phoenix but my point is Seattle's is pointless. You leave the highest contract you have with a business in the state of Arizona untouched by the boycott. In fact the resolution the Council passed specifically exempted the redlight contract ...

Posted Fri, May 21, 11:14 a.m.

Look it's fake symbolic boycott that accomplishes nothing. It lets Seattle feel good but other then that zip zilch. Notice how the most important and money making contract the City of Seattle has with Arizona (the red light camera company is located in Arizona) was and is left intact. If ...

Posted Sun, May 16, 11:52 a.m.

Why it took UW took 3 years to recognize the obvious. There is no way the state legislature is going to allow public funding of another major sports stadium. Reality has finally set in at least on major sports stadiums. The votes were not there in 2008,2009, 2010 and the ...

Posted Tue, May 11, 10:12 a.m.

I just hope if WADOT finds any indian artifacts or bones, they don't waste 60 million dollars like they did in Port Angeles before calling a halt to the project. Maybe WADOT learned some big lessons from the Port Angeles debacle but if indeed history is our guide.....they didnt.

Posted Tue, May 4, 2:18 p.m.

Let's just put everything in the budget up for a vote. That way everyone can pick and choose what services we want and what we don't. This way it's all on the voters and Seattle public officials don't have to show any leadership.... oh wait they don't now...

Posted Mon, Apr 26, 10:04 a.m.

"The principal objection, however, is likely to be the "camel's nose" argument — that this new tax, initially levied only against individuals with high income, might then be extended to middle- and low-income citizens". Might be...it will be. I am a firm no vote. Time and time again, the legislature ...

Posted Thu, Apr 22, 11:59 a.m.

Yawn..... I've heard this all before and Pioneer Square remains the same today as it did 35 years ago when I moved here.... A crappy area. It was that way in high school in the 70's, it was that way in the 80's, 90's, 00. I echo Serial Catowner's remarks ...

Posted Sun, Nov 1, 6:57 p.m.

Yeah TM. Let's not blame the unions. I'm sure 2 strikes in less then 6 years had nothing to do with Boeing's decision so of course union management is totally blameless. Get a clue.

Posted Tue, Apr 14, 8:11 p.m.

Well what does the UW expect. Talk about being rather clueless when it comes to lobbying. Let's see you go down to Oly and whine about your new stadium in the midst of one of the worse budget crisis and then you wonder why get the shift. No Im not ...

Posted Mon, Mar 23, 7:44 p.m.

"I also thought King County's Metro let people down with poor communication about bus service. That wasn't the city's fault, but the street conditions also made it dicier for Metro's buses." Excuse me Knute but Metro doesn't have snow plows the city does. The poor communications on Metro's part was ...

Posted Fri, Dec 7, 11:09 a.m.

And you wonder why i don't vote anymore: Very nice piece. It's a great article and illustrates perfectly why I am so disheartened by the whole political process. Colby Underwood is a fundraiser but a better description is parasite. Go ahead call me Colby and ask me to donate. No ...

Posted Wed, Jul 18, 1:43 p.m.

Local Politicians Silent: It always amazes me how everytime we talk about the dysfunctionale body that is the Port of Seattle, not one local politician utters a peep. Contrast this with the Seattle School Board. When the Dinsmore pay out became known, did you hear Ron Sims, Greg Nichols, Frank ...

Posted Mon, Jun 11, 9:27 a.m.

Tolling Impractiable: I agree with the comment above. Are you going toll local streets because that's where a lot of traffic will go. Just wait and see how backed up Highway 99, Rainier Avenue, Airport Way, 1st Street become if you put tolls on I 5. As someone who grew ...