Posted Fri, Aug 12, 8:27 a.m.

Amen, again a thoughtful piece from a real journalist. This debate desparately needs some dispassionate analysis of the fear-mongering done by opponents of coal exports. Good policy decisions require informed debate with as least some agreed-upon facts. Mr. Chasan, you should turn your keen eye to the claim by some ...

Posted Tue, Jul 19, 3:24 p.m.

A "winner" usually has to have funding associated with it, yes? And opponents to the tunnel love to rant about the tunnel's "shaky financing scheme." Let's see, a billion $$ for surface improvements, half-billion $$ for utility relocation, half-billion $$ on transit (oops, can't use gas tax $$ for that ...

Posted Mon, Jul 18, 12:56 p.m.

Please.....can we wait for some real science to be applied to this project in the upcoming EIS (both NEPA and SEPA) before we condemn this idea. This project actually is an important piece of state and national transportation infrastructure that will create jobs here and across the northern tier of ...

Posted Fri, Jul 15, 6:32 p.m.

Bob, you missed an important part of the story. The small cities caucus of Whatcom County voted unanimously to distance themselves from Mayor Pike and support the upcoming environmental review process. Choice: throw rocks from outside or participate on behalf of your constituents. Sounds like Pike and McGinn are birds ...

Posted Tue, Apr 12, 9:14 a.m.

The tunnel is portrayed as the massive give-away to the automobile. The truth is that it actually reduces two lanes of critical north-south capacity but keep by-pass freight moving through the city. The surface option's political unpopularity is the least of its problems. The resulting gridlock, destruction of any semblance ...

Posted Fri, Apr 8, 9:29 a.m.

Iron-clad logic for sure. Only trouble is the policy decision that has already been made is really quite limited: Shall the City have an agreement with WSDOT about utility easements, street use, etc? The ordinance in question only carries out that decision. On the question if the government has made ...

Posted Fri, Jul 30, 8:59 a.m.

Let's get clear about McGinn's motivations: he hates cars and will do anything to make life miserable for their occupants. His concern about Seattle taxpayers' pocketbooks is a farce. We need practical ways to reduce petroleum-base vehicle miles traveled......Mike's social engineering creates collateral damage to the movement of freight and ...

Posted Fri, Jul 30, 8:46 a.m.

The headline writer had some fun: Red tide? Shellfish poisoning? Ouch!