Posted Thu, Mar 22, 8:43 p.m.

In construction, since the mid 90’s everybody needed to be drug tested. Our primary complaint after trying to build some of these monuments to over inflated egos went as follows: Why don’t the architects and engineers get drug tested? With the way they design the projects, it is obvious they ...

Posted Wed, Feb 15, 5:09 a.m.

Once again, anti government handout people get their government handout. All through that part of Eastern Washington, when you listen in on breakfast conversations in rural cafes you hear complaints on “welfare bums,” lazy people getting a free ride from the “guvmint” and all sorts of other anti government early ...

Posted Mon, Feb 13, 2:06 p.m.

What I seem to read with a startling regularity is that the NBA is on the brink of financial collapse. Therefore, why would anybody with an ounce of sense buy into an organization like that? Years ago when Braniff Airlines was sinking into bankruptcy, I purchased 1000 shares at a ...

Posted Fri, Jan 20, 8:49 a.m.

Gotta add my 2 cents: Fellow I worked with from North Dakota was ridiculing us on our snow driving skills years ago, Came in the next day with a car that looked like it had attacked a sledgehammer factory and lost. When asked, he mumbled something about trees, parked cars, ...

Posted Fri, Jan 20, 5:35 a.m.

Well Knute; I agree with you except for one fact, what we are doing is paving the way for the barbarians. Who knows who they will be? Rome did exactly what you are describing, and then they invited the barbarians in to do their work. That is possibly the answer ...

Posted Tue, Jan 17, 3:15 p.m.

I would concur wholeheartedly! As an electrician who works as a foreman or general foreman, at times I have been asked to speak at schools about careers. The last time I spoke at a high school, my strongest comments were regarding Math and English. If you cannot do math, or ...

Posted Wed, Jan 11, 4:44 a.m.

I agree with a military budget cut, but cutting land based forces is silly, one does not win battles with gadgets. People win the battles. Unfortunately, congress makes more money keeping shipyards and airplane manufactures in business rather than having more people in uniform. Cut some aircraft carriers, cut the ...

Posted Tue, Dec 27, 6:16 a.m.

Interesting idea, but the fact remains, few can afford to live in a large metropolitan city. My family lives in Maple Valley, where one can still afford housing, albeit barely, it is quieter, how can one truly relax with the constant din of a city in the background? It is ...

Posted Tue, Sep 13, 7:26 a.m.

If by hostility you mean rampant frustration, yes we are hostile in the Puget Sound Basin. Mr. Kugiya expresses in the story how a bicyclist is above the law. They play pedestrian when they want to run a red light, they play motorist when they want to claim a lane. ...

Posted Sat, Sep 10, 7:16 a.m.

I believe I got in on the last of the summer picking, 1961 we would all stand around the Sears parking lot in Renton, at about 3:30 AM, a couple of old school buses would pull up and the driver would make their choice, like picking for a baseball game, ...

Posted Mon, Aug 15, 2:27 p.m.

I voted for Obama with medium to high hopes, I am sorely disappointed. I cannot vote for any of the current Republicans trying to take on Obama. I plan to sit out this vote, the first time since I started voting in 1970. Obama’s biggest burden; he is just a ...

Posted Mon, Aug 15, 12:19 p.m.

GaryP You misread my response, I think we should stop burning coal; I do not want to be the one who tells everybody they have no job. Secondly, I suspect that man did not start this process, but we have certainly accelerated it though. And yes, we should do what ...

Posted Mon, Aug 15, 9:56 a.m.

Climate change, global warming, whatever you want to call it is a fact. How it started is up for debate, it may be man caused or natural. We do know that it is happening and all indicators point to the idea that man is accelerating the event. However, our hubris ...

Posted Fri, Aug 12, 1:10 p.m.

Mr Ferris, I was quoting the BNSF regarding track structure. I was not making idle claims. BNSF and UP are still out on the solution; tarping vs. a spray on sealer. However, they want and need a solution to address track structure issues, primarily in the PRB.

Posted Fri, Aug 12, 11:07 a.m.

Steve E. BNSF regularly reports a loss of .03% of each car load in shipping coal, 95% happens in the first 150 miles as the loads settle down in transit. The remaining 5% does disappear over the remaining mile of transit. Because of the cost involved, both to track structure ...

Posted Fri, Aug 12, 6:59 a.m.

Thank you for the reporting, for the first time in many weeks, Crosscut has a Bellingham coal story that is NOT wrapped up in hysteria. While I may not agree with all the points, they are laid out in a logical fashion allowing people to make rational conclusions.

Posted Fri, Aug 12, 6:52 a.m.

In 1953, Seattle annexed from N.85th to N.145th they got residences to agree through the promise of paved streets. Of course, those paved streets did not fully appear until the early 60’s. In those days, many residential streets were gravel, not even chip seal. With all the talk of “street ...

Posted Tue, Aug 9, 5 p.m.

These stories regarding coal exports end up being “experts” throwing “stuff” at a wall and hoping something sticks. They are driving me crazy. There are viable arguments regarding burning coal and allowing China to burn our coal. To address the problem in an intelligent manner would involve presenting China’s pollution ...

Posted Tue, Aug 9, 2:56 p.m.

RobCrowe, If I indicated that we do not need to educate our children completely, I did not make myself clear. A well-rounded total education is critical, it teaches one how to think, something sorely lacking in today’s world if appearances are correct. Plato, Whitman, Descartes, Pythagoras, Gertrude Stein, anybody or ...

Posted Tue, Aug 9, 6:03 a.m.

Even this story is simplistic; we have an education problem due for lack of a better phrase a “lack of work” problem. We have McDonalds requiring college degrees to get a job flipping burgers. When there was manual work available, there was less of an education problem. Now, as we ...

Posted Fri, Aug 5, 5:39 p.m.

How about we just finish tearing down the viaduct, close SR 99 at the First Ave Bridge and the Battery Street tunnel? Remove STATE ROUTE 99 from the STATE highway list in that area. Let Seattle figure out what they want to do. Give the remaining money to Light Rail ...

Posted Wed, Aug 3, 9:43 p.m.

I guess I am a prude... Disgusting

Posted Tue, Aug 2, 1 p.m.

Fascinating story, what happens if everything we “know” is all just a cosmic accident? What happens if there is a force out there just toying with us in good humor? Smacgry's last line says it best: “Science is not absolute it is an ongoing refinement……and there is always new data”

Posted Tue, Aug 2, 12:29 p.m.

Unfortunately, I believe the herring will become extinct SSA notwithstanding. The herring problem is a fishing problem and we cannot apparently control other countries fishing techniques. As far a coal shipments, unless we can ban the mining of coal in the United States, it will be exported to China either ...

Posted Tue, Aug 2, 12:18 p.m.

I have to admit that I am of the camp “we have diddled around enough, lets get on with it.” The article is well done, both sides have viable arguments but unlike utopia, there is no win-win. There will be a winner and a loser, now or 20 years from ...

Posted Thu, Jul 28, 4:01 p.m.

Eric, My dumb, yes, Prince Rupert NOT Prince George. Floyd M. I do agree with you that we have not done enough to encourage non-highway infrastructure. I would also include non-airline infrastructure also in your assessment. Road weights have gone from 68,000 lbs. to 80,000 lbs in 35 years for ...

Posted Thu, Jul 28, 7:26 a.m.

I see in the article just another attack on the coal port in Bellingham. Right or wrong, coal trains will head north, no question, whether they stop in Bellingham, head north to a rumored expanded Roberts Banks or Prince George, they will head north. BNSF has no internal rule regarding ...

Posted Fri, Jul 15, 11:40 a.m.

A couple of additional observations: Where S. 133 St crosses under SR 599 the rail is prepared for a station. This was done under original contract. When the station would be built, was never discussed, but the switching is ready for an add-on station. People are correct; the original plan ...

Posted Fri, Jul 15, 6:42 a.m.

For those of us in the Southend, a parking garage at Tukwila would be an immense improvement. Many of us drive from Kent Auburn etc. to ride, as Sounder does not offer the schedule flexibility that Light Rail does. By 8AM most days, there is no parking and people are ...

Posted Thu, Jul 7, 5:38 p.m.

PJS; We can argue as has already been done in these comments that non union schools preform poorer than union schools. Your question is the same one people use when they cannot substantiate their arguments. Put another way: can you prove you do not beat your spouse or partner? of ...

Posted Wed, Jul 6, 5:52 p.m.

DannyK says it best: Create some doubt.... If you can accuse everybody in the phone book of possibly having a motive, then you get set free. Her lawyer did a great job creating doubt and confusion.Perhaps we are seeing the next F. Lee Bailey in action.

Posted Tue, Jun 28, 9:47 p.m.

Sarah 90, If I am only employed in Seattle 20 days out of 365 will that mean that I will have sick leave only those 20 days? The remainder will be normal no sick leave? How will an employer calculate that? If a person has a job that is within ...

Posted Tue, Jun 28, 11:30 a.m.

There is a train of discussion and thought that one of the reasons everybody gets sick now is lack of exposure to germs. If we are exposed in a moderate manner, i.e.: somebody coughs on us, we are exposed and build immunity. I went to grade school in the ‘50s, ...

Posted Tue, Jun 21, 8:51 a.m.

The modules that are in Korea are already being readied to ship to either Churchill on Hudson Bay or, Thunder Bay on the Great Lakes. Then by rail to the Kearl Project. With, an overall reduction in transportation cost. It seems that the bean counters did not figure in the ...

Posted Wed, Jun 1, 6:21 a.m.

I would have tended to agree with a retrofit two years ago, but today with the project probably 5% done, I would say bore baby bore. (Sorry for the pun.) WSDOT has already spent millions to relocate and upgrade utilities in Seattle in preparation for the bore. All that work ...

Posted Thu, May 26, 2:52 p.m.

Please sir, would you please drop your weapon and put your hand on your head? Alternatively, drop your blankety blank blank weapon and put your blankety blank blank hand on your head. Which one would a criminal respond to quicker? Violent, coarse language gets the attention of most thugs much ...

Posted Fri, Apr 29, 5:45 a.m.

Knute, Why so many words in your article? OHS.. "Over Hyped Slime" says it all

Posted Mon, Apr 25, 11:58 a.m.

I have to remind myself that patience is a virtue, and one that I lack at times. Especially when waiting for Crosscut to return... Good to see you back on line now...

Posted Thu, Apr 21, 2:29 p.m.

Pepper2000; I think the Columbia Tower is ugly, and does not fit our city. From my perspective it is superficial that we need buildings to declare ourselves a world-class city, and that annoys me. Who care if we are a world-class city or not? As long as we take care ...

Posted Wed, Apr 20, 2:53 p.m.

Routing Amtrak through the old Prairie line makes sense for the following reasons: 1. Amtrak will only add ten trains a day, five northbound and five southbound. Additionally, the Sounder commuter trains and Amtrak would pretty much be a daylight operation only. 2. Adding freight trains to the Prairie line ...

Posted Sat, Apr 9, 9:59 p.m.

Obama is just a closet Republican, and I voted for him. Right now many in organized labor will not vote at all next time. At least then we will know our enemy and not be fooled.

Posted Tue, Mar 29, 9:14 a.m.

As a person who has done the electrical construction in these buildings as they go up, the one cost that never is mentioned is the cost of maintenance. In Sound Transit’s Tukwila Station, there are four lights that, when the lamps burn out, the cost to change the lamps will ...

Posted Mon, Mar 28, 4:36 p.m.

Just more farmer welfare

Posted Mon, Mar 21, 2:17 p.m.

I agree, with consistent programming, good local shows NPR is the radio to listen to on the road or at home. My question is what to do with the other radio stations that from my perspective broadcast with tax support. The FCC is a taxpayer supported governmental service that allows ...

Posted Mon, Mar 7, 6:20 a.m.

I may be incorrect, but I always believed the 48 hour annulment to be a FRA rule. not a BNSF rule.

Posted Sat, Mar 5, 12:03 p.m.

While poverty may have an impact, we as a nation never want to look in a mirror to see the problem. We as parents are the problem. Parents do not value education. When we see posters in Wisconsin referring to teachers as “high paid baby sitters” that is the root ...

Posted Tue, Mar 1, 5:53 a.m.

I believe your last line sums it up best. As I read last week, in I believe the Seattle Times: Wisconsin’s budget problem would not exist except for the manipulations of Wall Street crashing the bond market. Like most problems people face, we seem to address the symptoms rather than ...

Posted Fri, Feb 18, 7:54 a.m.

I have some empathy for the citizens described in this story, but for whom did they vote? To quote Doc Hastings District 4 congressional representative, “if you want it, pay for it.” The “new” fiscal conservative Jamie Herrera Beutler represents Glenwood. Farmington, represented by “get the government out of our ...

Posted Mon, Feb 14, 1:20 p.m.

Mr. Carlson, I may have a limited circle of acquaintances, but to a person, they view the end of the middle class of America starting with the Reagan Bust. I was unemployed for a year during his tenure. There were no jobs in the United States. Many people I know ...

Posted Fri, Feb 11, 10:44 p.m.

Yes, Reagan changed the trajectory of the US. Despite what his apologists might say, history is still out on his success. 30 years from now, we may have a better view of what he did. Russia still controls a substantial source of energy, and they now use it as a ...

Posted Fri, Jan 21, 8:04 a.m.

The cause of the police shooting described above may never be known. Only two people really know what happened and one of them is dead. My only comment is that in a crisis four seconds is a lifetime. This whole event is unfortunate and was possibly avoidable. I have to ...

Posted Fri, Jan 21, 7:02 a.m.

To start with, the Black Ball line was taken over because they were going to raise rates on the boats higher than people wanted to pay and they wanted to remove minor routes. Which, were removed anyway when the State took over. However, that, is past history. If we privatize ...

Posted Thu, Jan 20, 6:56 p.m.

Gary P, BNSF gave up the line because they are only interested in point to point intermodal as a business plan. That is why WSDOT has the grain train in Eastern Washington, to save roads. Safeway used to have 10 to 30 carloads a week delivered. Prior to the line ...

Posted Thu, Jan 6, 7:26 a.m.

I believe the last paragraph sums our problem up nicely. We do need a cultural shift. We need an emphasis on building a better work ethic for our young people, but this begins at home. As parents, we are the primary teachers of our children. We teach work ethic, responsibility ...

Posted Mon, Jan 3, 11:36 a.m.

How depressing. The books in the library, free for the taking???? Why don't they do like they do here, a nickle each should at least off set demolition costs somewhat when the building is torn down.

Posted Sat, Jan 1, 9:35 p.m.

The point that I made and folks are too quick to define it in a manner that bears no semblance to what I said, and that I am a blockhead for saying it, is that we as a whole, and that means everybody, have our own personal views that seem ...

Posted Fri, Dec 31, 2:41 p.m.

At the beginning of the last century, America seemed to measure herself by the ability to build and engineer things, not just big things like the Panama Canal and Pennsylvania Station but smaller things like the safety razor and the vacuum cleaner. We wanted progress. America seemed to have had ...

Posted Fri, Dec 31, 1:49 p.m.

Nice, informative story, I too am glad to see something appear to be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction. However, as Kieth pointed out, where is the replacement aggregate going to be transported from? At a current cost of around a million dollars a mile to repair I90, and having just ...

Posted Tue, Dec 14, 9:36 p.m.

As I read more comments, I have one other point to make. Look in the mirror. We are the one at fault. As some call them, the Wal-Mart generation is a graphic example. These folks shop for the cheaper prices. The good they purchase made overseas do not support our ...

Posted Tue, Dec 14, 5:04 p.m.

There are so many points to comment on in both the story and the preceding comments, let me try to make three points as we enter a dangerous decade: 1) Education does not ensure you better wages or employment. Right now Boeing has college-educated employees working 80 hours a week ...

Posted Tue, Nov 30, 6:10 a.m.

What may also affect voters are the employees of the state and municipal governments. I have been unemployed for a significant amount of time, in my dealings over the phone with state unemployment offices; I have been dealt with courteously, and efficiently, excluding the 45-minute wait in the phone queue ...

Posted Tue, Nov 23, 6:27 a.m.

Knute, I had to read the book in 1965, 8th grade. I was told to draw my own conclusions… I realized that “something for nothing isn’t free.” An engineered utopia doesn’t work. The story had much to do with thought control, and, control of other’s lives. All this sounds like ...

Posted Thu, Nov 18, 6:42 a.m.

Having read this story in several locations, I need to ask: Did the Governor REALLY say this? I hope and pray that we are all missing something here. L&I; is just about to enact new rules for electrical safety. (In May I believe.) So, according to how I understand her ...

Posted Fri, Nov 12, 7:46 a.m.

To answer Snoqualman’s question, this was the only route available from the West Coast with proper clearances. Idaho had to rebuild highway bridges and straighten corners to accommodate them. I don’t know just who paid for that “gift.” The real problem lies in the concern about breakdowns, if a breakdown ...

Posted Thu, Nov 11, 6:16 a.m.

As a parent of a son who joined the Army in 1998 and will probably stay in at least 30 years if possible, I applaud your questions. After serving several tours “down range” his conclusions are disturbing. Afghanistan will end for us like it did for the Russians and everybody ...

Posted Thu, Nov 4, 7:17 a.m.

What is truly vexing is that Obama acts like a liberal Republican. His healthcare is to the right of Nixon. Many of the Democratic Party’s programs are to the right of Republicans of earlier years. As a voter I hold my nose at their policies. I liken it to the ...

Posted Wed, Nov 3, 6:07 a.m.

If Rossi looses, and I pray he does. When will he pop up again? Dino and Tim Eyman need to start a new party the Phoenix" party.

Posted Wed, Nov 3, 6:03 a.m.

My only thought to add, actually two… 1)We as a nation appear to want something for nothing; extremely low taxes and take your choice; social security, Medicare, just fill in the blank. 2)And, as is pointed out in the column; welfare states like Alaska, Texas and all the similar states ...

Posted Tue, Oct 26, 4:22 p.m.

Rick Perry: Mr. Move to Texas for low taxes, sent Amazon a bill for 269 million dollars the other day. If they don’t pay he will seize assets in Irvine Texas. Yup, Texas is extremely business friendly as long as you don’t or can’t read….

Posted Tue, Oct 26, 10:09 a.m.

To start with, Rick Perry the Governor of Texas is a real basic Republican with the social philosophy: “I got mine, screw you.” But, to address BlueLight and beaky; Yes there is much waste in our state government. But, much of it is demanded by the citizens of our state. ...

Posted Mon, Oct 18, 7:05 a.m.

Another upside for the initiative industry, might be for those paid to collect signatures to (ahem) unionize. Get Tim and his ilk pay $10.00 per signature collected. It would get the unemployed off the street with wages like that. It would be a fairly green industry, a person could make ...

Posted Thu, Oct 14, 2:59 p.m.

Adam Vogt, While I have not read the piece you suggested, I did look up Jeppesen’s account of events. They were asked by a firm to provide flight data between two points with appropriate refueling stops. They did. It is not in Jeppesen’s business statement to ask about cargo or ...

Posted Thu, Oct 14, 10:25 a.m.

Brenda, German companies were held accountable not because of how their equipment had been used, but because they used the Jews as slave labor. And, what made Boeing clearly complicit? How does Boeing know what it’s planes were being used for? They sell airplane “A” to Delta or Northwest, the ...

Posted Thu, Oct 14, 6:37 a.m.

While the torture of detainees is an abomination, the drivel that is printed here is ridiculous. Holding Boeing and Jeppesen accountable is like trying to hold them accountable for terrorists crashing Boeing airplanes into targets in the US. If a person is stabbed with a $1.99 Ginzu knife should Ginzu ...

Posted Thu, Sep 23, 6:52 a.m.

What this is really all about is economics…. Kemper Freeman’s personal economics. Mr. Freeman has fought vigorously against anything that might negatively impact his holdings in Bellevue. He fought Lincoln Square to the point that it went bankrupt and he could buy it at a fire sale price. Everything is ...

Posted Fri, Sep 17, 1:17 p.m.

The Sound to Mountain train was tried in the early 90’s between Tacoma and Ashford, it needed to be subsidized as any transportation needs to be. Since we only want to subsidize the automobile, the train failed. When will people realize that we subsidize roads for truck traffic? We don’t ...

Posted Wed, Aug 4, 7:14 a.m.

While I agree with your story in the main, I do have some issues with it. Emmett Watson promoted Forward Thrust; he was against willy-nilly destruction of landmarks. Both he and Bill Spidell worked to save historic buildings. Forward Thrust was necessary if you ever stood at the shore of ...

Posted Tue, Aug 3, 6:28 a.m.

What is it with the idea that people are un-biased? We, as Knute indicates are all biased. Our biases may not be visible, but they are still there. When my son went to high school in Tacoma, people asked if he was afraid of the other black students. (A largely ...

Posted Thu, Jul 22, 8:16 a.m.

How true what you write. I have told my son that there are only three career paths as I see it, as of this moment, that cannot be outsourced, and with your article I should add one more. They are construction; everyone needs a place to work, sleep and eat. ...

Posted Mon, Jul 12, 3:18 p.m.

Talk about striking a nerve, Colton Harris did most of his damage where my folks live, the south end of Camano Island. He had the whole Island in an uproar since you never knew if he was going to be in your house when you came home. Jon Sayer talks ...

Posted Thu, Jul 8, 5:20 p.m.

To start with, Jerry Gropp and “Bobalou” are so on target, I have little to add. The only real observation I have is in regards to “Bobalou” in his comment about an exhibit for all glass artists. You can’t do that because if you create art with glass Chihuly will ...

Posted Thu, Jul 1, 7:37 a.m.

Knute, I usually find myself in agreement with you in what you write, however, I find several things to disagree with in this story. Not necessarily the premise, but the supporting facts. Gun control, and I doubt that Mr. Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation would like to hear this, ...

Posted Mon, Jun 28, 6:34 a.m.

An interesting correlation to this story is Initiative 49, the Ku Klux Klan’s Anti Parochial School Bill, filed in Olympia for the 1924 elections. When papers across the state like the Seattle Times and the PI started to post signers names, the Klan, using the same argument used with R-71, ...

Posted Mon, Jun 21, 8:54 p.m.

As I read the article and the accompanying comments, I am struck about how little factual information is truly known about our area. Knute is greatly appreciated when he uses terms like skid road rather than skid row. While my interest is more current, contained to our recent industrial past, ...

Posted Sat, Jun 19, 7:10 a.m.

I find most laws passed in response to a tragedy similar to this are foolish attempts to make people feel good. However, this is the one exception. Unfortunately, the law is written poorly and is unclear in some respects. Still though, compared to others, this serves a useful purpose without ...

Posted Fri, Jun 18, 6:30 a.m.

I cannot agree more with the story. The Mayor seems to only want to block, destroy and argue with every idea or capitol improvement. Too many “leaders” find that it is easier to be against anything than for anything. If you build something and people disagree, you risk the losing ...

Posted Tue, Jun 15, 1:06 p.m.

My late father-in-law who was a patrol sergeant with the Seattle PD from the late 40’s to the mid 80’s always said that in any population, you cannot remove crime, you can only move it. I have witnessed this over the years in Seattle, move crime from First Hill down ...

Posted Mon, Jun 14, 6:30 p.m.

What I do believe, is that another Chihuly site will be money loser when the glass art fad is gone. Yup, I do think it is a fad. As I understand it, the Tacoma site is money loser. Another art museum on the site with multiple exhibits is an idea, ...

Posted Thu, Jun 3, 4:18 p.m.

The only true wage cost that should be considered for comparison is the "total wage package." Bus driver’s hourly wages may be high, but the benefits may be lower than others. One cannot get a true comparison without all parts being compared. Overtime has nothing to do with wage comparisons. ...

Posted Mon, May 31, 3:46 p.m.

Wonderful story Knute, I never really read Jack London’s stories like Call of the Wild until much later. What I did read when I was very young, were his stories about oppressed people, the “wage slaves.” Too many of his stories ring true today in our current economic experiences. Another ...

Posted Sat, May 29, 3:48 a.m.

So City Hall has a stream (real Seattle vernacular; crick) to muffle lobbyists. Ain’t that grand! True Seattle hype, abandon a building that works, was bought for a reasonable price, and build a new one. The amount of labor we wasted on this building to satisfy an architect’s and city’s ...

Posted Thu, May 27, 9:54 a.m.

I myself prefer to remain anonymous in a forum as such. When I would write to a newspaper, and sign my name, I could always request to have my name withheld. With no such ability here, we have what we get. Reading some posts that are nasty and mean I ...

Posted Thu, May 20, 7:17 a.m.

What has always fascinated me was the BIG what if? What if, at what we now know as Lost Trail Pass or at Lolo they would have turned down the Bitterroot River, joined the Clark Fork at Missoula then on to the Pend Oreille River following that to the Columbia ...

Posted Wed, May 12, 8:13 a.m.

Well stated, Seattle as all municipalities over the years has promised bigger and better for all its citizens. A current example is the question in the news over sidewalks in Greenwood or even today's story about the bike lane in Ballard. All these take money, all these are good ideas. ...

Posted Sat, May 8, 8:59 a.m.

Very nice story, what I might add or at least question is how the current views and or actions affect our outlook on death. More and more I see and hear people who are afraid of death. Now, I do not know if it is a function of our desire ...

Posted Thu, May 6, 4:21 p.m.

The state does have the BIG hammer, as they have done elsewhere in this state; they can, and possibly should, turn over ownership to the city of SR 99 northbound from the 1st Ave Bridge to the Seattle city limits. This would allow the mayor to do anything he wants ...

Posted Fri, Apr 30, 7:22 a.m.

While there is no doubt that there is a crime problem in Arizona, this law in its writing was quite misguided. As soon as police start stopping white people and asking them to prove their citizenship in case they might be those pesky illegal socialist Canadians, this law will be ...

Posted Tue, Apr 20, 6:56 a.m.

Then one thought that I can take away from all the posturing, is regarding the 520 bridge, perhaps we should just remove it and not replace it. Removal would reduce traffic on I5, quiet the Montlake area and, quiet the 520 strip between the lake and 405. People might be ...

Posted Mon, Apr 19, 9:48 p.m.

OK, I am tired of Chihuly anything. Any artist who claims a copyright on ANY glass art that is modernistic is capable of building his own place of display. Dale Chihuly has made quite a profit forcing other glass artists out of the field so he can claim the forefront. ...

Posted Tue, Apr 13, 7:53 a.m.

Boy, does this story bring back memories. Born here in 1952, all those memories came back. We never had a bomb shelter, my folks never saw the reason, probably like most folks, they just figured there was no reason in the long run. They always had hoped that if it ...

Posted Tue, Apr 13, 7:33 a.m.

Nice article, for once a clear and concise story without all the hoopla that seems to go with this fiasco. A simple statement of facts is wonderful. Now, I hope that everybody that reads this story will realize that every bore is different, some bores go exceedingly well, just because ...

Posted Sat, Jan 23, 11:17 a.m.

I don’t quite agree that unions will have a bigger impact; they are suffering budget cuts and already reducing staff for all purposes. I am experiencing that with my own union, with so many people out of work. I do agree that the barrage of fiction and innuendo (I doubt ...

Posted Mon, Jan 11, 2:10 p.m.

Thank you, thank you and thank you. After all these years, reality may be returning to education. I started in public schools in Renton in the late 50's and they were on the “cutting edge” of everything. New math was the gimmick of the moment. My math was terrible. In ...

Posted Wed, Oct 7, 3:44 p.m.

Nice article, my only question is the levels that the "experts" quote as to level of flood damage. Having lived here for all my life, I can remember driving with my parents the West Valley Highway using bamboo stakes to keep on the road. The Kent Justice Center was built ...

Posted Mon, Aug 31, 11:32 a.m.

What memories this brings up.. I was 13 and my folks dropped my buddy and I off at the Sol Duc, two weeks later his folks picked us up on the Quinault. What an adventure. My folks let me row our boat up to Canada from Whidbey one summer,(An 800 ...

Posted Thu, Jun 18, 9:21 p.m.

OK, I can't pass this up.... PETA wants to be animal friendly; all fabric no matter how it is produced impacts animals. Even organic cotton displaces small bugs and other animals. Wool!? those poor sheep getting sheared, what a disaster. A good PETA member should go around naked and offer ...