Posted Wed, Jun 10, 2:45 p.m.

I see that Crosscut is practicing censorship !

Posted Wed, Jun 10, 12:06 a.m.

While the longevity is noteworthy, given the sleeze aspect of local TV station management, she has been reduced to a reader of pablum. The so called news now is tear jerkers re DSHS screw ups, or 5 minutes to grieve for the Rainier valley thug shot 4 times OR I ...

Posted Sat, Jun 6, 10:32 p.m.

Once again, PM, offer up some current data instead of the usual AGW religion mantra responses !

Posted Fri, Jun 5, 10:42 p.m.

PebbleCreek speaks the AGW gospel - distorted science and lies ! Global temps are now about .1 degree C above the 1970 - 2000 span, as if that means anything OTHER than there has been no recent warming . Try looking at the ACTUAL data sites rather than your *gristmill* ...

Posted Fri, May 29, 5:22 p.m.

Removing the Snake river and/or Columbia river dams would be a TRAGIC mistake ! Let the salmon adapt to fish ladders, or let them go away - stop with the guilt driven crusades by the liberal left. Earthjustice ?? !! Unemployed lawyers driven to desperation !

Posted Wed, May 27, 7:36 p.m.

Yawn ...

Posted Fri, May 22, 8:01 p.m.

How many BILLIONS of dollars are we wast, er spending on light rail ? And where is the discussion of how we are going to ramp down the gas tax as all these tolls pop up ? Sounds like this piece of cra, er work is nothing more than an ...

Posted Tue, May 19, 5:43 p.m.

Given a choice, I would take M Falls anytime over the drugs, booze, homeless, noise, all night sirens and low flying helicopters that make living in Chinatown such a treat ! Oh, I forgot, also, all the city add on taxes.

Posted Tue, May 19, 1:24 a.m.

She wants to punish the Republicans of that time for what they allowed, yet, after being briefed, she did not further object - so now she gets off scott free ? H Lauther, you must be joking, right ?

Posted Mon, May 18, 5:42 p.m.

Pelosi is poison, both for her party and this country. she has been told so many things by so many people, that, combined with her limited abilities, has her at the point she probably can't remember anything, anyway !

Posted Thu, May 14, 7:01 p.m.

Joe Mallahan, whose personal savings would allow him to match Nickels' campaign war chest, appears earnest but ignorant of local issues and of politics - so, if your going to write this article why not write it right - name your list of local issues and explain why Mr. Mallahan ...

Posted Thu, May 14, 12:44 a.m.

so, when there are no events, the area reverts to a ghost town, a transient location for the transients, drug deals in a city which is waaaay to tolerant of drugs and a no mans land of alcoholics and homeless. oh, and when there are events, you can simply add ...

Posted Thu, May 7, 7:36 p.m.

Sean - your stuck on stupid - that's all you can do - deny !!!!! Norway's Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre data - Sean calls this crappy journalism. How stupid is Sean ?

Posted Wed, May 6, 10:53 p.m.

and Sean can only substitute as a decoy when he lacks ANY credible science to refute content !

Posted Wed, May 6, 4:28 p.m.

gee, where did all the greenies go ?

Posted Wed, May 6, 3:54 p.m.

to the extent Crosscut offers up white space for organizations to spew their baseless political agenda THAT IS DIRECTLY REFUTED BY CURRENT SCIENCE, it is guilty of journalistic fraud ! Crosscut, make your true motives public on this association !

Posted Wed, May 6, 3:52 p.m.

lets see if eric finds his way back here to offer up current science re C02, we're waiting, eric .....

Posted Wed, May 6, 3:51 p.m.

Just two years ago, Mike Hulme would have been about the last person you’d expect to hear criticising conventional climate change wisdom. Back then, he was the founding director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, an organisation so revered by environmentalists that it could be mistaken for the ...

Posted Wed, May 6, 3:16 p.m.

i feel great sorrow for Ms Hutchison in that she will have to soil her personna by mixing with the likes of constantine. he is another tax and spend liberal, piling on the compassion that has the core of king county feeding off the public tit. its how the libs ...

Posted Wed, May 6, 3:05 p.m.

if the liberal society ever figures out that a life "not born" is the singular responsibility that will only change this sorry state of affairs - then and ONLY then will our city/state/country begin the process of fixing the decades of "compassion" thinking.

Posted Wed, May 6, 2:55 p.m.

Why don't you try using current science FACTS re C02 to justify the crap your spewing about emissions ?

Posted Wed, May 6, 2:52 p.m.

Shouldn't it read : Eric de Place is a political agendist at Sightline Institute - a Seattle green propaganda machine. MYTH 1 THE WORLD IS WARMING Wrong. It is true the world did warm between 1975 and 1998, but even Professor David Karoly, one of our leading alarmists, admitted this ...

Posted Sat, Apr 25, 7:27 p.m.

The 50 year old - he lives the rest of this life in his current state, or he dies - if there is no private / church agency to maintain him as is, he dies. the mother and 12 year old, the 40 year old and 45, see above. You ...

Posted Sat, Apr 25, 6:52 p.m.

So, once again, the libs don't answer the queston : they substitute. What are the liberals going to do when they run out of other peoples money for such socialism ? If you want to help any / all of your situations, go right ahead. Use your own money though, ...

Posted Thu, Apr 23, 10:40 p.m.

Once again, "you must be joking, right ?!" not be revenue neutral ? you mean, keep the sales tax and add an income tax ? why don't you just say what you mean ! king county has a never ending supply of liberal demos, who only understand one thing : ...

Posted Sat, Apr 18, 1:53 p.m.

what ??!!?? state demos and queen decide NOT to tax more ? believe me, they will find a way to tax more - in replace of personal responsibility, that is what they all LIVE for. it's all about buying enough votes to keep the power.

Posted Thu, Apr 16, 4:43 p.m.

Proceed with the cut. My hope is that GAU is not being stopped simply by trying to transfer to GAX. Each of these individuals have a mother and father, somewhere. It is by their actions the state has become a surrogate parent. Give these people back to their real parents. ...

Posted Wed, Apr 15, 5:08 p.m.

Here’s Prof. Freeman Dyson on the climate models: “I have studied the climate models and I know what they can do. The models solve the equations of fluid dynamics, and they do a very good job of describing the fluid motions of the atmosphere and the oceans. They do a ...

Posted Wed, Apr 15, 5:06 p.m.

And, though you would never know it, our sun remains very quiet : quite like preceding the Dalton Minimum or, perhaps ( you really don't want this to happen ) a Maunder Minimum. Let see, where is the chapter in the book that talks about what happens when the climate ...

Posted Tue, Mar 24, 10:18 a.m.

for every poster here, the are a hundred 'voters' who will continue the tradition by voting for the empty headed current mayor and his gang of thieves ! more sound and fury, signifying nothing !

Posted Sun, Mar 22, 9:48 p.m.

Yep, cut funding for medical insurance - if your illegal, you get no benefits. If your 'poor' you will suffer, and just maybe the poor will learn that getting out of poverty is NOT about making more babies. If your a mental case, they perhaps you have enough faculties to ...

Posted Sun, Mar 22, 3:03 p.m.

one only has to look at the supposed participants in this phantom discussion to see the 'it's all about me' and 'give me my benefits' motivation behind them. the dems in this state will do ANYTHING to keep their power and anything comes at the expense of responsibility and fiscal ...

Posted Sun, Mar 22, 2:55 p.m.

ah ... at last, a 'safer' topic ! Or, do you forget about brunettes ?

Posted Mon, Mar 16, 8:12 p.m.

see my response to Sue Frause !

Posted Mon, Mar 16, 8:07 p.m.

so radically left-wing about the P-I ? ONE example, mind you : Where is global warming ? By Jeff Jacoby Boston Globe Columnist March 8, 2009 SUPPOSE the climate landscape in recent weeks looked something like this: Half the country was experiencing its mildest winter in years, with no sign ...

Posted Mon, Mar 16, 7:56 p.m.

The Wall Street Journal

Posted Sun, Mar 15, 7:52 p.m.

You should understand that the p-i ( as a group ) is not worthy of being considered as journalistic work, in my opinion. The liberals of seattle may miss this failed venture, but the p-i never served me as reporting in-depth and with balance. As far as the 'opinion' aspect, ...

Posted Thu, Mar 12, 6:14 p.m.

I see why the democrats who spent this state into deep debt are now so nervously looking about for any backup as they try to do the only thing they know, get more money to spend and then spend it. If you want to tame a generation of no responsibility ...

Posted Mon, Mar 9, 11:55 p.m.

Mt Baker : What is the far longer range cost of waisting this money while the same time the larger so called community lives a life of no cooperation with police, no personal responsibility wrt making babies, doing drugs, quitting school, abusing alcohol and demanding benefits from the surrogate parent ...

Posted Mon, Mar 9, 2:13 a.m.

eliminate the seattle TV cable channel, completely ! eliminate seattle climate action now website and ALL that support it ! cut employment in all departments by 10 % ! stop all funding to the so called 'youth violence' initiative !

Posted Tue, Mar 3, 10:27 p.m.

What did you expect from the democrats ? What did you expect from the governor of king county ?

Posted Fri, Feb 27, 1:02 a.m.

questions ? Talk with a microslop support person located somewhere in bangladesh, who doesn't speak english that well and only wants to further compound your problem to increase his 'busy' factor to a sweat shop boss.

Posted Fri, Feb 27, 12:55 a.m.

or, if your a techie : while ( 1 ) { if (pay = thru_nose) then MS upgrade; suffer_new_headaches; }

Posted Fri, Feb 27, 12:48 a.m.

a 'window' based 'point and click' operating system : let see, i'm a typical business-sales-marketing gadfly type, don't bother me with details, i just want to move this little mouse thing ( pointer ) on the screen over the cute outline of a little printer to get a copy of ...

Posted Fri, Feb 27, 12:25 a.m.

Windows Vista -- you must be joking, right ?!?!

Posted Fri, Feb 27, 12:21 a.m.

between 87 and 96 microslop was the ONLY game in town, and the concept of windows and point and click was unburdened with all the crap that the company would come to bloat their OS with. the emergence of open OSs ( Linux ) the dominance of Unix for the ...

Posted Wed, Feb 25, 3:49 p.m.

those parents who champion running start ignore the environment that their students leave behind. if high schools could quickly discharge the many trouble makers and those who consistently don't show up for class, the overall environment would begin to change, and for the better. children of parents who aren't involved, ...

Posted Fri, Feb 20, 5:44 p.m.

Hoda and Cale need to clean all the human trash out of the Rainier valley first, then they can try to push their socialism upon the rest of us. fixed rail level of service assurance ? Ask the poor fools who try and depend on MAX in east county ( ...

Posted Thu, Feb 19, 4:40 p.m.

yawn

Posted Thu, Feb 19, 4:37 p.m.

no, dwhiting, that's what you think the city is doing, and there are a considerable number of individuals who would re-write the cities budget with a very different agenda !

Posted Thu, Feb 19, 12:01 a.m.

like his 'tone' ? Current 'mayor' does nothing for the working people of this city. Doesn't give a damn about crime, drugs and homeless trash destroying the core of downtown. Has no clue as to how to begin to fix the issues of homelessness in this city. The bag tax ...

Posted Wed, Feb 18, 5:35 p.m.

The woman who was in denial about the state of the Washington economy is worthy of her pay ??? You must be joking, right ? ! You think the mayor or city council is even listening ???

Posted Mon, Feb 16, 8:56 p.m.

that there are just an awful lot of people in this country that want a home but can't afford one is a separate issue. (1) that ( few, some, many ) of these people apply for a loan when they KNOW thay can not afford to pay for it is ...

Posted Fri, Feb 6, 5:54 p.m.

are seattle voters prepared to work for a safe, clean, drug free downtown ? are seattle voters ready to support government that delivers on transportation methods that over 90 percent of the city use everyday ? are the residents of this city educated on the current science of atmosphere, climate ...

Posted Thu, Feb 5, 6:22 p.m.

i could forgive him if these mistakes didn't involve clinton retreads or long time demo cronies !

Posted Wed, Feb 4, 3:08 p.m.

"These are terrible times to be selling newspapers and real estate, especially since financing is so difficult to find." Really ??? Why, I had no idea .... Not the most intelligent 'reporting' to fill a column inch requirement. As for the Times, this is really becoming funny - hey, if ...

Posted Mon, Feb 2, 10:38 p.m.

make him ride one of his buses all the way to DC. sad that while we rid ourselves of this empty vessel, WA DC becomes home to another worthless liberal.

Posted Mon, Feb 2, 10:10 p.m.

there is considerable reserve alone in the oil sands of Canada and their are other reserves waiting to be discovered - and then there is the current available technology to extract such resource without impact. the liberals of greater seattle try to link the the fraud of CO2 warming to ...

Posted Sun, Feb 1, 8:45 p.m.

once again, only in seattle do you find such idiots !

Posted Wed, Jan 28, 9:08 p.m.

the writers position is irrelevant in this city. seattle has been, is and will be a drug city - the mayor, city council, police and liberals of the city fabric don't care ! so who is the 'authority' that is going to do the right thing ? why can't the ...

Posted Tue, Jan 27, 11:45 p.m.

Washington DC, Jan 27th 2009: NASA warming scientist James Hansen, one of former Vice-President Al Gore’s closest allies in the promotion of man-made global warming fears, is being publicly rebuked by his former supervisor at NASA. Retired senior NASA atmospheric scientist, Dr. John S. Theon, the former supervisor of James ...

Posted Wed, Jan 21, 4:56 p.m.

What's wrong with attending the school that you live closest too ? Staff the school with competent teachers. Give the school lighting, heating and clean restrooms. Provide the teachers with current course books. Provide functional seating with desktops and allow for chalk or white boards on more than one wall. ...

Posted Tue, Jan 20, 5:59 p.m.

why is it the 'media' ( they are not journalists ! ) in this state cannot stand up to the demos and KEEP asking the tough questions until the tax and spenders are forced to answer ?? !!

Posted Sun, Jan 18, 3:49 p.m.

depressing ?? the market made its decision on this product - if the employees could see that their work was not viable over time, then why should they be depressed now ? lose your job ? get over it and do something else !

Posted Tue, Jan 13, 11:56 p.m.

hope he is forced to listen to the blue dog demos ! this country is/has already printed too much money. the right thing to do is to stop ANY further stimulus packages. freeze social security COLs for the next two years and immediately cut ALL social security payments by 5 ...

Posted Sat, Jan 10, 11:58 p.m.

since when does crosscut delete posts ?? benefits from the publication of the PI ? let's start a 60 day clock and see how many of your 'unions' come through !

Posted Sat, Jan 10, 11:05 p.m.

keeping my fingers crossed that the blue dog demos whip some sense into their liberal loser relatives .

Posted Sat, Jan 10, 5:05 p.m.

benefits from the publication of the PI ? let's start a 60 day clock and see how your 'unions' come through on this !

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 6:16 p.m.

meanwhile sdot ignores the craters and holes that overrun the many streets of immediate south seattle ! but, oh, are you remembering to not use a plastic bag, and take your cloth sacks when you shop ??? the mayor certainly has his priorities correct and he makes sure he pays ...

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 6:04 p.m.

if you like snow, the coming winters will be a treat for you ! The planet continues to cool. NCDC ( National Climatic Data Center ) updates database for Dec 08 . NCDCs own graphic shows decadal cooling trend . The RSS ( Remote Sensing Systems of Santa Rosa, CA ...

Posted Mon, Jan 5, 5:45 p.m.

my only hope is that when the times goes, it takes the PI with it !

Posted Sun, Jan 4, 5:31 p.m.

Yawn !

Posted Sat, Jan 3, 7:39 p.m.

ah yes, the liberals don't like it when bothered with reality !

Posted Tue, Dec 30, 6:07 p.m.

actually, i rather like the comparison. oh, and, feel free to ride the rails in the off hours and become acquainted with the cities drug culture and homeless / alcoholics ! your rail system will be the biggest waist of tax dollars for something that is neither reconfigurable or scalable ...

Posted Tue, Dec 30, 4:55 p.m.

lets see, Bush messed up DC, with a demo controlled congress and what he got handed off by the clintons ??? hmm ....

Posted Mon, Dec 29, 10 p.m.

Seattle NC, where in the hell are you wrt to the International District ?? Drugs are dealt nightly on the streets of China town. China town is overrun with the homeless alcoholics. Gang pimps cruise the streets in their escalades looking for business. The current mayor/council throw down a thin ...

Posted Mon, Dec 29, 7:26 p.m.

cars are 'changing' to technology that will not be polluting - why not tax every single home owner with property that fronts the sounds entire coast line ? aim the tax at septic systems that must be removed - and to build common treatment plants.

Posted Sun, Dec 28, 6:35 p.m.

yep, and to top off the experience, those well paid types can live nearby to work, in the new seattle ghetto ! as long as you can buy your shoebox condo high up enough you'll never have to worry, once you do get 'home'.

Posted Sun, Dec 28, 6:32 p.m.

I don't understand why the spotty continuation of complaining on this ? It is justified, however, if the seattle natives have not learned by now that the mayor/council don't listen - have their own agenda, then they never will ! I guess its the people who have moved here more ...

Posted Mon, Dec 22, 6:21 p.m.

question for every pretty faced news reader on the local TV channels: whats the difference between 'now' and 'right now' ? now, how does it sound when same above, start every sentence with the word 'now' ? wasn't there some grammar rule about starting a sentence with a preposition ? ...

Posted Sat, Dec 20, 6:03 p.m.

So, how many inches of global warming are you getting ?

Posted Thu, Dec 18, 6:51 p.m.

so the rainbow of diversity must have a pot of red beans and rice at the end ? or,as if "Dr" Saloy has anything to add to the lakeside learning experience. if it looks like a N-word, hangs out at Southcenter mall like a N-word and shoots other N-words like ...

Posted Thu, Dec 18, 6:40 p.m.

There is nothing more I would like to see than the current gov / demos / teacher union back a new / increase re taxes. Maybe, just maybe, that would be the final straw to push the voters in this state to throw out the demos ! All of them ...

Posted Thu, Dec 18, 4:03 p.m.

What ! You live in seattle, and prey every Sunday at the alter of enviro/green and you still own a car ? I'm shocked, shocked ! According to the local mouthpieces / council hacks / mayor / critical mass, seattle residents no longer own any cars. How did you get ...

Posted Wed, Dec 17, 8:50 p.m.

Sadly, also, not a word about the responsibility of people who can't afford the child(ren) they already have, of making more.

Posted Mon, Dec 15, 8:32 p.m.

did you ever stop to consider, that for some blacks, n-word is just as, if not more insulting than nigger ? !

Posted Mon, Dec 15, 8:22 p.m.

oh, dear, i forgot, i'm not supposed to say nigger, rather i must say n-word ! well, that certainly makes it better !

Posted Mon, Dec 15, 8:19 p.m.

that any body would write such text in response to one person saying the word nigger, or cracker, or nip, or beaner is, well, it's just plain stupid. one person calls me a cracker, i call one person a nigger. you people of all high political correctness find that such ...

Posted Mon, Dec 15, 5:59 p.m.

So, in Washington, don't question the unions or the democrats - they always know what they are doing ? And, what again, is the projected size of the next states budget deficit ? Vote democratic, it's easier than thinking .

Posted Mon, Dec 15, 5:47 p.m.

given the realism of another 5 - 10 years and a legitimate open discussion of current climate and sun science, it is possible that the liberal media will be forced to kowtow to those who are working to expose the biggest fraud perpetrated upon the taxpayers of this country. ask ...

Posted Sun, Dec 14, 8:29 p.m.

thanks for stopping by matt, your 19th century thinking really works for the next generation of personal vehicles, pollution free and powered by American energy. you certainly do have the simple, socialist mindset.

Posted Sat, Dec 13, 6:39 p.m.

come over to the international district for 'lines' of snow, the homeless drunks for company and an occasional gang banger with escalade to thump your favorite xmas tunes. its a nightly happening with thanks and a tip of the hat to seattle city council and mayor !

Posted Sat, Dec 13, 5:24 p.m.

is it 'diversity' or is it ability ? i fear the former, but this is one county resident that will be glad to see him leave.

Posted Wed, Dec 10, 6:43 p.m.

seattle's city council pushes the merit of street cars, lacking any funding, while in the central part of the city, drugs, transients, gang warfare and homeless squatters make the core a place people no longer want to come to. why don't you folks on queen ann hill take this burden ...

Posted Mon, Dec 8, 4:50 p.m.

it's sand and gravel people, the same thing your walking on, on the beach ! that a few fringe types can think this is harmful is truly a reflection on the wasteful extremes the same can throw up to block what should be a simple business request and approval.

Posted Mon, Dec 8, 4:49 p.m.

it's sand and gravel people, the same thing your walking on, on the beach ! the a few fringe types can think this is harmful is truly a reflection on the wasteful extremes the same can throw up to block what should be a simple business request and approval.

Posted Fri, Dec 5, 5:44 p.m.

its the seattle liberal way, vote for the liberal banner, don't concern yourself with what they do - it's easier than thinking !

Posted Fri, Nov 28, 3:06 p.m.

The disconnect between the "ruling elite" of seattle and everyday life on the streets is tragic. Just throw more money at the trouble makers in the Rainier valley and they will stop making trouble ! Does the current mayor ever wonder why there is "flight from the south" ? Does ...

Posted Mon, Nov 24, 8:47 p.m.

what makes you think that the items suggested for cutting are "assets" ? perhaps they are failed, bloated, self serving, inefficient dinosaurs ? maybe its time for some of them to go extinct ? maybe its because the democrats have failed to manage the state economy ? maybe its because ...

Posted Fri, Nov 21, 11:10 p.m.

liberals are funny, alas empty headed - regress back to the clinton gang and it's "dramatically different" ! so "child", is that the best you can do ?

Posted Fri, Nov 21, 3:48 p.m.

Yes, but a majority of the voters in this state are too stupid and selfish to see, let alone understand what the democrats are/(will be) doing. Until there is an understanding in the minds of this generation of "government is my surrogate parent" voters, see "stupid" above, that they can ...

Posted Fri, Nov 21, 3:38 p.m.

pretty BOLD action for a president elect who WAS all about real change. where can I get a "don't blame me, I didn't vote for him" bumper sticker ?

Posted Wed, Nov 19, 5:40 p.m.

ah yes, gotta love those spend, spend, spend democrats . its gonna be fun to see what they come up with next to satiate the never ending demands of their big union, its all about me, let government be my surrogate parent voters. personal responsibility is what 'lost' in the ...

Posted Mon, Nov 17, 5:14 p.m.

good piece. sad, the current mayor doesn't understand how his actions mean nothing, they are given as substitute for meaningful measures - ending the drug culture in the city and planned parenthood for those who make babies while lacking the resources to be any kind of parent !

Posted Sun, Nov 16, 8:46 p.m.

bkochis - don't need weak, fringe links, its simply " life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness " . oh, i forgot, this is Seattle, a place where any funny fringe and the mayor/council can simply dictate ! keep trying though, you are amusing !

Posted Sat, Nov 15, 8:38 p.m.

you seattle 'greenies' are so much fun/funny. you leap to the defense of your fundamental rights ( a "safe" enviro, just what the hell is that ? )- who did you get these 'rights' from - can you publish a link to the document. recycling plastic is not polluting - ...

Posted Sat, Nov 15, 4:48 p.m.

But do you really fix the underlying problems ? The unions grip on wages/workers and benefits = questionable product for the consumer.

Posted Sat, Nov 15, 4:16 p.m.

coll and ChrisB belong to a minority that think they can simply impose their will on the majority. annoyed few ? let see, how many PEOPLE LIVING IN SEATTLE signed the petitions ?

Posted Sat, Nov 15, 1:54 p.m.

ChrisB is the perfect example of a 'local' who ignores the fact that thousands of other LOCALS signed the petition, it is not out of staters who are against this stupidity - it is the working people of Seattle. That a handful of locals are trying to substitute a "no ...

Posted Sun, Nov 9, 3:15 p.m.

And some substitute the race card for realism and opinion.

Posted Sat, Nov 8, 6:28 p.m.

Sean wrote : " ... the nation expressed its longing for a leader ... " and what historical actions can you offer up to prove that Mr. Obama will be anything like such ?

Posted Sat, Nov 8, 6:21 p.m.

so 'respect' is now to be en vogue, suddenly the liberals want to turn it back on ? Ridiculous !!

Posted Sat, Nov 8, 2:13 p.m.

ML Sanelli, like so many others, is in complete disconnect re the candidate and the baggage he will bring with him. the old school liberal, left democrats are all lining up with their socialist programs, rejected before, and they await to board the money train. the era of 'no personal ...

Posted Fri, Nov 7, 8:09 p.m.

Amen to every word ! And while he's at it, sweep out most of the sorry individuals currently wasting tax dollars under the guise of working at the dept. of public instruction in Oly !

Posted Fri, Nov 7, 12:08 a.m.

like to see the GOP reverse its stand on pro-life . think it would gain more than it would lose. now its 4 more years for christine to bankrupt Washington - what a sorry state of affairs. the state begins to be in control by those who pander to a ...

Posted Tue, Nov 4, 11:30 p.m.

This state cannot afford 4 more years of her. What a sad day for my state !

Posted Mon, Nov 3, 5:24 p.m.

what ??? A 'newspaper' that actually has a news section with articles that go deep ? Balanced coverage of national and world events ? An opinion page that encourages both Right & Left opinions ? Journalists who can ask the pertinent question and then get the subject to answer and ...

Posted Wed, Oct 29, 4:33 p.m.

I take responsibility for all of my personal actions. Why do I have to "bail out" homeowners who didn't and won't ? Why do I have to "raise" the children of parents who didn't and won't ? Why do I have to compromise my life because of criminals who didn't ...

Posted Mon, Oct 27, 9:47 p.m.

you know, its a good point ! - and it's the reason why I never give money to the Times/PI ! I, for one, look forward to the day when the Times is gone !

Posted Sun, Oct 26, 11:14 p.m.

I believe you overlooked TB's stronghold position on abstract math at the expense of many in this state that want traditional methods brought back ( the kind of math that a generation was taught - the same generation that put a US man on the moon ). I pray that ...

Posted Fri, Oct 24, 12:29 a.m.

Another point the "matts" of this city don't want to talk about is the fact that the next generation of personal vehicles will be electric/hydrogen and have very low emissions - the neeed for roads is not going to somehow go away. At the same time, if you want to ...

Posted Wed, Oct 22, 5:30 p.m.

yep, they don't ...

Posted Wed, Oct 22, 1:08 a.m.

unique cultural and social role in Seattle ? perhaps you can ( in detail and to the points ) provide proof of such ? are you 'proud' of Seattle's drug culture ?

Posted Tue, Oct 21, 11:38 p.m.

you know, it just amazes me that this topic gives authors an opportunity to explore so many affecting aspects, yet two issues are NEVER discussed. 1. What happens to the existing federal and state gas taxes ? 2. What about the rising tide of population ? Do people have some ...

Posted Tue, Oct 21, 3:28 p.m.

Congrats ! With the exception of 985, I'm happy to be voting with you ! Light rail is nothing more than a horrific waste of dollars that should be going to sensible transit and road solutions. Hopefully you'll agree that the time for chris to go is at hand, and ...

Posted Sun, Oct 19, 1:14 a.m.

In the years I have lived in Washington and now Seattle, I have been greatly disappointed by the gradual erosion in objective reporting and programming as seen on PBS and KCTS. From NOVA to NOW, the "bar" has fallen ! I do not contribute money to the stations anymore. One ...

Posted Thu, Oct 16, 10:54 p.m.

Columbia City vibrant ? The reality of S Rainier Ave spreads like an infection into and from the surrounding areas. All the froth and 'intellect' in this article and it's comments are in complete dis-connect to the reality of daily life in the valley. Start by discussing "personal responsibility" as ...

Posted Tue, Oct 14, 11:25 p.m.

jabailo, you are joking, right ? ? ? perhaps you can explain what has happened to the "sense of personal responsibility" in the US ? Because some entity offers you a 'loan' that seems almost too good to be true AND asks you to verify little about your ability to ...

Posted Sat, Oct 11, 7:40 p.m.

until today, i had no personal salvation with regard to the bike mass idiots vs. the auto - but to learn that the thugs took their hate out on a gay and lesbie is just too perfect and to much to ask ! seattle, you deserve each other !

Posted Fri, Oct 10, 4:46 p.m.

Whats the King Co budget size ?: isn't it in the several billion dollar area ? And the "exec" is having trouble with 90 or so million ? why is SOOO much of the budget off limits to cuts ??? and now that the planet has begun a prolonged period ...

Posted Wed, Oct 8, 6:21 p.m.

No Suprise, the "people" who gave us congestion: over the past 3 decades, the socialist planners, the state DOT and Seattle's liberal mindset are opposed to any change to their "turf" ! If they had done ANY creative, proactive thinking they would have done the following : build a second ...

Posted Sat, Oct 4, 2:52 p.m.

One Suprise !: i still can't believe that Jim McDermott voted no, the second time around, must have been struck by lightning, or something ! would like to thank every borrower, lender, appraiser and real estate agent who, collectively, brought this plague upon us. to the extent they all realized, ...

Posted Tue, Sep 30, 2:27 p.m.

For me, its simple: everyone who has defaulted on a mortgage, a mortgage that had features like "no down, no income verification" must carry this default with him/her the rest of their lives. The real estate agents, mortgage brokers and mortgage companies deserve to have their bubbles burst, to the ...

Posted Tue, Sep 30, 2:01 p.m.

For me, it's simple: everyone who has defaulted on a mortgage, a mortgage that had features like "no down, no income verification" must carry this default with him/her the rest of their lives. The real estate agents, mortgage brokers and mortgage companies deserve to have their bubbles burst, to the ...

Posted Mon, Sep 29, 12:45 p.m.

The people that try to live and work: in this city certainly need something. Here in the international district, ( china town ) trying to visit the neighborhood office or get an email response is a laughable. The current crop of city "leaders" evidently don't want to hear about the ...

Posted Sat, Sep 27, 12:45 a.m.

No Down, No Income verification: loans by any institution are the REAL crime here. To the extent that WaMu participated in this sort of business, the banks board and shareholders deserve what they are getting ! Let these people who are defaulting now or are in default, live in a ...

Posted Thu, Aug 28, 3:14 p.m.

Why he's pissed !: folks, you have to remember : It has been a tough year for the high priests of global warming in Seattle and the US. First, NASA had to correct its earlier claim that the hottest year on record in the contiguous US had been 1998, which ...

Posted Wed, Aug 27, 2:12 p.m.

RE: The Point: OK yarrow, lets hear your science on how CO2 is causing 'global warming' , and please be specific, detailed and CURRENT !

Posted Tue, Aug 26, 10:40 p.m.

RE: The Point: the point is, you don't understand the first thing about climate change, let alone the fraud of 'global warming' !

Posted Tue, Aug 26, 3:32 p.m.

RE: Huh ?: This mayor will be exposed as being at the fore front of the greatest fraud perpetrated upon the citizens of this region : global warming as the result of increased carbon dioxide in the middle and upper atmosphere. Like the current governor, he ignores the continued scientific ...

Posted Mon, Aug 25, 2:52 p.m.

Carbon Fool Prints: This mayor will be exposed as being at the fore front of the greatest fraud perpetrated upon the citizens of this region : global warming as the result of increased carbon dioxide in the middle and upper atmosphere. Like the current governor, he ignores the continued scientific ...

Posted Sat, Aug 23, 5:37 p.m.

RE: Terry Bergeson: Sean has trouble with his 'reading' . No where in my post did I say or imply anything that equated to full time parents NOT being workers ! Sean is very defensive about gays and lesbians - what's he hiding ? My definition stands, DEAL with it ...

Posted Fri, Aug 22, 3:47 p.m.

Terry Bergeson: She and the ' good ole girls ' network of publick instruction, the past several decades, have done more to destroy the core and purpose of public instruction than I could possibly have imagined ! I must disagree with you, the voters will flush her and her wasl ...

Posted Thu, Aug 14, 10:37 p.m.

SO: it's the seattle way to re-elect such clowns !

Posted Tue, Aug 12, 12:36 p.m.

this is SO seattle: let see ... how many new firs are spawned each year in the nearby foothills ? the local towel ringing liberals, frustrated that they don't have enough layers of government in this nanny city, peer into every crack of all the commissions, bureaus, ordinances and councils ...

Posted Sun, Aug 10, 8:28 p.m.

RE: Sean = feeble: tough time dealing with the vigors of reality ?

Posted Fri, Aug 8, 3:28 p.m.

PPS - a bogus org with a pathetic mouthpiece !: How about using your own two eyes to look around the ENTIRE sound coast line ? ( this implies that you can look, comprehend and then formulate ) ! Consider the outlines of every island as well as the entire ...

Posted Mon, Aug 4, 11:29 a.m.

Mayors Disgrace: I see the dictorial actions and out of left field agendas as the attempts of a man to save face for the personal actions of his own son - a son who has disgraced the family name and the agenda of this mayor . The mayor now grasps ...

Posted Sun, Jul 27, 2:44 p.m.

Sean = stuck on nothing: well, well, well, another brilliant statement by a light rail fixated individual . If you had any sense, you would understand that the real use for I-5 now AND in the future is conversion to handling truck and thru region traffic only. Getting ALL such ...

Posted Sun, Jul 27, 2:34 p.m.

RE: 40 year hole ?: and, gee Matt, light rail wouldn't have significantly changed ANYTHING !

Posted Sun, Jul 27, 2:32 p.m.

Sean, your the typical rail shallow supporter: adding lanes in the 60's style to any existing freeway is NOT a solution, the road and freeway people understand this, you never will ! New road / freeway construction would feature segregated truck / car deisgn , on and off ramps of ...

Posted Fri, Jul 25, 4:14 p.m.

40 year hole ?: The principle reason we have a transportation 'hole' is the refusal for decades to upgrade and expand the road/freeway systems of this region ! Go ahead, throw away all this money on light rail, IF YOU VOTE YES, and remember that 90 percent of the regions ...

Posted Fri, Jul 18, 3:27 p.m.

Reasons: As someone who will probably never ride the region light rail I offer reasons why I will NEVER support ST : 1. It ( what is build so far ) tends to piggy-back existing right of ways, originally obtained for roads/freeways - if light rail had to pay for ...

Posted Wed, Jul 16, 10:48 p.m.

NO: She is a low intelligence criminal - a poster girl for the typical ecco-facists in seattle . Sentence this trash to the max and be done with her !

Posted Wed, Jul 9, 7:49 p.m.

The governor of king county: certainly has a long record of public service . Perhaps that's why she has become so inept at managing the states departments - which have waisted MILLIONS of tax dollars . Its WAY past time for a change .

Posted Thu, May 1, 4:35 p.m.

Mr Brewster, where will you be ?: As the planet continues to cool ,( climate change issue moved to the fore ), and this cooling cycle has just begun, where will you be when reality makes the CO2 idiots look exactly like what they are - idiots ?

Posted Wed, Apr 23, 1:30 p.m.

Climate Science: unlike the liberals, doesn't stop with a wrong conclusion and then implement 'policy' that wastes billions of dollars and cause grave damage to the future lives of those who will follow . As the planet continues to cool, caused by the dominant factor, our sun, at some point ...

Posted Sat, Apr 19, 3:49 p.m.

'Pave' king co with rail tracks: to make light rail ANYWHERE near a reasonable alternative for people, that's what will have to happen - oh, I forgot, were not in the business of paving anymore . Besides, where would we ever get the right of ways ? You rail idiots ...

Posted Wed, Apr 9, 2:15 p.m.

RE: No Way: Mr Eyman is light years ahead of you ! Let see, you live in seattle, have a 'bike' but keep using your car, graduated from seattle u, couldn't find employ and now work for an underemployed attorney fronting an ecco NP org ! King county politicians are ...

Posted Wed, Apr 9, 2:01 p.m.

RE: It can't come soon enough !: first, they aren't smart if they continue to work for a mismanaged organization, second, they aren't talented if they can find NO other employ and third, how many 'decent' people have been misrepresented OR ignored by the rags one sided liberal agenda ?

Posted Mon, Apr 7, 7:49 p.m.

It can't come soon enough !: I would hope this really is the beginning of the end for this failure in journalism !

Posted Fri, Apr 4, 2:44 p.m.

Let's see ... a token for the irresponsible: yep, this is certainly the 'seattle' way . give a little money to those who lack the time, morals, responsibility & intelligence to create/provide a reasonable atmosphere for successful parenthood. it's OK seattle, the government state will be your lifelong surrogate parent ...

Posted Thu, Apr 3, 3:36 p.m.

CO2 Alarmists / GW Idiots: So, with the largest DROP in mid and upper level atmospheric temps ( past year ) and the 'cool' state of the Pacific ( worlds largest ocean ) WHERE is all your global warming heat hiding ? I thought crosscut was better than this cheap ...

Posted Fri, Mar 21, 4:17 p.m.

Blight Rail: the 'solution' that the construction unions, seattle socalists and non-responsive governmental agencies love to foster ! a 'solution' that over 90 % of the region will never use, the commercial sector can't use and the regions gangs will love to use late at night to further foster their ...

Posted Thu, Mar 6, 6:36 p.m.

The governor of king county: is also COMPLETELY out of touch with regard to current science and data regarding climate change ( Oh, i forgot, that's 'global warming' for you liberals who are all now starting to run for cover ). See the 2005 revision to the Leipzig Declaration, for ...

Posted Tue, Mar 4, 6 p.m.

You Can Start Tolling: and at the same time, REDUCE the state gas tax by the projected amount the tolls will generate AND thereafter, adjust the gas tax down as projections become actual data. OR you can forget about tolls ! Oh, and while i'm here, start the state cutting ...

Posted Mon, Mar 3, 3:43 p.m.

Very Quiet Indignation: So, once again, the ecco-faccists/terrorists crawl out of their fir lined holes and perform an act of cowardiss ! At the same time, the condemnation, from seattle's mayor / king co's limp wrist 'exec' / the 'governor' of king county AND the minions of under employed area ...

Posted Wed, Feb 27, 12:53 p.m.

Seattle NEWSpapers ?: You mean seattle's ADpapers ? 90 % Ads and 10 % biased reporting !

Posted Thu, Jan 24, 2:32 p.m.

RE: Sean's 'no response' response: that's it, just respond with same tired generalizations !

Posted Tue, Jan 22, 3:57 p.m.

Auto Transportation wins Each Day: The people of this region 'vote' each day as to how and what form of transportation they want, and no shaded ecco-facist exit poll can cover up that truth. Within the context of the geographical constraints of the region, the first need is a new ...

Posted Fri, Jan 18, 1:27 p.m.

Looking Forward To: the 'governor of king county' getting voted OUT of office !

Posted Fri, Dec 21, 4:53 p.m.

Ports more recent failures: were visible to anyone who was working, for other entities, on the inside. for 5 years I had to suffer working at the airport, while not for the port, for 'another' government agency. I came away with the impression that the Port of Seattle ( airport ...

Posted Tue, Dec 18, 4:53 p.m.

Hear your pain animalal: also, nice to hear people thinking FINALLY about some construction for the transportation mode that OVER 90 % of us use everyday : the Auto . light rail is not scaleable, re-configurable or even cost effective WITHOUT MASSIVE SUBSIDY !

Posted Fri, Dec 14, 5:25 p.m.

Its past time: If just some of the 'responses' attributed to this individual by the seattle times are correct, it is WAY past time for her to be replaced . You gotta love the politics in this demo state .

Posted Thu, Dec 13, 2:44 p.m.

There are reasons why streetcars where abandoned decades ago: sad to see the local political hacks cave to one wealthy excentric and FURTHER destroy local transportation !

Posted Tue, Dec 4, 6:38 p.m.

Applause for our City Attorney: Trying to get the thugs, gangsters and club trash out of downtown Seattle is on the first step. For far too long Seattle has tolerated drug usage and that liberalism is only reinforced by such state social programs as replacing heroin with methedone and then ...

Posted Tue, Dec 4, 6:28 p.m.

Typical Sean: Just maybe the bartenders, in question, aren't 'honest people' trying to make a living ! Maybe they are just as much a part of the problem as the thugs that inhabit these 'clubs' ! Buying a car doesn't involve getting drunk and then shooting up people ! Sorry ...

Posted Mon, Dec 3, 3:23 p.m.

OH YES IT DOES !!: The burbs trash that come into city center and flash their bling and carry their heaters are NOT what seattle needs ! I applaud the city attorney for his actions and further, I say close down the 'clubs' where the pimps, their hoes and the ...

Posted Mon, Dec 3, 3:16 p.m.

SEATTLE TIMES Problem ?: I try hard to NOT purchase the AdPaper ! That entity should be forced to PAY people to accept a bundle that is 90 % Ads and little else. Sundays are the extreme example of this journalistic failure. The other reason to avoid the rag is ...

Posted Thu, Nov 29, 5:01 p.m.

2 services we DON'T need !: OK, here are two ways to save the tax payers a lot of money and put government back into the place it should be : 1 . The Department of Social and Health Services. End it NOW ! 2. The State Deparment of Health. ...

Posted Thu, Nov 29, 4:03 p.m.

Its a car RENTAL company: that the city of seattle or ANY local government tries to inflict special interest actions like this on the public is a crime ! I've said it before and will say it again, you gotta love democratic politics in this state .

Posted Sat, Nov 24, 4:13 p.m.

funny stuka: in your 'definitive' analysis, no mention whatsoever of the usage of the ALREADY IN PLACE gas tax . hmm ... let me guess, you would eliminate this tax completely and TOLL all roads ? No ? TOLL major roads only ? Let the gas tax stay in place ...

Posted Fri, Nov 9, 3:19 p.m.

What's so supreme about WA's high court ?: Go ahead local governments, raise taxes, I dare you ! Add to the momentum that is building to 'flush' the democrats out of state office . Hey Crosscut, did I-960 pass ? And, by the way, what was the Crosscut prediction for ...

Posted Wed, Oct 31, 7:41 p.m.

flexcar state tax exemption ?: so does all this 'fluff' equate to a state exemption for this CAR RENTAL CO ? gotta love the politics in this demo state !

Posted Wed, Oct 31, 7 p.m.

disinformation ?: mhays conveniently forgets ( as other ecco-facists ) that the issue is not climate change, NEVER has been. The issue is not the current 'slight' warming in average earth temp and, as far as I have read, NEVER has been. The issue is what is causing the current ...

Posted Wed, Oct 31, 4:58 p.m.

More CO2 stupidity: Congrats to the mayor of the disfunctional city of Seattle ! While I find it hard to imagine this clown looking any more silly than he has managed to - it appears that I am wrong . It is so sad that he will not take just ...

Posted Tue, Oct 30, 7:12 p.m.

Prop 1 - a transportation fiasco: There is very good science published that deflates the CO2 hype we see the 'cali club' - sims - our fraudulently elected gov and the rest of the ecco-facists hanging their berets on. Anyone who has studied the 11 year sun spot cycle and ...

Posted Thu, Oct 18, 5:04 p.m.

Why am I not shocked !: Given the 'traditional' permissiveness of Seattle towards ALL drugs it is no suprise that such behavior runs so deep. Not to worry, thanks to the behavior of yet again another state agency, the results will probably be thrown out after underemployed attorneys are finished ...

Posted Sat, Oct 13, 3:11 p.m.

RE: right now ?: I have no problem with making REAL accountability the first priority for any agency that has it's finger in the transportation field for this region. If that is to be then I say you all better back up one step and look at the disaster that ...

Posted Fri, Oct 5, 3:38 p.m.

RE: _Some guy on the internet ?: For a starter, try reading: 'Read the sunspots' By R. TIMOTHY PATTERSON. R. Timothy Patterson is professor and director of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Canada It disturbs you greatly that current auto tech is producing engines or ...

Posted Thu, Oct 4, 5:11 p.m.

RE: _: mhays comment features the same close minded superficial response of most of the ecco facists of this region. Mhays, the science on climate change is NOT over, you evidently are making the choice to ignore the very real science associated with our suns 11 year cycle of sun ...

Posted Mon, Oct 1, 3:37 p.m.

Sound transit doesn't work !: What, put us all in hock for 'transportation' that over 90 % of us will NEVER use ? The idiots that did 'nothing' for decades are the ones who put transportation in it's current state. By ignoring the need for continual construction of roads and ...

Posted Fri, Sep 21, 5:24 p.m.

WASL Stupidity: Public education use to 'work'. There were involved parents who viewed raising children as the most important full time profession that it is. There were teachers who were competent in their field of teaching. Learning was understood to be a task, and as such, not necessarily a 'fun' ...

Posted Tue, Sep 18, 8:11 p.m.

WASL stupidity: Public education use to 'work'. There were involved parents who viewed raising children as the most important full time profession that it is. There were teachers who were competent in their field of teaching. Learning was understood to be a task, and as such, not necessarily a 'fun' ...

Posted Wed, Jun 20, 5:16 p.m.

Hey jamier ...: my post above is meant for you.

Posted Wed, Jun 20, 5:12 p.m.

Care to back up your statistic ??: Wow, what an amazing factoid - right down to the tenth of a percent ! Just what is the source ?

Posted Thu, Jun 14, 2:29 p.m.

So called visionarys waist time, money, ignore facts: To a certain extent, the people who have destroyed the transportation system in greater King county are now offering up a 'panic' solution that will only perpetuate the problems the region faces. The people of this region 'vote' each day as to ...