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ALL MEMBERS »Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, a Democrat, announced late Thursday that she will join California in suing the Bush Administration over tailpipe emission standards. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, also a Democrat, is hinting he'll do the same.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWChris Bayley, the former King County Prosecutor, today is giving a talk welcoming Dan Satterberg to the job Bayley once held. Bayley defeated Charles O. Carroll, who had held the job for 22 years, and after Bayley left the position he held from 1970-78, Norm Maleng held the post until his death this past year. That's 60 years of Republican control of the office. While it has been a smooth succession from Bayley to Maleng to Satterberg, the 1970 election was a dramatic break in continuity, and a key event in local political history. Here's how Bayley reconstructed that pivotal year:
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The state Auditor's new report on the Port of Seattle finds rats in the rat's nest of local governments.
READ MORE | 7 COMMENTSSometimes local government looks just like a big ol' dog chasing its tail. In Oregon's Multnomah County, where Portland is located, our dog often also manages to get hopelessly lost while running in circles. Witness the ongoing mess over Sheriff Bernie Giusto and his shockingly poor management of the county jail.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWhat's in a name? For one, the formerly elegant "Katrina" has been purged from those names-for-your-baby books (and "Pete," alas, is reserved exclusively for three-legged dogs). That's what's in a name. All the more reason for The Seattle Times to revive its U.S Weather Service-sponsored name-that-storm competition.
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The New Economy started in the suburbs, but the new trend is back to urban neighborhoods. Amazon is a good match for South Lake Union, but the danger is that it could be too big, with too few small companies clustering around.
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