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ALL MEMBERS »The news that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are coming to Seattle this week reminds me of the first person I heard on Super Tuesday saying Washington would emerge as a key state in the Democratic campaign. That person was U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island, making the point early Tuesday night on KING-TV.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWWe're discussing the Super Tuesday results over coffee and looking out the café windows at the gray morning light, when in walks Stuart, who owns a small auto parts shop. January receipts were 20 percent worse than January receipts a year ago, Stuart says, but the first week of February has been dynamite. He figures that in January people just didn't have enough money to fix their cars. As soon as they got their first February paychecks, they rushed out and bought parts. This suggests a lot of people are living close to the edge. Stuart figures we may indeed be on the brink of a recession. He wonders if his business can survive. He'll be going to the Democratic caucuses this Saturday. He used to vote Republican. Never again.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWSan Francisco voters yesterday passed a $185 million green spaces levy, aimed at restoring decrepit parks, adding a few new ones, and sprucing up recreation centers. Opponents grumbled about how the money would be spent, but did not campaign against Proposition A, which passed with 71 percent approval. Why am I telling you this? Because it may be a harbinger of such a levy in Seattle, as soon as this year. If so, it would represent a victory for the City Council over Mayor Greg Nickels.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWIt seemed like a general election last night as we followed state-by-state results, east to west, in the Democratic and Republican nominating contests. Regrettably, the final and big contest of the night, in California, was fouled somewhat by the fact that millions of early absentee ballots had been cast well ahead of Tuesday and that former Sen. John Edwards and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, already withdrawn from the race, thus drew percentages of the total vote that might otherwise have fallen to the real contenders. But the people spoke, in large numbers, and they clearly are energized by this year's national election. And to the surprise of most analysts, including myself, neither party's nominee was decided in the Super Tuesday contests. Our Washington caucuses will mean something this Saturday.
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The Black Rock reservoir project in arid Eastern Washington might be dead, but there are four more proposed dams where that came from. State lawmakers and two governors have helped keep hopes alive in an area where irrigation politics go all the way back to the New Deal.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWThe symphony vouches for a commitment to contemporary composers, and a Crosscut critic replies and makes suggestions for doing more.
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