Saturday, April 5, I attended the 43rd Legislative District caucus in Seattle. More than 1,300 delegates who were chosen at their precinct caucuses in February met to pick a new slate of delegates to send to the congressional district caucuses on May 17 and the state Democratic convention in Spokane May 13-14. It's all part of a seemingly endless winnowing process that eventually results in a few citizen salmon making it to Denver as delegates to the national convention in August.
The controversial former Seattle investment firm Quellos Group makes an appearance in the just-released Clinton tax returns. The Washington Post reports that the Clinton's tax filing for 2006 discloses "an interest of an undisclosed size" by the Clintons in Quellos Alpha Engine, an investment fund headquartered in the Cayman Islands. Alpha Engine was one of a number of funds-of-funds – a bunch of separate hedge funds bundled into a single mutual fund – run by Quellos Group.
How often do you run across the hack formula "one of the leading musicians of his/her generation" in a program bio or review? Not only is it a meaningless nuisance; its ubiquity makes it all the more difficult when an artist really does need to be singled out from her peers. Anne-Sophie Mutter's Wednesday evening recital at Benaroya Hall was a stunning reminder of what sets the truly great performers apart: their ability to make us hear music in entirely new ways. (She also happened to be stunningly fitted in one of her mermaid-style Dior gowns — a silk-satin lemon yellow number with fantastical swirling appliqués.)
The former governor's death-with-dignity initiative has been described as the last ego trip of a control freak. But it's really a selfless act that helps restore a basic right.
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