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ALL MEMBERS »Seattle's leading growth industry — cooking up new schemes for the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement — has a new product, courtesy of a retired fireman in Miami named Jim Powers. This one would be 70 feet in the air (the present Viaduct is about 55 feet high), leaving a covered park down below. So far, the idea has been given the brushoff.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWClark Fredricksen's on vacation this week, and there's no way to replace his comprehensive scan of political news, but here are a few items that caught my eye:
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The financial crisis will have wide-ranging implications for our economy and an immediate impact on the November election, as it rises to Topic One in the coming debates. Neither presidential nor vice presidential candidates on either side seem up to the task.
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSIt's unclear whether it's more impressive that William Henry "Wee Willie" Keeler's century-long record was matched, as it was by Ichiro Suzuki Wednesday, Sept. 17, or the fact that Wikipedia noted the feat even before the 5-2 Seattle Mariners road loss to the Kansas City Royals was final.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOW"Mamma needs a new pair of shoes." Or does she? The sluggish economy is altering buying trends so that folks are making more thoughtful decisions about their purchases. But it's time for a new pair of shoes. How about one pair that can carry you through the fall/winter season and can take you from the office, to the kids' soccer games, and be supportive enough that you can stand comfortably during your commute on the jam-packed Metro buses?
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Washington state voters must soon make up their minds about I-1000, a measure supporting physician-assisted suicide, which appears on the ballot this November. Former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts championed a similar law in her home state and supports I-1000. Here's a look at the results of Oregon's law, passed in 1997, and the issues surrounding it.
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