Stories for Aug. 19, 2009

The day Seattle faced an Al Qaeda threat

Wed, Aug 19, 9:49 p.m.

By Feliks Banel

Mayor Paul Schell still doesn't get much credit for a gutsy decision on New Year's Eve of 1999, following the arrest of a terrorist heading for Seattle from Port Angeles.

Bag fee lost, but it helped McGinn and O'Brien

Wed, Aug 19, 9:51 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

The measure brought out green voters, but green candidates won't have that advantage in the November election

Seattle's high-water mark?

Wed, Aug 19, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

When did our city start to back away from its 50-year mood of lofty civic aspiration? The writer puts it in the autumn of 1998, when we decided to settle for the bronze medal.