Stories for June 3, 2010

Serious tunnel oversight, or serious posturing?

Thu, Jun 3, 4:34 p.m.

By Joe Copeland

An oversight committee of state, city, and other politicians has an opportunity to get on top of the serious issues as they inevitably emerge in any project of this magnitude. First, though, they have to engage in posturing.

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Authentic Latin American food, and not a taco or burrito in sight

Thu, Jun 3, 2:09 p.m.

By Hugo Kugiya

Eating on the Edge: At Tropicos Breeze, you'll find tender grilled beef, thick and dense tortillas, and chorizo made on site, all staples of El Salvadoran cuisine.

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Public can act against BP, oil dependency

Thu, Jun 3, 12:50 p.m.

By Sarah van Gelder

Rather than sit back and fume, we can all demand solutions. Here are six things the public can do.

Seattle city attorney rebuts Mayor McGinn on tunnel cost overruns

Thu, Jun 3, 12:07 p.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

City Attorney Pete Holmes tells a KUOW audience that the state's cost-overrun provision is not enforceable, and he suggests that McGinn, by delaying the project, may ensure the higher costs he says he fears.

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Metro's high wage scale factors into its bus-service equation

Thu, Jun 3, 11:28 a.m.

By Douglas B. MacDonald

Top-scale wages here beat even New York's and San Francisco's. Comparisons like that should generate some buzz at a meeting tonight (June 3) of of Metro's stakeholder task force.

UW survey: CNN, NPR spread Tea Party's message

Thu, Jun 3, 2 a.m.

By John Gastil

One might expect treatment of the Tea Party to differ significantly between major networks. But a small survey by my UW class suggests that, along with FoxNews, the Tea Party can count on CNN and NPR to get out its message.

How evading oil spill liability is helped by a Seattle tragedy

Thu, Jun 3, 2 a.m.

By Bob Simmons

Deepwater Horizon's owners rely on an 1851 law with sorrowful applications to Seattle and Alaska history. The request for a liability cap of $27 million for the oil spill will have support from a case where a giant corporation got off paying $643 for the loss of 353 lives, including 149 from Seattle.