King County Executive Ron Sims has his own inconvenient truth to convey: Tolls are inevitable on all major Seattle-area freeways. And he already has a plan for us to discuss.
There would be no toll booths. Electronic sensors would detect whether you have a paid pass to use the freeways, and if you didn't, there would be cameras ...
A lot's been said about Proposition 1, but apparently it's not enough, as the Crosscut "prediction" poll says it will fail.
I hope these Crosscut readers are looking into defective crystal balls...
"No matter where you are, it's who you know," says Catherine Swanson, co-owner of the Art on Center Gallery in Tacoma. (Lisa Albers) CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE