Courtesy of Kirk Prindle
Kirk Prindle, candidate for the King Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

Don't let Ballard be shushed

By Kirk Prindle, candidate for King Conservation District Board of Supervisors

Vote in the King Conservation District Board election this Tuesday, March 16 at the Downtown library…shhhhhh. More ›  |  (6 comments)

2010 city council priorities miss the mark

By Chris Leman

The 2010 Priorities document that the Seattle City Council released at its Feb. 22 meeting was developed without public notice or input and in violation of the spirit and letter of Washington's Open Public Meetings Act.

While it’s difficult to fault some of these priorities, they certainly would have been better and different it the city council had not left the public entirely out of the process. More ›

Courtesy of Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles

Suspending I-960 meets the needs of the people

By State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, 36th District

In 2007, 51 percent of Washington voters approved Tim Eyman’s Initiative 960.

The initiative has many provisions, but the provision that affects the legislature the most is a requirement that all tax increases must pass each chamber of the legislature by a two-thirds vote. More ›  |  (3 comments)

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