Picking Our New Mayor Some people complain about their difficulty distinguishing between the two progressives vying to be our new mayor. But some of the fog cleared away this weekend as the Seattle Times came out 101 percent for Jenny Durkan while The Stranger went over the top for Cary...
Homeless in the Mayor's Race Scott Lindsay, a candidate for Seattle City Attorney, will be a guest speaker Oct. 19 at the mayoral candidate forum in Georgetown. His invitation to speak at the forum is not an endorsement of Lindsay’s candidacy against incumbent City Attorney Pete Holmes. We know so little about the City...
Some political observers call Sara Nelson the “conservative” among candidates for Seattle City Council Position 8. That says more about Seattle politics than it does about Sara Nelson, and neither observation touches on the truly unique aspect of her candidacy. Nelson is a manufacturer. She and her...
When a young genius at City Hall helped launch a plan to complete the Burke-Gilman bike trail along the Ballard waterfront, he wrote that historic markers would be erected along the route to honor the maritime businesses that once operated beside the trail. Two decades later,...
SODO businesses used to worry about “hide and ride” commuters – a term for those who parked in the industrial area, then commuted into downtown Seattle. Like the U.S. presidential race, the hide and riders can make us pine for the good old days compared...
It looked like a close call when the Seattle City Council voted 5-4 in May to withhold a street vacation essential to construction of a third SODO sports arena. But Seattle City Hall might be the only place where the arena vote is close. The vote...
Manufacturing, hip? You don’t often see those two words next to one another. And you would not see them here except for the Broadway smash, Hamilton, celebrating our most unsung founding father, Alexander Hamilton – the illegitimate immigrant who left a big footprint, by working...
A $140 million South Lander Street overpass would include four road lanes and a walk-bike lane, as well as columns that reach 150 feet below ground. The South Lander Street overpass project has been talked about for years, as safety concerns have increased. By Mike Lindblom, Seattle Times transportation...
Larry Weis, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s nominee to become the next CEO and general manager of Seattle City Light, pictured on Nov. 18 in Seattle (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times). The Seattle City Council should confirm Larry Weis for the top job at Seattle City Light. By Dave Gering, Special...
Sally Jewell is a former CEO for Seattle’s homegrown company that sells top flight outdoor gear, REI. In that role, her work for conservation causes earned her the Rachel Carson Award in 2009 from the national Audubon Society. [caption id="attachment_234" align="alignleft" width="214"] Sally Jewell[/caption] When President Obama...