JumpStart Prevails, Court Dismisses Chamber Lawsuit
Corporations hoping to derail Seattle's JumpStart progressive payroll tax were thwarted in a court ruling released Friday. King County Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts ruled in...
Council Takes Initial Steps to Fix Childcare in Seattle
Of all the unexpected systems that the pandemic has laid bare, the crisis has shown childcare to be uniquely scattered and broken. By closing...
Senator Hobbs Recasts Himself as Fix It First Leader in National Press
The Washington Post covered the national highway system's maintenance backlog and State Senator Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) was heavily featured. Despite a record of...
Catch Up on Bellevue’s Park Development Spree and Incoming Parks
Alongside a flurry of commercial and to a lesser degree residential development, the City of Bellevue has been improving and expanding its park system...
Op-ed: How to Improve Compassion Seattle’s Charter Amendment
Author’s Note:
I eventually changed my mind and moved from the ambivalent support you see below to firm opposition. Two reasons were paramount:
CA29’s use of...
Amazon’s Warehouse Plans Have No Place in Mount Baker and Should Be Halted
Amazon is planning a distribution center at a coveted site in Mount Baker, Brian Miller of the Daily Journal of Commerce reported Tuesday. Despite...
New Bellevue and Woodinville Eastrail Segments Anticipated to Open in 2021
Underway in the Eastside is an effort to unify isolated railway-turned trails into a regionally unrivaled trail. Named Eastrail in 2019, the planned trail...
Gaslighter: When A Climate Commitment Act Is Not Climate Action (Op-ed)
I love numbers.
I was raised by my single mother, a public school teacher and math specialist to love numbers and data, something I still...