Conlin proposes solution to Northgate parking garage dispute
Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin has offered a solution to the dispute over a planned parking garage outside a future Northgate light rail station. Conlin says he plans to introduce his...
View ArticleRomney’s horse goes for Olympic gold
Mitt Romney ran the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Now, it looks like his wife’s horse will compete in the 2012 summer games. Ann Romney’s horse, Rafalca, appears to have qualified for U.S....
View ArticleSound Transit approves $5 million for Northgate pedestrian bridge
Sound Transit’s governing board voted Thursday to spend up to $10 million on improving access for bicyclists and pedestrians to a future light rail station outside Northgate Mall. The plan would...
View ArticleCity Council sends $290 million seawall measure to ballot
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to send voters a $290 million bond measure to replace the aging central waterfront seawall. Voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to approve the 30-year...
View ArticleNew waterfront will cost $1 billion: How will city afford it?
A new central waterfront with parks, plazas and a tree-lined Alaskan Way boulevard is estimated to cost more than $1 billion, and at that price, Seattle voters will be asked more than once to help pay...
View ArticleCity Council votes to restrict free parking on Sundays
Drivers won’t have the whole day to park for free anymore on Sundays along the downtown waterfront. Sundays are usually when parking is free citywide, but the Seattle City Council voted unanimously...
View ArticleCheryl Chow comes out while dying of brain cancer
Former Seattle City Councilwoman Cheryl Chow revealed this week that she has brain cancer and that she’s a lesbian. In an interview with KING/5, she said she hid her sexual orientation because she...
View ArticleTop secret: Obama’s home brew recipe
While President Obama is taking heat for classified information that leaked about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, there’s one secret the White House is closely guarding. That’s the recipe for the...
View ArticleTampa strippers encourage GOP’ers to ‘party like a liberal’
Whether or not voters think Mitt Romney can save the nation’s sluggish economy, strippers in Tampa hope the Republican National Convention will help put a few extra bucks in their G-strings. Tampa is,...
View Article‘Ale to the chief:’ White House releases home brew recipes
Now you can drink like the president. After being petitioned by enthusiastic home brewers, the White House finally revealed the ingredients to the president’s home brew this week. Actually, there were...
View ArticleComplaint: Sheriff broke election law with uniform
Interim King County Sheriff Steve Strachan has been accused in an ethics complaint of campaigning in his police uniform. State law and county ethics rules bar officials from using public resources for...
View ArticleSheriff’s appearance in uniform broke county ethics code
It was a “minor” violation, but King County Sheriff Steve Strachan still ran afoul of the county’s ethics code by appearing in uniform at a GOP picnic, the county Ombudsman’s Office has ruled....
View ArticleSupreme Court says pollution tax on gasoline is constitutional
The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a tax on gasoline to pay for toxic cleanup is constitutional. The decision came in a case testing the state’s 18th Amendment, which restricts gas...
View ArticleDunn: Let’s rethink ending Metro’s Ride Free Area
King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn says he wants to take another look at eliminating the downtown Ride Free Area for Metro buses, and may even be open to bringing it back. “I’m leaning in the...
View ArticleSheriff candidates talk pot, abortion and same-sex marriage
This isn’t your typical sheriff’s race. Well, it might be typical for liberal Seattle. The two candidates for King County Sheriff both support an initiative that would legalize marijuana. And both...
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