Opinion

(Editor's note: This opinion piece was sent to this newspaper from Seattle City Council member Nick Licata as part of his Urban Politics Newsletter.)

On Tuesday, Feb. 17 the Seattle City Council affirmed their unanimous support for…MORE

With four school-age kids, my wife Wendy and I struggle everyday with the realities of the good, bad and ugly of public education in Seattle. Like all parents we’re often thrilled and frustrated with our kids’ education at the same time. As a…MORE

Editor's note: This article is from Seattle City Council member Nick Licata's Urban Politics newsletter.

Dig that tunnel.

Chants of "drill, baby, drill" from this past fall echo in my mind, as the near unanimous political and…MORE

The warmth of autumn's golden grace

Had not been chilled by winter's face

When suddenly, our town arose

To frozen pipes and frosty toes

For all around, both up and down

The byways of our Emerald town

Fell…MORE

When I was first asked to participate on the Alaskan Way Viaduct Stakeholders Advisory Committee, my first reaction was: "Why would I ever want to be involved with such a hopeless, controversial project?" Thirteen months later, after countless…MORE

This year from Santa, did you get

What you wished for, or feel regret

For reaching in your stocking's sole

You found a great big lump of coal

And did you have a merry feast

Complete with wine and roasted beast…MORE

The Herald took a chance on me

When some considered poetry

Was worthy not of printer's ink

No matter how it made you think

Unlike the current "poemophobes"

Who rule from under neon globes

Or claim to be…MORE

To my fellow West Seattle citizens who like I, were too busy with their lives to follow the details of (the recent) special session in Olympia - whether or not to reinstate I-747.

Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (District 37, Seattle) displayed…MORE

On Monday, Nov. 24, the City Council unanimously approved the Seattle budget for 2009-2010.

This action was the outcome of seven weeks of hard work and discussion and votes on more than 100 proposed budget changes and policy issues,…MORE

By Mathew Manweller

Last summer I wrote about a nationwide survey conducted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in partnership with the University of Connecticut, of 14,000 college students from across the nation. The survey found…MORE