Opinion

Now they tell us we can't ever have a streetcar, even though a monorail could have made it to West Seattle.

People need to watch government

By Tim Eyman

In your story, you blamed "tax-cutting Initiative 695 by Tim Eyman in 2000" for a lack of government services (Ballard News-Tribune, April 30).

I'm very proud to have been one of…MORE

Despite the blame being put on budgets constraints, the way it was done made it clear to us that skateboarders lost out at Myrtle Park because of dark mutterings and portrayals of evil from a very few people living on the "right side" of 35th…MORE

The confirmed monorail lover in us makes us wonder at this latest idea to float out of the city wonderland, a 4.4 mile streetcar that would connect the Ballard Library with downtown, via Fremont.

The idea wafted into reporter Rebekah…MORE

Extension of Pro-Parks studied

By Tom Rasmussen

Recently we received a flurry of e-mails from Ballard residents who feared that the cost of the Webster Playground, owned by the School District, had escalated beyond the city's…MORE

Extension of Pro-Parks studied

By Tom Rasmussen

Recently we received a flurry of e-mails from Ballard residents who feared that the cost of the Webster Playground, owned by the School District, had escalated beyond the city's…MORE

The problem with dealing with government is getting it to do what we, the voters and citizens want and not what someone "downtown" wants done. It is one of those never-ending struggles that frustrates both groups, the cash-strapped man and woman…MORE

The good news is that housing prices in the city will not plummet as low as those in the far-reaching suburbs. The bad news is there will continue to be a rush to provide housing for the huge number of people who will chose to live near their…MORE

Speed cameras and pedestrian safety

By Nick Licata

In the Seattle City Council's Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee on April 1, the Council got some good news about one of its 2008 budget proposals.

The 2005, Washington…MORE

Zoning is one those mind-altering issues that most people immediately zone out - excuse the bad pun.

This newspaper has been critical of the city for not adequately informing the citizens of Seattle on the potential effects of the zoning…MORE