Opinion

The power of nature

By Don C. Brunell

As we try to put climate change in perspective, it is discouraging to hear some people blame every natural catastrophe on human activity. Such tactics are dishonest and do a disservice to well-…MORE

The Washington Legislature has passed a worthy piece of legislation that will allow grocery stores to have wine and beer tastings in their stores, something outlawed now despite the large position this state has in producing world-class wines and…MORE

More bus service coming

By Larry Phillips

In 2006, voters said a resounding yes to expanding Metro bus service with passage of the Transit Now ballot measure. The first service increases got rolling last year, and 2008 will bring…MORE

Tim St. Clair would have hated this edition of the West Seattle Herald. The only place Tim thought his name should be in the newspaper was in a byline. He would have complained that too much was given to one side and there was no "other side"…MORE

Student views at Sealth have 'fallen on dear ears'

By Duron Jones

I'm sure this opening is something that sounds familiar to the Seattle Public School board, as it should since I have spoken to them in public testimonial on several…MORE

The squabble over the future of the distinctively roofed former Denny's seems to boil down to two issues, plain economics and whose taste in old buildings we want to agree with.

When the Landmark Preservation Boad agreed to stay the…MORE

More regulation is not the housing cost answer

By Don C. Brunell

Recently, a researcher from the University of Washington reported land use regulations - most notably the state's Growth Management Act - added $200,000 to the price…MORE

We wonder why it is that disputes involving parents, students, the administration of the Seattle Public School District and its board of directors always end up in a squabble that includes charges, counter-charges and even name calling.

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The legendary "Seattle Way" of doing government business is to hold a slew of hearings and make a ton of Power Point presentations, take a bushel of incoming paperwork from the people and give them a bushel of stuff back - then have a couple of…MORE

Homeless need our help

By MaryLee Smith and Jean Darsie

Citizens of Ballard: Some of our neighbors are in trouble. But for the grace of a higher power, it could be any one of us. They are veterans of our wars, Native American…MORE