Opinion

On Monday, June 25, the full Seattle City Council voted 7-1 (Steinbrueck excused absence) in favor of Council Bill 115917, which provides a financing plan for the operation of the South Lake Union streetcar, and approves an agreement with King…MORE

Early roads to Burien were not much more than wagon tracks. Automobiles were expensive and scarce. Public transportation was important.

The trolley car that ran from Seattle to Burien is what opened this area to development. The rails…MORE

Proposal would restore worker union rights

By Rick Bender

If it's not clear to you by now, President Bush and the rest of the Republican Party think it should be exceedingly difficult for workers to form unions.

In fact, they…MORE

It was a mission that was doomed from the very beginning.

The Four-Period Day Steering Committee was formulated in such a way that there was no hope of any real compromise. "The process was dysfunctional...we were doomed from the beginning…MORE

I have served for the last four months as an alternate parent/community representative to the Four Period Day Steering Committee and I'm pleased to see a healthy, ongoing and overdue public discussion regarding the four-period day at West Seattle…MORE

Lawsuits endanger small business

By Don C. Brunell

When a Fortune 500 company is sued, it makes the evening news and the front page of The Wall Street Journal. But people rarely hear about it when the local dry cleaner is slapped…MORE

New construction has its ups and downs in Ballard these days.

First we have to wait for the cement truck to back slowly into the lot with the giant hole which will someday be somebody's garage, then we inch ahead only to have to stop again…MORE

Can you name the West Seattle school with these achievements among Seattle high schools?

1. The highest increase in Washington Assessment of Student Learning scores over the past seven years.

2. The highest rate of attendance.

Having a primary election on August 21 will be a new experience for voters. In the past most media and a large number of the candidates refrained from talking much about candidates until after Labor Day because everybody was on holiday or…MORE

Beginning a dialogue on citizen complaints

By Nick Licata

In early 2006 I commissioned a survey of Seattle Police Officers from David Brody, Washington State University Spokane criminal justice program coordinator and Nicholas…MORE