Opinion

[Former Burien City Manager Gary] Long's opinion piece of May 16 week about the controversy surrounding the demolition of the Lora Lake Apartments was long on accusations and short on facts.

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It was a challenge to put all this together for you in the context of a 16 page newspaper when…MORE

There ought to be a law about all these earlier and earlier primary elections. If this game of "we wanna be first" keeps up soon there will be all-year elections not only for president but for every political office.

That will be chaos,…MORE

I ride my bike year-round as my main means of transportation. My bike is not a toy. I don't aspire to be Lance Armstrong. I'm not too poor to afford a car. I choose a bicycle because its healthier for me, and healthier for the city I live in. I'm…MORE

I ride my bike year-round as my main means of transportation. My bike is not a toy. I don't aspire to be Lance Armstrong. I'm not too poor to afford a car. I choose a bicycle because its healthier for me, and healthier for the city I live in. I'm…MORE

I was saddened to see recent news stories of apartment tenants losing their homes in Burien. I served as Burien City Manager for over seven years. I negotiated the Lora Lake Apartments agreements with the City and the Port of Seattle.

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

With the city putting more emphasis into bike lanes, while making parking harder and harder, we think the time has come for bicycle riders to have city or state "bicycling" licenses coupled with proper training on how to ride on streets shared or…MORE

Consider these three separate Ballard developments:

-A group of Seaview residents and business owners want King County Metro to restore bus service to their area, but Metro says it's not cost effective because there are too few riders.…MORE

We as a region have a chance this fall to expand our regional light rail system by up to 60 miles and give commuters even more alternatives to sitting in traffic on our overcrowded freeways. The proposed Sound Transit 2 package enhances the rail…MORE