Opinion

It is comforting to know we have at least one Seattle City Council member who considers sticker shock and listens to the people of our city. Council President Nick Licata writes on this page a cogent discussion about his lone vote against Seattle…MORE

A new editor talking over a community's newspaper is sort of like a strange family moving into that long-vacant house next door. Will he clean up the overgrown weeds, paint the house and make the place respectable in the neighborhood? Or, will…MORE

Someone said the other day that the subject of whether the North Highline Unincorporated Area should be annexed to Seattle or Burien has been going on for years and people are plain getting sick of it.

Regardless of the ever on-going…MORE

Now, let's get this clear. When you see or hear an ad for Bellevue lawyer John Groen you hear that "Change Pac" pays for it.

Groen is running against Chief Justice Gerry Alexander of the state's Supreme Court. Alexander's campaign says the…MORE

How much is a waterfront tunnel worth? The governor's blue ribbon panel has studied the financing alternatives for the two options (see cover story) and says such plans - building a new viaduct or a tunnel, are reasonable. What's unreasonable is…MORE

Can you name the three sitting Washington State Supreme Court justices seeking re-election in the Sept. 19 primary election? How about just one of them?

Don't feel bad if you can't. Only a tiny percentage of residents know who are the…MORE

Next week will be my 52nd and last issue of the Ballard News Tribune as its editor.

A friend recently asked me why unions hate Wal-Mart so much. He said that, while he wishes Wal-Mart employees made more money, he shops there occasionally and he doesn't like being made to feel like he is doing something evil.

Here's what…MORE

At first blush, the headline on the top of this edition's page one is scarey to anyone who lives at the northern end of the West Seattle peninsula. More planes coming in lower and closer is not good news in northern Delridge, City View, Pigeon…MORE

When a legislator gets into trouble with his constituents, he or she may find a problem that some voters are demanding a new law to solve.