Opinion

We are proud of Irene Stewart for finding the way to end the madness of the school merger and closure catastrophe last week.

She did the political job of actually counting votes - talking to her fellow board members - figuring out there…MORE

This November voters will decide on a ballot measure proposed by King County, called "Transit Now."

The measure would raise the County sales tax by 0.1 percent and use the new revenue to expand transit services. The package would increase…MORE

It will take a lot of tender care by Swedish Hospital folks to keep Ballard residents from worrying that its ownership will not mean the slow dismantling of the proud hospital so many local people helped found and then kept vibrant all these…MORE

Last night at home we had a singularly unsavory experience which on one hand I wish never happened, but on another I'm glad did happen because it was an excellent learning experience for Paige - Alexei being too young to understand or care.

There was more common sense spoken and wisdom generated at last week's raucous but still dignified hearing on the mismanaged attempt at squashing Pathfinder and Cooper together than West Seattle has seen in a long while.

The tense and grim…MORE

Thank you, Ballard neighbors, for making the Goodwill store on 8th Avenue Northwest one of our most successful locations. Since we opened our doors in June 2004, we have enjoyed the generous support of the community through your purchases and…MORE

Along with the celebration that we are a hot real estate market, we are a bit concerned that we can become a bit too much like Belltown.

Steve Clark reports on Page One that hotels, condominiums, apartments and a lot of retail space is…MORE

Discussions last week with folks from both Cooper and Pathfinder have convinced this newspaper to change our stand concerning the proposed combination of the two programs into a new, different program at the Cooper Elementary School site.

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We are looking, every day in every way, for more letters and Op-Ed pieces from our Ballard readers.

Or do you have nothing to say? Is everything perfect? Naaa! Where are the people with the complaints, the concerns, even the nitpicks?…MORE

With the pending construction to replace the Alaskan Way and the Spokane Street viaducts I am working on the critical issue of how to keep traffic moving during the construction period which could take up to 10 years.

As every West Seattle…MORE