A conversation with Seattle
Businessweek has a fascinating story about how Ed Murray’s recent proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an … Continue reading The “Seattle Process” is how we got a Seattle $15 minimum wage “without a fight”
A few hundred people turned out Wednesday night to Town Hall to hear some of the stars of Seattle’s literature … Continue reading Notes from the Seattle: City of Literature Town Hall
Keblas roast #fb pic.twitter.com/xFASO1VP64 — Jake London (@kingsinger) February 27, 2014 The Roast of James Keblas, the former director of … Continue reading WWJKD: Seattle’s film and music scenes turn out to roast James Keblas
Keeping you connected to what matters. Thy name is clock. Alarm clock. Good morning, Monday. New sound record attained at … Continue reading The Weekend Debrief: Seattle Wins, Jerry Comes to Town, and McGinn Loves Pedestrians
With 98,328 ballots counted (and 96,445 on hand to be counted, plus whatever continue to trickle in through the mail), Ed Murray and Mike McGinn have established clear leads over the rest of the field. Continue reading McGinn and Murray to Battle for November’s Mayoral Title
Mayoral candidate Peter Steinbrueck appeared Monday night, without fanfare, on the 73rd floor of the Columbia Center, at the Sky View Observatory, where he was introducing himself to guests with the casual remark that “I’m running for mayor.” Continue reading In Race with McGinn & Murray, Citizen Steinbrueck Starts Throwing Elbows
Anyway, what is the problem, again? Rather than create a public utility to deliver fiber-optic internet to city residences, McGinn has instead chosen to pursue a public-private partnership that has customers across the country drooling over its $80-per-month rate for gigabit speed, upstream and down. Continue reading Op-Ed: Seattle Times Editorial Board’s Pitiful Swing at McGinn’s Gigabit Broadband