David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Only three U.S. cities are still resisting the tumbling real estate market: Charlotte, N.C., Portland, and Seattle. At least so far. This survey in the Los Angeles Times paints a picture of slow sales, crossed fingers, and anxiety. So what makes the three cities defy gravity? The strong economy keep
Once known for resilience, the Northwest now seems baffled as regards an economic strategy for the recession.
(With an update) The measure, allowing counties to pass new taxes to support arts and education, had been revised to get Speaker Frank Chopp's support, but lack of support in the House Democratic caucus killed it again this year.
So far, not a lot of policy is coming out of the Dino Rossi campaign, but it may be very interesting when it does. That's because the Republicans are getting pretty desperate for bold new ideas to turn around their national tailspin. I'll give some examples below.
When it comes to superheated potatoes, such as sports arenas and stadiums, our local politicians have learned to do their deals very quietly. And so, with a solution for the Sonics starting to come together [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/353782_arena05x.html], mum's the word as the dealma
