A new biography of Gov. Spellman, the last Republican governor in the state, tells how he resisted enormous economic and political pressure for an oil pipeline under Puget Sound. Plus, another threat days after his epic pipeline decision.
A new biography details a remarkable story of how plans to put an oil pipeline under Puget Sound ran into an unlikely antagonist, a mild-mannered Republican determined to follow the law and protect the Sound.
A new biography gives Slade Gorton's version of events. He contends that Mayor Nickels, who played a courageous role, got a lot of unfair blame, while Speaker Chopp largely avoided the boos he richly deserved.
