They are changing fast, turning into neighborhood gathering places. Did we put too much emphasis on our glittering downtown branch, and does it have enough of the comforts of a bookstore?
Sure, they're entertaining and fun, but the NBA SuperSonics and other franchises are businesses. Why can't they pay their own way? A Seattle neighborhood activist advocates spending taxpayer money instead on essential services – for people in need.
Seattle is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate schools – and they need renovating. But the resulting extravagance seems out of scale given the basic challenges today of simply educating kids.
It was just another one of those campers that parks on Seattle's side streets being hauled away, like so many are nowadays. Two dogs were inside, impounded along with their home. But the sight of this little bit of inhumanity raises questions about our city's soul.
The corporate world is making use of an explosion of information, taking it to change how we shop and they market. More information is coming from government. But how much do leaders want to know what we think and use it in making their decisions?
