Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
Sen. Cantwell, aggravated by the West Coast's sickeningly high gas prices, is siccing the FTC on Big Oil. Will they take the bait? Meanwhile, KIRO messes up its janitor bullying video big time and Seattle embraces newly redeemed football player Brian Banks.
CIty attorneys dispute the reliability of the DOJ report on SPD's routine use of excessive force . . . while their compatriots work with the DOJ to address the (non) problem. Meanwhile, McGinn skips out on the tunnel groundbreaking and DelBene gets the short end of the stick in the 1st Congressional
Students come up with a budget to offer the regents, one that is slightly better to tuition. Good advice on how to counter the fanatics hoping to disrupt a funeral. And, if only we could swap out McGinn right now.
A moving collection of victim biographies adds depth and emotion to Washington's gun violence problem, Greg Nickels gets his feelings hurt at the state Democratic Convention, and a DUI arrest unearths a bad egg at the Seattle Police Department.
It's time: Washington unleashes the private sale of liquor and all of its price implications. Meanwhile, on the Olympic Peninsula the Department of Agriculture has put the ixnay on discrimination and whooping cough has jumped the border.
