Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
Sen. Majority Leader Lisa Brown is retiring. Could she have another post in mind? Meanwhile, McKenna's facing guff from women who like health care and Washington's top liquor store bidders are finding their prizes may not be such prizes after all.
Gov. Gregoire thinks that an education tax hike is needed. On the next governor's watch. Gary Locke in spotlight over dissident's handling. Joel Connelly on the 'war on women.'
Seattle May Day vandals prompt disaster-response from a mayor wary of WTO scarring, and Oregon's Governor hopes to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. What else do you expect from two of the most heathen states in the nation?
But Seattle is so, well, nice. Why do most of the candidates run away time after time?
Inslee's past kickbacks (to himself) reek of poor decision making. Meanwhile, the ACLU sues the Border Patrol and the Seattle Times wonders if South Carolina's ambitions will outplay Washington's Boeing leverage.
