Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
"Legislative Victory for Land Conservation," reads the alert from the Land Trust Alliance [http://www.lta.org/]. The e-mail reports sweet news for anyone chafing under the Los Angeles-ization of the Evergreen State: the re-establishment of tax incentives for donated easements to conserve sensitive l
Presidents Day evokes a chafe-inducing question: The Northwest has produced a president or two, yes? The reflexive answer – that we're too authentic to churn out presidents and, by the way, California ex-pats hail from Nixon country – is too 20th century. It's time we adopt a president as One of Ou
He's the latest of a long line of characters who have run for office. Turk lost up in Snohomish County. But some of the Northwest's clown princes have actually gotten elected. And some of them have served the people very well. No joke.
Sen. Ed Murray has repeatedly tried to end capital punishment in Washington state. Appeals to moral reasoning have actually worked before here.
Republican contender Dino Rossi takes a critical stance but avoids much mention of Sen. Patty Murray.
