Extra Extra: Hellzapoppin' Activity
As if to counteract the soporific nature of Monday's news pace, Tuesday seems to be out to impress us with it's hyperactivity; from the Vatican's weighing on a local (non-priest molestation) incident to the legalization of medicinal marijuana being on the ballot, there was tons going on today.
The New Approach Washington campaign claims that it has enough signatures to put the legalization of marijuana on the state ballot for the 2012 election. [SLOG]
The Seattle Department of Planning and Development are targeting the owner of a duplex that the Occupy Seattle movement has moved into. They cite the structure's lack of running water and power as threatening "to the health and safety" of the protesters as the reason. [Publicola]
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are helping police officers investigate the recent burglary of over 40 handguns and firearms from a Fife area sporting good store. [KIRO]
The Spokane man responsible for the bombing of a MLK, Jr. Day parade has been sentenced to 32 years in prison. (Tangential, Marx Brothers fans should note the name of the presiding judge: U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush. Surely, WP conspiracy theorists will make something of that ludicrous fact -- it can't be coincidence.) [KOMO]
The trend of entirely predictable developments that has been the aftermath of the Justice Department report, the SPD and the Mayor's office will sit down to talk with the report's originating source to discuss what makes up unconstitutional use of force after the holidays. [Seattle Times]
A Ferndale boy's tale of survival has been declared a miracle by the authority of all things pious: The Vatican. Citizens of Ferndale can start banking on religious tourism dollars beginning shortly. [Seattle PI]
As if to pour salt in the wound of Seattle's professional sports fans, rumors have begun to be circulated about the possible sale of our perennial ever-rebuilding favorite baseball team, the Mariners. [Seattle Times]
