Recently, while reading the current issue of The New Republic, we came across an interesting article on the current Boston mayoral race, pitting the four-term incumbent, malapropism-prone, Democratic machine stalwart Tom "Mayor Mumbles" Menino against upstart candidate-of-change and current city councilor-at-large Sam Yoon. This would be of little local interest if it weren't for the following tidbit: more ›

Ed Note: Hey, this is our new guy David Forrester. He's a transplant from Boston so while we've tried to warn him off of reaching for the Big Dig comparisons every day, he'll probably slip a few past us at some point. Out of the gate it looks like he's unearthed historical precedent for our current situation. Give him a warm Seattle welcome. more ›

Poor Mayor Nickels. The news isn't good for him these days. His plan to replace the crumbling Viaduct with a Big Dig-style tunnel is going the same way as the Seattle Monorail Project he helped kill. The Washington State Department of Transportation released estimates that showed Nickels' $2.8 billion price tag climbing to $4.6 billion. And now, according to articles in The Seattle Times and The Seattle P-I, Nickels is taking the choice out of the voters' hands this November. more ›