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Ex-King County Exec. Ron Sims may have moved across the country, but he's still tweeting locally--we see he's just read Joel Connelly's piece on global warming deniers at SeattlePI.com. (No, he didn't have much success at persuading the deniers: first comment begins, "Well as usual Connelly doesn't get it.") But since Connelly's point is that scientific research bounces off the deniers, ten seconds with the comments section persuades anyone else that he does get it. If you look at the Know-Nothing crowd as a crowd, you're tempted to wonder what they know you don't. But when you look at what they do believe, there's no united front there--just an assembly of cranks who misunderstand the scientific method, and prefer to come to their own conclusions. more ›

A girl in trouble is a temporary thing, but what about a troubled mayor? The Rainier Valley Post has some complaints for Mayor Nickels who will be on the hot seat tomorrow at 6 p.m. at NewHolly Traffic, Parks and Safety Committee meeting at NewHolly Gathering Hall. HorsesAss wants the P-I's Joel Connelly to run against Nickels for Mayor after Connelly lamented the lack of challengers. And crooks broke-in to Neptune Coffee over the weekend, the latest in a string of burglaries in PhinneyWood. more ›

The most senior (and it's said most powerful) Republican in the U.S. Senate, Ted Stevens was indicted by a federal grand jury for not mentioning the $250,000 in labor and materials he received from a construction company. Veco Corp. actually lifted Stevens' house in the air while a new first floor was built, and no money changed hands. They also threw in a Viking grill. If you have had any remodeling done lately, you know that's a pretty sweet deal. Normally, you pay contractors through the nose, and to get them to finish before your kids start calling the hotel "home," you throw in the grill. more ›

Former Washington governor Booth Gardner has Parkinson's. He's been using his leftover political capital to campaign for a "Death with Dignity" initiative, to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Washington state. And it's been working. Even the New York Times took note of Gardner's labors. more ›

, columnist Joel Connelly blithely goes along with the argument that if Prop. 1--the tax-heavy plan to breathe funding-life into the Regional Transportation Improvement District (RTID)--fails, the entire region will continue tottering along to complete and total transportation infrastructure collapse. more ›

[Brewster] has enlisted two other Seattle Weekly veterans to work on the venture. more ›

The P-I's Joel Connelly fires a shot across the Stranger's bow this morning with a satirical column titled "Peer into future after car ban -- it isn't pretty." more ›

The Port of Seattle has made the pages of both local dailies the last few days. Knowing the Port, they're feting the PR department. more ›

There are many things that Seattle liberals hate: the increasing price of fleece vests, driving over 25mph on arterials, and when one of their senators votes for war in the Middle East. more ›