Remember SimCity? Seattlest had some incredible towns built in that game, with commercial and residential districts packed full of shiny, tall towers and trains and street traffic all flowing as effortlessly as rivers. Scroll way over to the left to the edge of the city grid; now that is a healthy industrial district, perfectly bisected by a pollution-eating green belt. The landmarks sprouted everywhere and the money and accolades poured in. Of course, it took many hours to bring the little guys to the pinnacle of urban development, and then, since the game never ends, it took another many hours to tinker the place into slums and ruin, rezoning here, tearing out a transportation hub there, until finally you had to unleash natural disasters upon the land just to keep yourself interested. more ›

This post may have nothing to do with Gasworks or the Friends of Gasworks Park. But you'll have to read it to find out. Diabolical! more ›

Occasionally, Seattle likes to put its wrong foot forward. This time it's the Discovery Institute, which normally spends its time wonking about land use and transportation issues. Now they're encouraging high school science teachers to "teach the controversy" surrounding evolutionary theory, a controversy that they're busy creating. The Discovery Institute claims that it has no Creationist aims up its sleeve, and is only advocating scientific criticism of a too-venerated theory. more ›

After a failed run for governor last year (or perhaps he won, we're still going through old voting rolls) Ron Sims will be seeking his third term as King County Executive this fall. more ›