http://soundpolitics.com/ Sound Commentary on Current Events in Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State en-us typekey@pudge.net 2012-02-07T15:10:43-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015245.html If you want to have a say in who the Republican nominee for President will be, and you are a registered voter citizen in the state of Washington, and you are not participating in the process to select the Democratic... 15245@http://soundpolitics.com/ Republicans 2012-02-07T15:10:43-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015244.html It's bizarre to me that so many people link Citizens United with the rise of "Super PACs." In fact, what makes a "Super PAC" legally possible is almost completely unrelated to Citizens United. It's actually legal through a case called... 15244@http://soundpolitics.com/ Courts/Legal 2012-02-07T08:09:11-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015243.html Last year my wife and I drove almost the entire length of the New Jersey Turnpike. The tollbooths gobbled up our quarters and dollar coins faster than an old style Vegas slot machine. Yes, you could actually pay with coin... 15243@http://soundpolitics.com/ Transportation 2012-02-04T21:22:57-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015242.html Honorable Senator Harry Reid announced that his Senate won't fulfill the budget process this year. The Democrats' budget would be the rough numbers that were cobbled together behind closed doors in the crush of the Obama-made debt-ceiling crisis last August.... 15242@http://soundpolitics.com/ Maria Cantwell 2012-02-04T17:08:16-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015241.html 15241@http://soundpolitics.com/ Education 2012-02-02T13:49:09-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015239.html "After her 10-year-old saw porn on a man's computer screen at [a Seattle public] library, a mom objected". Any reasonable person would object, but the Seattle Public Library does not object:... although the state Supreme Court says that libraries have... 15239@http://soundpolitics.com/ Seattle 2012-02-01T15:49:05-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015238.html 15238@http://soundpolitics.com/ Washington State 2012-01-31T10:23:22-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015237.html Or, perhaps I should say, support Orbusmax! This afternoon, I mailed a small check to Orbusmax, and plan to do so every year, as long as Orbusmax is operating, and our "mainstream" journalists are so often failing us, as they... 15237@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2012-01-30T15:30:14-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015235.html 15235@http://soundpolitics.com/ Courts/Legal 2012-01-25T15:52:42-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015233.html 15233@http://soundpolitics.com/ State Congressional Delegation 2012-01-24T10:30:48-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015231.html I didn't plan to write about Westneat's pair of columns, but then I saw Brooks' column and realized that the three columns go together neatly. Last month, Westneat proposed that we build a new university to accommodate all those potential... 15231@http://soundpolitics.com/ Local Media 2012-01-23T16:39:13-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015229.html In today's Wall Street Journal: "Mayor 'McSchwinn,' Loveless in Seattle: An 'anti-car' crusader from the Sierra Club tests a liberal city's limits, and patience." A pretty decent article, but I would modify the opening slightly from:Seattle's Patagonia-clad residents are known... 15229@http://soundpolitics.com/ Seattle 2012-01-21T11:24:51-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015227.html Tonight's debate on CNN was one of the best to date. Even John King's first question, regarding the interview Gingrich's wife #2 gave ABC News about his infidelity, was appropriate. We would have cheered if Clinton were asked about his... 15227@http://soundpolitics.com/ National 2012-01-19T21:54:10-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015226.html Seattle Public Schools are closed again tomorrow, the third day in a row. Seattle has had 2 3 record low temperatures this week and Highway 18 is closed in parts due to freezing rain and ice-coated trees. 212,000250,000 customers are... 15226@http://soundpolitics.com/ 2012-01-19T17:05:23-08:00 http://soundpolitics.com/archives/015225.html At this hour on the University of Washington emergency alert page:Both classes and normal operations are suspended for Thursday, Jan. 19. Essential personnel only report to work. The basketball game vs. Cal will be played.... 15225@http://soundpolitics.com/ Higher Education 2012-01-18T21:43:29-08:00