Three years ago, Frank Blair received the news that is every parent’s nightmare. In the middle of the night, a police officer knocked on his door and told him that…
Making Washington roadways safer
Redmond Derby Days
Everybody loves a parade! The Redmond parade is nice – there’s lots of floats, it’s short, the weather is usually good, and it’s well organized. My favorite part of parades…
Magnuson Park radioactive-contamination: Will Navy change its plan to leave it?
Plans for cleaning up the radioactive-contamination at Magnuson Park will be the center of citizen attention in a Thursday night, July 18, public hearing. The meeting will get going at…
Higher education advocacy – what works?
In the past few years the recession brought huge cuts to our higher education system Recently, to attend a public university in Washington a family contributed about 30% of a…
You gotta fight, for your right, to stuuuudy!
Yesterday, at the University of Washington, Rep. Eric Pettigrew, D-Seattle, along with UW Regent Herb Simon and UW Alumni President-Elect Mike Egan spoke at a conference for Public Higher Education…