August 31, 2010
By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 7:48 pm
Less than sixty seconds after Officer Ian Birk spotted John Trouble Williams crossing a downtown intersection Monday evening, Williams lay in the street, bleeding to death. At a press conference at Seattle Police Department headquarters this afternoon, Seattle police Chief John Diaz, Deputy Chief Clark Kimmerer, and Acting Deputy Chief Nick Metz spoke about the [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 5:46 pm
Filing this from the Cola's first Nerd Hour at the Five Point Cafe where Seattle Transit Blog's Martin Duke and Transportation Choices Coalition's Bill LaBorde are talking about the Cross Base Highway. Anyway, the folks here came up with today's Winner & Loser. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 4:45 pm
On other blogs today: We check in with the Economic Policy Institute, Seattlecrime.com, and Seattle Transit Blog. read more →
By Josh Feit at 4:40 pm
Join us for our first Nerd Hour. Now at the Five Point Cafe. Drinks, discussion, and debate, starring ECB, Dan Bertolet, and BikeNerd. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 4:38 pm
According to the city, the Mercer project, part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project, will require the removal of 140 trees. read more →
By Josh Cohen at 3:48 pm
Without fail, anytime a new on-road bike project is introduced, someone makes the claim that bikes haven't paid for their right to the road. A look at SDOT's funding sources, however, reveals that that simply isn't true. read more →
By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 3:17 pm
The Seattle Times has spoken with a woman who says yesterday’s officer-involved shooting didn’t go down quite the way SPD says it did. Seattle Times: One witness who contacted The Seattle Times has questioned the department’s version of events and said the man may not have even realized the officer was trying to get [...] read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 2:07 pm
What happens if voters both repeal the bottled-water tax and pass a law making it permanent? read more →
By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at 12:59 pm
Seattlecrime.com has learned that this week—possibly later today—Mayor Mike McGinn’s office will release a statement refuting a recent story by The Stranger that asserts that Seattle police are aggressively going after marijuana users, making more pot arrests than ever. The Stranger’s piece, Pot Paradox—published the week of Hempfest—claims that between January and June of this [...] read more →
By Josh Feit at 12:07 pm
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A RESPONSE FROM THE MURRAY CAMPAIGN. As the official combat mission comes to an end in Iraq, Republicans call on Murray to "apologize" to troops and Gen. Petraeus and "admit she was wrong" about the Surge. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 12:01 pm
A new poll on November's initiatives shows some regional and political surprises that could bode poorly for the progressive coalition that's lined up to back and oppose this year's ballot proposals. read more →
By Erica C. Barnett at 10:10 am
Our Internet was acting weird when we were drafting Fizz last night, and so the item about tomorrow afternoon's Ethics Commission hearing got mangled. Here's the full version, which includes more on municipal judge candidate Ed McKenna's complaint against the city and a case involving falsified records at Seattle City Light. read more →
