Politics
Will Seattle tax itself into trouble?
City residents have good intentions. But regressive taxes could end up harming those who are already struggling.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Politics
Penthouse "Apodments" and Homesteading Washington Park
How can we get to 184,000 new units by 2040? Development alone isn't going to cut it.
Politics
Seattle City Council district politics come knocking
Looking ahead to 2015, there are early signs that the City Council's new district-based elections could pit neighbor against neighbor.
Politics
The eternal sunshine of Seattle progressivism
It just might be enough to carry local liberals through the long, dark national winter of a GOP-controlled Congress.
Mossback
Bottling time: Next step in Washington's Time Capsule project is nigh
Knute Berger and a new group of 10-year-old "Keepers" are getting ready to pack a time capsule that won't be opened for 375 years.