Seattle angry? Nah, say city voters | Danny Westneat
When your two choices for the next mayor are the current City Council president and the previous City Council president, it indicates you may not...
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Danny Westneat
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
It’s time to raise the costs and hassle of staying unvaccinated | Danny Westneat
Persuasion isn't working to convince people to vaccinate, and so we're consigning ourselves to more outbreaks, mask-wearing and closures, as a big surge in the...
How the City Council left Seattle in a no man’s land on crime | Danny Westneat
Nobody's directly to blame for all the shootings in Seattle this year (except whoever fired the weapons). But there is one party that has left...
Canada’s new COVID border rules have put us in our place | Danny Westneat
Our neighbors to the north have rapidly out-vaccinated the U.S. to become one of the most COVID-protected countries in the world — and so they...
State set a murder record in 2020, but no one knows why | Danny Westneat
Washington state had 302 murders in 2020, breaking the record set in 1994. The sudden one-year leap in the murder rate also set a record....
‘We are all victims’: How Republicans became the party of the persecution complex | Danny Westneat
The story about a Washington state lawmaker comparing himself to Holocaust victims is the least of it, as the persecution complex in the local and...
'Defund the police' has lost its steam in Seattle, if the mayor’s race is any guide | Danny Westneat
A sharp rise in shootings in Seattle — including one aimed at a Black candidate for mayor last weekend — seems to be leading to...
The vaccine lottery is a dud. How about just paying people to get the shots instead? | Danny Westneat
Begging, shaming or offering the chance at a million bucks -- none of it has moved the needle much with Washington state's unvaccinated. So maybe...