Could the humble TSA agent save democracy? Increasingly they’re being asked to try | Danny Westneat
Out at Sea-Tac, calls are escalating for the agents to walk off the job to try to force an end to the federal government shutdown...
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Danny Westneat
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
What explains Seattle’s streetcar fixation? Look at who really benefits | Danny Westneat
The streetcar lines Seattle is building make little sense as people-movers. To date they have spectacularly failed here as mass transit. But what if that's...
‘Nonessential’: The federal shutdown’s most unusual victim is one of the Northwest’s best-kept secrets | Danny Westneat
This local labor of love for 61 years, run mostly by volunteers, has been forced to go completely dark due to the partial federal government...
The Seattle City Council may be up for a big shift all right — further to the left | Danny Westneat
Supposedly this is the year that Seattle's lurch to the left gets snapped back to the middle. But that's not where the momentum looks headed...
The right answer in Seattle’s great viaduct debate turned out to be one they never proposed | Danny Westneat
Seattle's great argument about what to do about the viaduct rages on, even in the elevated freeway's final few days. But there's a surprising answer...
In the great debate to save the orcas, the apex predator is missing | Danny Westneat
Some say we could give our starving whales more food instantly simply by not fishing. But the idea that the apex predator might need to...
A ‘ghost’ Jaguar haunts on — and other stories from a year that drove around in circles | Danny Westneat
We thought the story of the ticket-generating ghost Jaguar had been resolved months ago. But like much of the news of 2018, it refused to...
Story of Seattle: The city’s new soda tax is usurious — and also too low | Danny Westneat
Soda tax revenue is pouring in so much faster than expected that it may not be having the deterrent effect city officials were hoping for....
Even Trump’s supporters seem to realize the dream of the wall is dead | Danny Westneat
It was the most audacious political promise in generations, and so simple you could chant it at rallies. But like a lot of things with...
Local GOP doing autopsy on itself, but hasn’t quite isolated the real disease | Danny Westneat
After being wiped out in the midterms, local Republicans are picking new leaders and talking about a resurrection. But they haven't quite come to grips...