In Seattle we like voting socialist, but how much do we mean it? We’re about to find out. | Danny Westneat
The debate about socialism in America — is it just another name for New Deal liberalism, or is it something more? — is about to...
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Danny Westneat
Danny Westneat takes an opinionated look at the Puget Sound region's news, people and politics.
How a Seattle attorney with ‘heart of gold’ ended up fleecing her brain-damaged client | Danny Westneat
After taking a brain-damaged patient into her home, a Seattle lawyer hatched a scheme to take $283,000 from his assets — money she had helped...
King County closing its doors to street danger sends exactly the wrong message | Danny Westneat
King County's emergency decision to close off its Third Avenue doors because the street outside is too dangerous is being panned on the street outside....
'Nothing matters': Even a $2.4B hit to Washington state and a huge taxpayer bailout can't move the political needle | Danny Westneat
The trade war is costing Washington state $2.4 billion a year, and the farm bailout has cost taxpayers twice Obama's auto industry bailout from back...
Just when it couldn’t get any worse for state Republicans, along comes their old friend Eyman | Danny Westneat
Having Trump on next year's ballot is likely to be rough enough for local GOP prospects. Add Eyman and you get a total "circus" —...
‘Why are we exporting billions of dollars around the state?’ The coming showdown over Seattle’s money | Danny Westneat
The recent statewide vote to slash Seattle-area transit projects has the city's critics gloating. But some local lawmakers are wondering whether it's time to "claw...
Was the language voters saw on their ballots for Initiative 976 wrong? Sure seems like it. | Danny Westneat
The ballot title for the car-tab slashing measure made a claim that was either false or misleading. So what happens now?
‘I am not a socialist’: One candidate’s attempt to make sense of the polarizing Seattle elections | Danny Westneat
The Seattle elections are now being characterized as a victory for socialism against the dark forces of Amazon. Not every candidate being roped into that...
‘The State of King’: To achieve the mass transit dream, it’s time for King County to go it alone | Danny Westneat
After endless political bickering over mass transit — eight votes on light rail in the past 24 years, including the passing of tax-slashing Initiative 976...
Corporate takeover? Socialist paradise? Seattle voters say ‘nah’ to any big change in direction | Danny Westneat
It was supposed to be a big change election in Seattle. But Tuesday's election results show the voters either didn't want that or couldn't make...