Nice coverage of OneAmerica's candidate forum yesterday.

Quoted: 23,000 new voters: That's how many immigrants one group (OneAmerica!!) registered - before last year's election. They are becoming a unexpected force in politics as muslims and immigrants have now caught the attention of local candidates.

i knew that i wasn't imagining my increase in allergy intensity. sigh.

quoted: "I think it's going to continue to be a bad pollen season," Kennedy said.

For people with severe allergies, of course, none of this is a laughing matter. There's even some research being conducted nationally trying to prove a link between seasonal allergies and springtime increases in depression and suicide.

this is really terrible - and I'm glad that the info is getting out.

Quoted: New test results suggest the old Malarkey asphalt plant in South Park wasn't the only source of dioxins in the neighborhood -- and may not even be the main source.

yikes!!!!! this is why driving down denny in the snow is stupid.

Quoted: A couple of charter buses with dozens of people aboard slid and crashed into each other on Capitol Hill and crashed through the guardrail on Melrose Street.

Ben likes Sail Sand Point a lot and was at this hearing yesterday...hopefully all will be resolved.

I am one of the capitol hill worm cultivators :-)
quoted: Meet the new goldfish for urban hipsters.

From Belltown to Capitol Hill, condo and apartment residents are making room for the red wiggler, a slender worm that eats half its weight each day and produces prodigious clumps of poop ("castings") — perfect for enriching pots of tomatoes, strawberries or just about anything else.

i've always wondered about the upkeep costs of these big homes on extreme makeover... this is the problem with that show -- everything is over the top and they don't really seem to take into consideration the family's income and ability to maintain the homes after.

good news for Clinton :-)

Quoted: seattletimes.com: WASHINGTON — Veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks is backing Hillary Clinton for president.

Washington state's senior member of Congress made the announcement Thursday night in advance of Clinton's planned Friday visit to Tacoma, the largest city in Dicks' 6th Congressional District.