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Morning Fizz: Wait Until Everyone Has Had a Chance to Think It Over
1. Seattle city council member Tim Burgess made news yesterday when he filed to run for mayor. But, given that Burgess' post-Thanksgiving announcement was widely expected, former King County Executive...
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Burgess Jumps into Campaign Mode, Report Shows $1,000 Debt to Consultant...
City Council member Tim Burgess, who announced his candidacy for mayor yesterday, is listing a $1,000 debt to local political consultant Christian Sinderman, who has worked for Burgess' council...
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Some Extra Fizz: Murray on Sheldon, Early Burgess Endorsers on Burgess
1. State Sen. Ed Murray has responded more directly to our question in Fizz this morning about why he named arch-conservative Democratic state Sen. Tim Sheldon to be the Democrats' lead on the powerful...
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Why RapidRide Isn't Rapid
Image via Project for Public Spaces The C is for Crank The Seattle Times' Mike Lindblom has a front-page story today laying out some of the reasons why RapidRide, the "bus-rapid transit" line to...
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One Question for Andrew Lewis
Following up on the interesting names that popped up on Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess' early endorsement list (Burgess is officially running for mayor now), we asked Andrew Lewis why his name...
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On Other Blogs: Inslee Gambles, Drivers Grumble
1. In the Columbian, columnist Peter Callaghan says governor-elect Jay Inslee is wrong to think he can solve the state's education funding problem by improving the state's economy.In the McCleary...
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Legislature Should Suspend Unfunded Charter Schools Initiative
Photo via FacebookThis guest op/ed is by former Democratic state Rep. Brendan Williams, who represented the 22nd legislative district.In a recent edict to governor-elect Jay Inslee–against whom they...
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Wednesday Jolt: A Win for Revenue?
Afternoon JoltToday's Winner: Revenue.Learn to trust the Fizz.As we noted last week, we'd heard a rumor that the house Democrats in Olympia were going to break up the Ways and Means committee, going...
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Morning Fizz: "I Have Not Made a Decision"
1. Fizz is hearing that the levy swap is DOA in Olympia because Democratic leadership (both senate leader Sen. Ed Murray and house speaker Rep. Frank Chopp) don't like it. The idea—it would replace a...
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On Other Blogs Today: Charter Schools, Tall Buildings, and Big Houses
1. Neighborhood activists who decry the "end of Seattle's single-family neighborhoods" and policies that "force people to live in shoeboxes," take heart: According to a new study, reported in the...
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Inslee Picks Renton Schools Superintendent as Chief of Staff
EDITOR'S NOTE: We've been experiencing technical difficulties all day. Here's something that got lost in the madness this morning. Otherwise, we're calling it a day. Be back tomorrow, with everything...
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Morning Fizz: Small Government Rhetoric
1. In non-Tim Burgess-related mayoral news, former Seattle City Council member Peter Steinbrueck, who was rumored to be planning to announce his own bid as soon as the next few days, tells Fizz he has...
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Kill the Mortgage Tax Deduction!
The C is for Crank My editor wouldn't let me include this in On Other Blogs yesterday because it wasn't about Tim Burgess, but here's a wonky story I think is getting too little play in the...
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One Question for Tim Burgess
One Question City council member Tim Burgess has had a sloppy first few days in his run against Mayor Mike McGinn, which he announced on Tuesday.First, he apparently promised an exclusive...
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Isn't It Weird That ...
Isn't it weird that:1. Isn't it weird that there's no woman on the likely list of mayoral candidates? Tim. Bruce. Ed. Mike. Peter. Ron.2. Isn't it weird that it's never raining in James Corner's design...
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On Other Blogs Today: Appointments, Enforcement, and Junkets
1. The King County Council's executive board has recommended three candidates for the open council seat being vacated by Democrat Bob Ferguson, who was elected state attorney general in November, the...
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Friday Jolt: Gas Taxes and Oil Prices
Afternoon JoltToday's Winner: "Unclear"The state house transportation committee, packed with transit liberals such as Reps. Joe Fitzgibbon from Burien (D-34) and Marko Liias from Edmonds (D-21), had...
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McGinn Briefs Press on South Lake Union Plan, Says He Hopes Council Will Pass...
In a press conference this afternoon that didn't include much, if any, new information about his Vulcan-backed proposal to increase building heights and density in South Lake Union, Mayor Mike McGinn...
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Morning Fizz: After You Call the Governor-Elect's Office...
Caffeinated News & Gossip1. The Seattle Timeshas crunched the numbers on some of last month's votes and—surprise—Seattle handed the election to Democrat Jay Inslee. (Image on our homepage is from...
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Monday Jolt: Southeast Seattle Loses Out
Afternoon JoltToday's two-time loser: Southeast Seattle. During this morning's city council discussion of Sound Transit's plans to build transit-oriented development around light rail stations (Sound...
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