Seattle Times:

Congratulations, Washington residents. For the first time ever, you are recycling more stuff than you are throwing away.

That’s the word today from Department of Ecology Director Ted Sturdevant, reporting that in 2011, state residents recycled 50.7 percent of their solid waste. It’s the first time a yearly result has topped the 50 percent goal set in a 1989 state law.

What is this reporter talking about? Why is he thanking everybody? He should know, as we in the heart of the city know, that without Seattle, the politics of this state would be as thick as two planks.

UPDATE: I have to give props to Spokane. I'm not going to hate.