Alaska Lawmakers Tell Seattle and Washington Officials to Back the Fuck Off About Shell's Plans to Drill in the Arctic: In a proposed resolution, Alaska house speaker Mike Chenault invites Shell to use an Alaskan port if the Port of Seattle rescinds the lease that will allow Shell to park its Arctic drilling rigs in Seattle this spring, Sydney reported yesterday. Also, Chenault argues, if we really want to do something about global warming, we should shut down Boeing. "Itâs important for state and federal politicians from the State of Washington to know we donât appreciate their interference in Alaska affairs," Chenault writes in a statement. "We're not their colony."
Kennewick Police Are Investigating an Officer Who Asked a Suspect During a Traffic Stop, "Would You Like to Be Part of My Quota Tonight?" When one of the two men who'd been pulled over asked him, "On what grounds?" the officer replied, "Oh, I don't know. I'll think of something." Watch the video here. The ACLU of Washington released a statement saying, in part, "Officers too often needlessly escalate encounters with civilians. Civilians have a right to record police interactions. The video shows a disheartening abuse of an officerâs powers and a disappointing disregard of civiliansâ rights."
Governor Jay Inslee Has Rejected a Second Request for a Special Prosecutor in Pasco Police Shooting: Inslee's general counsel says nothing has changed since last month, when the governor said he wouldn't appoint a special prosecutor.
Today Marks Two Months Since That Shooting: Protesters will gather today at the intersection where police shot Antonio Zambrano-Montes after he was reportedly throwing rocks. Marches will take place Saturday and Tuesday.
LGBTQ Advocates Will Rally Against Hate Crime on Capitol Hill Tonight: It starts at 7:30 p.m. at the corner of Broadway and Pine. All the info is right here. "There will be festive costumes as well as dancing," LGBTQ Allyship executive director Debbie Carlsen told KING 5. "We want to be dancing in the street and taking up space."
Police Say These Teenagers Tried to Rob Two Men and Were Trying to Pick Fights on Capitol Hill: So they followed them, stopped them, and found a stolen, loaded handgun. Here's the body cam video posted on the Seattle Police Department Blotter.
People All Over Seattle Hated Comcast Yesterday: Because the internet was out for hours for about 30,000 customers after "a non-Comcast construction crew cut through a 'major fiber-optic trunk line' serving Comcast customers in Madison Park, parts of Capitol Hill and parts of downtown Seattle around 9 a.m.," according to the Seattle Times. Wouldn't it be better if there was a public utility providing our internet that we could do more than just complain about? Ansel thinks so.
We're Addicted to Town Houses: Gene Balk explored the growth of "attached homes" in the nation's 100 largest cities and found that Seattle ranks number one, even though town homes still only make up 5 percent of houses here. The biggest increases have happened in Fremont, Ballard, Magnolia, North Beacon Hill, and High Point in West Seattle. Why? "They run about $55,000 less than single-family homes at the moment," Balk writes, "which are back in record-setting territory with a median price of $535,000 in Seattle. So maybe sharing a wall doesnât sound so bad, after all. And at least you wonât have an upstairs neighbor." If only they were row houses instead.
The State Senate May Not Give KEXP the Money It Needs for Its New Home Project: Republicans didn't include a $1.866 million grant KEXP qualified for in their capital budget, but a Democrat introduced an amendment, which passed, to get them some of that money back. Now the station is trying to convince legislators to restore the full $1.866 million. More about what's going on and who to write to if you want KEXP to get its full funding over here.
A Hundred People Camped Out in a Parking Lot in Bellevue to Get Free Chick-fil-A: And one of them told Kelly O: "Even my gay friends are like, 'FREE CHIIIICKEN!' and willing to cross the line. Where do you draw the line? Can you get mad about this, yet have an iPhoneâa company who exploits workers in China? So I do and don't agree. I do know I like chicken." So much more right here.
The Woodland Park Zoo Will Delay Moving the Elephants Until April 15: They're waiting on the resolution of an ongoing court case in which activists are arguing the City of Seattle, not the zoo, owns the elephants. A separate appeal alleges violations of the Endangered Species Act. "If the activists lose both appeals," the Seattle Times reports, "all legal obstacles to the move will be gone."
Did You Hear There Are Goats Cleaning Up Some Overgrowth in West Seattle? West Seattle Blog reports they're making "considerable" progress. Check it out.
