Quite a few cross-city news items in this mix. Doing our duty to make you better Seattle citizens in these hard-knock times.
- The Washington State PTSA is making its presence felt in Olympia with today’s “Focus Day.” Check out their report on state funding for education here.
- No state cash for Seattle’s transit projects.
- Mayor might be in for race. Tim Burgess camp forming exploratory committee.
- Notice more burned out streetlights than usual? City-wide issue, turns out.
- City council limits your tree chopping ways.
- But these Miller Park trees gotta go.
- Cafe Stellina for sale is now old news. I wrote to former Crave head Robin Leventhal to see if she was thinking about jumping back in with the Stellina space. No response — yet.
- Mercurial cap to the hill says Anchovies & Olives is douchebag-y.
- Winter beer fest at Elysian this weekend.
- For those of you looking to stimulate the economy, custom clothes on Capitol Hill.
- SU Battle of the Bands tomorrow night.
- Not sure what is special about the 36th anniversary of the event, but Seattle PI 911 blog writes up this look back at a 1973 incident that left a police officer dead on Capitol Hill’s 15th Ave E. Guess PI better write what it’s got when it gets it these days. Who knows what tomorrow brings!
- A new literary ‘zine based on the Hill debuts with a launch party in… West Seattle.
- Enjoy CHS on your next trip to Anchorage, San Jose, Spokane, Alaska Airlines testing in-flight Internet.