The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper: Garrett McCulloch

by Garrett McCulloch As noted in yesterday's Morning News , King County will avoid cutting much bus service over the next two years. This is good, considering Metro was forecast a few months ag...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/24/2807619/the-price-of-preserving-metro-service

by Garrett McCulloch SIXTY: Senate Democrats put together enough votes to open debate on health care reform. That doesn't guarantee whatever bill the Senate comes up with will pass though. ...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/22/2799540/the-morning-news-senate-votes-to-consider-health-care-conflict-over-church-cookies-and-street-signs-are-brown

by Garrett McCulloch THE BATTLE CONTINUES: The Senate votes on whether to begin debate on health care reform today. Democrats were close to reaching the 60 vote threshhold last night. Every fu...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/21/2786864/the-morning-news-health-care-in-the-senate-capitol-hill-shooting-and-another-reason-the-tunnel-will-destroy-us-all

by Garrett McCulloch Earlier today, King County prosecutors charged Michael Mockovak, co-owner of a Renton-based laser eye surgery clinic, with solicitation of murder. Mockovak allegedly attemp...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/11/16/2752970/renton-man-allegedly-tried-to-have-business-partner-murdered

by Garrett McCulloch DON'T WORRY GUYS, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME: World leaders give up on a binding climate change agreement for this year's climate conference in Copenhagen. One of the biggest ...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/15/2742027/the-morning-news-delay-on-climate-change-agreement-lies-in-sarah-palins-book-and-guns

by Garrett McCulloch Deep-bore tunnel opponent Elizabeth Campbell alleged in a lawsuit filed today in King County Superior Court that the City of Seattle broke state rules when it agreed to dig...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/11/12/2725855/anti-tunnel-activist-sues-city-yet-again

by Garrett McCulloch Bell Street as it is today. A new park along Bell Street took one of its first steps toward reality last night, as Seattle Parks and Recreation and the firms designing th...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/11/11/2704428/how-to-bring-bell-street-back-from-the-dead

by Garrett McCulloch As many as 10 people may be injured, and a man and a woman were killed in a shooting INSIDE A DRUG-TESTING LAB in Tualatin, Oregon, about 15 miles south of Portland. KGW re...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/10/2704535/two-killed-in-oregon-shooting

by Garrett McCulloch This afternoon, Seattle Police released a slew of additional information about Christopher Monfort, the suspect in the killing of Officer Timothy Brenton. Police said DNA c...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/11/09/2697800/spd-more-details-on-brenton-murder-suspect

by Garrett McCulloch ONE STEP CLOSER: 219 Democrats and one Republican pass House health care reform bill. Rep. Brian Baird offers a half-assed explanation of his no vote, the only from a Dem...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/08/2685432/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch CAPTURED: Tukwila police shoot a suspect in the Officer Timothy Brenton killing after he pulled a gun on them. The suspect is in critical condition. THE PROCESSION: Hund...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/07/2677396/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch Tukwila Police recently shot a man at an apartment complex near Southcenter. From seattlepi.com : > Seattle Police responded to Tukwila AFTER RECEIVING A TIP TH...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/11/06/2676104/police-shoot-man-in-tukwila

by Garrett McCulloch The national unemployment rate cracked 10 percent for the first time in 26 years, as noted in Slog's patented Morning News. But it's really a lot worse than that. When you ...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/06/2674309/unemployment-worse-than-you-thought

by Garrett McCulloch Good news for all of us without (paying) jobs. Congress extended unemployment benefits today. Only 12 of the MOST DICKISH REPUBLICANS voted against it. Dicks. The extra ...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/05/2667441/the-government-dole-just-got-a-little-dolier

by Garrett McCulloch Cops are on high alert after the Saturday killing of Officer Timothy Brenton. Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton, a 2008 Stranger Genius Award winner and the woman behind Hump...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/05/2666700/guns-drawn-on-filmmaker-lynn-shelton

by Garrett McCulloch I pretty much always have a crappy bus ride between my apartment on Queen Anne and the Stranger offices here on Capitol Hill—wait, ride downtown, wait some more, transfer...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/11/04/2655981/2655981-seattles-crappiest-bus-route

by Garrett McCulloch Feeling subversive? Why not hang out with Susan Hutchison and all her Susan Hutchisony friends tomorrow night (but wear your best elephant brooch—we got kicked out of he...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/11/02/2635637/all-the-election-night-parties

by Garrett McCulloch SHOT: Seattle Police officer killed in Leschi late last night. Police are still looking for suspects. SHAM? Rival to Afghan President Hamid Karzai drops out of presiden...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/11/01/2626735/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch PAY UP, JOE'S FRIENDS: PAC supporting Mallahan fined $5,000 for not reporting $100,000 or so in contributions. SO THE BANKS CAN FUCK YOU OVER SLIGHTLY LESS SEVERELY: Dem...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/31/2620800/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch Chances are you haven't gone trick-or-treating in a while, but you still feel like dressing up as Batman and going door-to-door. Here's a way you can—while helping to FIG...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/30/2617048/the-costumed-canvassers

by Garrett McCulloch You asked the questions. The candidates (mostly) answered them. Now you have a tome of information about where each candidate stands on issues that are relevant to you�...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/30/2616587/a-voters-guide-with-real-answers

by Garrett McCulloch Who's actually sending their ballots in early? Well, it turns out our friends at King County Elections post the number of ballots they receive each day (next posting's ton...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/29/2609129/county-voter-turnout-at-16-percent-already

by Garrett McCulloch Electionland will host its final deathmatch* of the season, the King County Executive race between Dow Constantine and Susan Hutchison, starting IN JUST 12 MINUTES! Go...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/29/2607901/electionland-minutes-away

by Garrett McCulloch This is it. The final battle . King County Executive candidates Dow Constantine and Susan Hutchison (we hope) will wade through the murky, treacherous waters that are y...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/29/2603342/electionlands-final-battle

by Garrett McCulloch Guess what's going on in Electionland . City council candidates Mike O'Brien and Robert Rosencrantz are answering questions: Your questions. Questions like these: > Q:...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/27/2590611/and-the-questions-they-were-answered

by Garrett McCulloch The carnage in Electionland , where today city council candidates Mike O'Brien and Robert Rosencrantz will take on your questions, begins at 1:00 p.m. That's in LESS TH...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/27/2589565/electionland-thirty-minutes-away

by Garrett McCulloch See the Northwest premiere of Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! at the Cinerama tonight, and GIVE A LITTLE CASH to the campaign to approve R-71 at the same time. Twenty-five bucks ge...

https://www.thestranger.com/film/2009/10/26/2581158/benefit-for-r-71-at-cinerama-tonight

by Garrett McCulloch City council candidates Mike O'Brien and Robert Rosencrantz will make their appearance in the brutal cage match that is Electionland TOMORROW FROM 1:00 TO 3:00 P.M. Th...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/26/2580516/electionland-obrien-and-rosencrantz-square-off-tomorrow

by Garrett McCulloch EMERGENCY! Swine flu is, Obama declares . MCGINN VS. MALLAHAN...AGAIN: A little duller, but McGinn comes out on top again. REMEMBER WASHINGTON MUTUAL? Here's exactly h...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/25/2571305/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch MUST HAVE BEEN THOSE DEBATE PERFORMANCES: Fairview Fannie backing The Idiot for mayor. GETTING CLOSE (MAYBE): Senate Majority Leader says he's one or two votes away fro...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/24/2565427/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch Earlier this week, Susan Hutchison said the light rail line to the Eastside line that voters approved last fall should cross a new 520 bridge across Lake Washington instea...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/23/2559408/hutchison-light-rail-tomorrow-and-light-rail-yesterday-but-never-light-rail-today

by Garrett McCulloch Electionland. Mike McGinn and Joe Mallahan. Go there now.

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/22/2546145/mcginn-and-mallahan-in-electionland-now

Mayoral Candidate Mike McGinn Says He Won't Stop the Tunnel—Is He Flip-Flopping or Just Being Reasonable? by Dominic Holden In a surprising departure from his campaign platform thus far, mayo...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/22/2531345/mcginn-switches-lanes

by Garrett McCulloch In a mere 30 minutes, the masses in Electionland will decide who is worthy of the coveted Position 2 on the Seattle City Council. Richard Conlin has held the seat for over...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/21/2529822/onward-to-electionland

by Garrett McCulloch King County Executive candidate Dow Constantine is pushing back against the vicious third-party attack ad from supporters of Susan Hutchison, saying at a press conference ...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/20/2526720/dow-responds-to-hutchison-supporters-attacks

by Garrett McCulloch I talked to mayoral candidate Mike McGinn downtown shortly after he announced that he wouldn't try to stop a tunnel—a radical departure from his campaign platform and McG...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/19/2520535/a-conversation-with-mcginn

by Garrett McCulloch Mayoral candidate Mike McGinn announced this afternoon he would NO LONGER FIGHT A TUNNEL REPLACEMENT for the Alaskan Way Viaduct shortly after the city council's unanimous ...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/19/2520957/mcginn-wont-try-to-stop-tunnel

by Garrett McCulloch The city council is slated to vote on a bill this afternoon that would enact a memorandum of agreement between the city, county, and state, SETTING UP A PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTI...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/19/2518366/city-councils-tunnel-vision

by Garrett McCulloch Most likely you've received your ballot. So make sure you don't forget to vote No on Initiative 1033 , the latest thing to fall out of Tim Eyman's ass and onto the ballot. ...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/19/2518649/the-initiative-1033-scavenger-hunt

by Garrett McCulloch Wednesday, 1:00-3:00 p.m. : City Council President Richard Conlin, the man who "wrote the ordinance to legalize goats," will take on political newcomer David Ginsberg. Will...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/19/2517877/this-week-in-electionland

by Garrett McCulloch DOW VS. SUSAN: Constantine performed better this time, as he and Hutchison faced KOMO's "Problem Solvers." ALSO OFFENSIVE TO MY SENSE OF HUMOR: Immigrant rights groups w...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/18/2508488/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING? Seattle Times endorses Republican Susan Hutchison. Apparently, she has "fresh ideas." Oh, and she isn't afraid to try to screw over the u...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/17/2500178/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch Youth Revolution, the self-proclaimed "Voice of a Christian Generation," has issued an voters' guide (.pdf ). It doesn't suggest how to vote outright, instead relying heavi...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/16/2497651/the-batshitcrazy-right-wing-religious-vote

by Garrett McCulloch We're past the halfway point in Electionland. UP NEXT: City Council President Richard Conlin takes on challenger David Ginsberg next Wednesday. Citizens of Electionland are...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/16/2495942/brewing-in-electionland

by Garrett McCulloch I'm kind of a compulsive early voter, so I was filling out my ballot this morning. But something was wrong. I was just about to fold it up and send it off to the friendly p...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/16/2494925/initiative-1033-is-hiding-from-you

by Garrett McCulloch You're probably gonna be drinking this weekend, right? Well, why don't you put that liver to good use and help GET REFERENDUM 71 APPROVED? THURSDAY: Party With a Purpose!...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/15/2435865/a-great-excuse-to-drink

by Garrett McCulloch OBAMA TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN: Promises. Yeah, those same ones again. LOBBYISTS: If you haven't noticed, they're winning their battle against lower health care cos...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/11/2452557/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch WHAT THE HELL SHOULD HE DO, GIVE IT BACK? Only Republicans would try to convince people a Nobel Prize is somehow a bad thing . Are They Assholes, Or What? Expect to see ze...

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2009/10/10/2447132/the-morning-news

by Garrett McCulloch Campaign volunteers hope to be out in force tomorrow at every one of Seattle's gay bars (they'll hit some of the bigger bars Sunday as well). The goal? Get more gay and les...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/09/2442375/bar-crawl-to-approve-referendum-71-this-weekend

by Garrett McCulloch Housing levy advocate Anna Markee and archrival opponent Kirk Robbins are currently slugging it out in ELECTIONLAND . What about property taxes, asks CB Seattle? Markee...

https://www.thestranger.com/blogs/2009/10/08/2435506/now-in-electionland-housing-levy