“Campus inquisitions like the one at Evergreen State College must stop,” Frank Bruni wrote in a Seattle Times column yesterday – and we agree. The hypocrisy in protests like the one at Evergreen lies in the unwillingness of activists to hold a conversation with dissenters – even those who are their allies. Putting on blinders and labeling all opposition as evil will never solve anything. (Read more here.)

Seattle City Council voted in a soda tax yesterday, a vote that socialist councilmember Kshama Sawant was surprisingly absent from. The tax will be $1.75 cents per ounce and will not include diet sodas, nor will it include “milk drinks… it was unclear whether and how the syrups used in flavored lattes such as those ordered at Starbucks would be taxed,” The Seattle Times reported of the decision.

Socialist Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant has proposed legislation that would require landlords to provide voter-registration information to tenants upon move-in. “Providing voter-registration information to a tenant when a rental agreement is offered… may increase voter participation among tenants who have recently relocated,” Sawant’s proposed ordinance says.

Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan has already raised $163,000 since announcing just three weeks ago her intention to run for Mayor of Seattle. Durkan is one of many who are jostling for the top spot in the Emerald City now that current Mayor Ed Murray has announced he will not be running for re-election.

Construction at Paine Field in Everett has begun. A commercial passenger terminal is set to begin operating flights for companies such as Alaska Airlines in the fall of 2018.

Seattle Transit is considering parking fees at park-and-ride lots, as they have decided that adding more parking spaces is “not as favorable” as alternatives, according to spokesperson Scott Gutierrez. “We’re trying to better manage the capacity that we have,” Gutierrez said, which begs the question – where will the light rail passengers park once the new links open and ridership increases even more?

Spokane bus drivers are seeking protection after a rise in incidents, with seven cases of assault, verbal abuse, spitting and threats occurring between now and this last December.

12 tankers are moving to Fairchild Air Force Base by 2020, moving the total fleet size to 56. “It’s well-placed to gas up aircraft going across the Pacific and it has the facilities we need without a lot of construction, making it the lower-cost option for the taxpayer,” Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson wrote in a news release.

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