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Editorial page editor Patrick O’Callahan oversees the online and printed opinion sections of The News Tribune. He came to The News Tribune in 1987 and has worked at Washington newspapers since 1979. E-mail him at patrick.ocallahan@thenewstribune.com
Editorial writer Cheryl Tucker, in addition to writing commentary, manages the daily production of the editorial and op-ed pages and edits letters to the editor. She began her journalism career in 1974 at a Virginia newspaper and came to The News Tribune in 1978. E-mail her at cheryl.tucker@thenewstribune.com.
Editorial writer Kim Bradford manages the online opinion section of The News Tribune and writes commentary. She joined The News Tribune in 2005 after working 11 years at newspapers in Washington and Maryland. E-mail her at kim.bradford@thenewstribune.com.
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Editor emeritus David Seago retired from The News Tribune in 2008 after 41 years at The News Tribune. E-mail him at sds99@harbornet.com.
Richard Davis’ column on state politics frequently runs in the print edition of The News Tribune. He was president of the Washington Research Council, a statewide think tank, from 1986 through 2006. Currently, as a principal with The Simeon Partnership, Inc. he coordinates the activities of the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy, a business coalition founded by the Research Council, the Association of Washington Business and the Washington Roundtable.
Karen Irwin of University Place, a mother of four, has been a frequent contributor to The News Tribune's print editions. She has also written for Seattle's Child, Puget Sound Parent, the Tacoma Weekly, the Fayetteville Observer Times and the political blog Right Meets Left. She graduated from California Lutheran University with a degree in English literature and is currently working toward a history degree.
Michael Allen, professor of history at the University of Washington Tacoma, was born and raised in Ellensburg. He served with the U.S. Marines in Vietnam from 1969-70. He has written five books, including the prize-winning "Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus' Great Discovery to the War on Terror," "Rodeo Cowboys in the North American Imagination" and "Western Rivermen, 1763-1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse." Allen lives in Tacoma and Ellensburg and has three children.
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This editorial will appear in tomorrow's print edition.
The land under the Alaskan Way Viaduct could serve as insurance against cost overruns on a new Seattle tunnel.
Washington transportation officials are confident there will be no cost overruns on the tunnel that is to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle.
Or so they say.
But optimistic promises won’t guarantee that state taxpayers and other highway projects won’t get robbed if the tunnel turns into Big Dig West. State Rep. Dan Roach of Bonney Lake may have stumbled on a better safeguard.
As things stand, Gov. Chris Gregoire and various Seattleites are pushing for legislative approval of a $4 billion-plus tunnel that would carry Highway 99 under downtown Seattle. The tunnel or something like it must be built. The existing viaduct is long past its prime and dangerously vulnerable to collapse during an earthquake.
The state’s supposed share of the huge project is $2.8 billion, which is probably a reasonable number given the importance of the corridor. The problem lies in capping that share. The deal being presented to the Legislature would leave the state responsible for cost overruns – and big tunnels are notorious for big overruns.
This editorial will appear in Friday's print edition.
Junior’s back where he belongs – with the M’s
Ken Griffey Jr. started his baseball career with the Mariners,
and now it looks like that’s how he’ll end it.
My, oh my: The Kid is coming back.
And all of a sudden, some of that old Seattle Mariner magic is back with him.
Fans hoping that Ken Griffey Jr. would end his career back where it started were coming to grips earlier this week with being jilted yet again. It looked like he was going to sign with the Atlanta Braves to be closer to his family in Florida.
Good riddance, M’s fans rationalized. Let Atlanta have him and his bum knee. At 39, he’s too old; spend the money signing a promising up-and-comer.
But then surprise, surprise. Somewhere along the way, Griffey’s heart won out over his head and he decided to return to the club he left in 1999 after 11 years (apparently after a strong nudge by the great Willie Mays and former Mariner Harold Reynolds). Griffey’s coming back to play at Safeco Field – “the house that Junior built.”
