Email Author Geov Parrish

2006 Stories by Geov Parrish

• Hong Tran

  published August 2, 2006

  Best Immigrant U.S. Senate Candidate More >>

• Zombie Ballot Measures

  published July 26, 2006

  There is wisdom to be learned from the citizen initiatives and referenda that are dead on arrival. More >>

• Showdown at Virginia Mason

  published July 12, 2006

  The medical center wants to turn all nurses into supervisors—nullifying their union status. More >>

• Parks Critics' Revenge

  published June 28, 2006

  A judge rules against the city in the Gas Works concert lawsuit. More >>

• Losing the Initiative

  published June 21, 2006

  The most popular citizens ballot measure in state history has been struck down, and we shouldn't be surprised. More >>

• Foiled Again!

  published June 14, 2006

  After eyeing the Department of Homeland Security grants list, Osama bin Laden says he's decided not to attack—Kansas City. More >>

• Georgetown Garbage War

  published May 31, 2006

  Once again, residents of an aggrieved Seattle neighborhood are facing off against a city bureaucracy. More >>

• Medicare I Can't Afford

  published May 17, 2006

  The new prescription-drug program is a disaster, so I'm not enrolling. More >>

• A Parks Lesson Learned

  published May 10, 2006

  A citizen, the city, a corporation, and a sound decision. More >>

• A Protest That Works

  published May 3, 2006

  Why immigration marches get attention and anti-war rallies don't. More >>

• One Last Local Enron Rip-off

  published April 26, 2006

  Enron is about to make out like a bandit again. More >>

• Reinventing the Party Online

  published April 19, 2006

  Markos Moulitsas Zuniga has managed to do something the Democratic National Committee has almost always failed to do: tap the energy, enthusiasm,... More >>

• Tangled Webb

  published April 12, 2006

  Accused of insurance fraud, KIRO-AM's progressive former talk-show host faces a criminal trial. That's not the only quirk of his radio career. More >>

• Signature Waste of Time

  published April 12, 2006

  An initiative that seeks to ban military recruiters from high schools is toothless. In fact, enforcing the sentiments of I-86 would actually be... More >>

• Aaron Dixon's Voting Record

  published April 5, 2006

  Totally clean — nonexistent. His driving record? Not so clean. More >>

• Warm Globally, Act Locally

  published March 29, 2006

  The mayor and the county executive are tackling the global warming problem at the local level. Fine, but where the hell have you guys been? More >>

• It's Not Easy Being Green

  published March 22, 2006

  Will a challenge from the left hurt Sen. Maria Cantwell? Does it matter? More >>

• Build the Tunnel

  published March 15, 2006

  Mayor Greg Nickels wants one of the country's most vibrant and attractive downtowns to have a real waterfront. So do I. More >>

• Neighborhood Commotion

  published March 8, 2006

  Is it time for another residential revolt in Seattle? More >>

• No Peace in the Parks

  published March 1, 2006

  Despite cancellation of this summer's concerts planned for Gas Works Park, the revolt isn't over in many corners of the city. More >>

• A War on Iran

  published February 22, 2006

  With dreams of remaking the Middle East, it just might be too much of a honey pot for Bush's hawkish neocons to resist. More >>

• Solving a Problem Like Maria

  published February 15, 2006

  How to respond to Senate Centrist Cantwell's anti-Alito-fillibuster vote. More >>

• The Futility of Boycotts

  published January 25, 2006

  A boycott of Microsoft over support of the gay-rights bill? I'm glad progressives aren't the only people who waste their time with this crap. More >>

• Arson as Political Speech

  published January 25, 2006

  Out in Red State America, critics point to property-destruction crimes as a way to paint all environmentalists or animal-rights advocates as... More >>

• 'There Is No War on Terror'

  published January 18, 2006

  The transcript of an interview with Noam Chomsky. More >>