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Medina

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Medina's Police Chief Battle Leads to Lawsuit Against Sheriff to Stop Public Records Release

    Yet a fourth lawsuit has suddenly bloomed in the midst of the City of Medina's fertile battle over its fired police chief, this one filed by Donna Hanson, city manager of the wealthy Eastside enclave, against Sue Rahr, the about-to-retire (tomorrow) Sheriff of King County. Hanson last week obtained ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Ex-Chief Jeff Chen's Amended Lawsuit Claiming Racism in Medina Can Go Forward, Judge Rules

    It's the all-white-and-wealthy home of America's richest man, the enclave of billionaires and mere millionaires from Microsoft, Costco and Amazon, a town of just 3,000 where presidents go to raise cash for their re-elections. But it's also the place that mocked his Asian ancestry and even the presum ... More >>

  • News

    January 25, 2012

    Michael Mastro's Storage Wars

    On the lam and out of money, his stuff's now for sale.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Michael Mastro, Bankrupt Tycoon, Unlikely to Show at His Own 'Storage Wars' for The Rich

    When the Bentley convertible, Steinway baby grand piano, fur coats and 25 Chihuly glass pieces are auctioned off along with most of his other last-known worldly goods this week in Palm Desert, California, Michael Mastro is the man most likely not to be there. The 86-year-old bankrupt Media real est ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Suzan DelBene Joins Heavyweight Fray to Win 1st Congressional District

    Suzan DelBene narrowly lost her race to Republican Rep. Dave Reichert in the 8th District two years ago. Now she's hoping the newly-minted 1st District, which stretches from Medina to the Canadian border, will bring better electoral luck.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Jeff Chen, Ex-Medina Police Chief, Sues to Get Job Back, Calls Officials, Residents 'Anti-Asian'

    As chief of Medina's nine-person police force, Jeff Chen kept four machine guns handy to protect Bill Gates and other one-percenters living on the Eastside's Gold Coast. But the real threat, at least to Chen, turns out to have come from within: The white lady who fired him and the "anti-Asian" resi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Program to Help Ballard's Car-Living Homeless Comes Under Fire, Again

    ​According to Heroes for the Homeless, a group that provides emergency services to those on the street, there are more people living out of their cars in Ballard than in any other neighborhood in Seattle. And it's not hard to see why. Ballard combines the lax parking codes of an industrial ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Ex-Medina Police Chief Jeff Chen and Council Member Sue to See Town's Vanished Records

    Chen​In the tradition of its dysfunctional past, the gold-plated city of Medina is refusing to disclose public records to its controversial former police chief and a city council member who has actually already read the sought records but was forced to return them and then told they no longer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Why Do We Need "Fish Culverts" Underneath The Floating Bridge?

    Image source​Get stuck in traffic this past weekend? Odds are if you were headed through downtown on I-5 during the day or, even worse, across Lake Washington, at least a portion of your weekend was spent mired in gridlock. Several factors contributed to the ginormous clustercuss -- including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Joe Race, Ex-Medina Police Chief, Has Tip for Jeff Chen, Newly Fired Chief: Get Outta Dodge

    Joe in paradise.​For this week's cover story on the uproar in Medina over the firing of Police Chief Jeff Chen--who bought machine guns to protect Bill Gates and other Gold Coast billionaires from terrorists--we caught up with another former Medina police chief, Joe Race, in Saipan, the large ... More >>

  • News

    July 6, 2011

    Medina Police Chief Jeff Chen Wants His Job Back

    City Hall squabbles are part of the fabric of Bill Gates' hometown.

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, Accused Terrorist, Backed al Qaeda, Yemen, in YouTube Vids

    ​As an accused terrorist, who traditionally keep a low profile, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif seems to have preferred the limelight, parading himself across the Internet, throwing up YouTube vids and leaving a trail of online comments, making known his intentions to find a new life in Yemen. The SeaT ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    Thirty Seconds to Mars

    ​As an accused terrorist, who traditionally keep a low profile, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif seems to have preferred the limelight, parading himself across the Internet, throwing up YouTube vids and leaving a trail of online comments, making known his intentions to find a new life in Yemen. The SeaT ... More >>

  • Music

    January 12, 2011

    Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Grand Archives to Guster.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Michael Mastro's Dream House on the Block to Help Pay Off His $570 Million Nightmare Debt

    ​The exercise room, with ballet barre and mirror wall, has his and hers flat-screen TVs. There are four bedrooms - the master has a fireplace and lake view - three full bathrooms, two half-baths, a 250-bottle wine cellar, exercise pool, a dock on Lake Washington, and three boat lifts. This is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Steve Jobs Is Using Bill Gates' Old Architect to Build His New House

    ​Steve Jobs' new home is being designed and built by the same architecture firm behind Bill Gates' Medina mansion. The creator of the iPod's modest-for-a-billionaire, 5,000-square-foot California house is reportedly "efficient," "economical" and lacking in "garish bells and whistles." Meanwhil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Tony and Medina Green Charged After Kid Eats Pot-Laced Rice Krispie Treat

    ​In today's edition of What the Hell Is Wrong With Idaho we'd like you to meet the Greens, model parents from Boise. Like many average Americans, Tony and Medina like to add a little medicinal flavor to their lives. Like many average Americans, they're also fans of sugary treats. Unfortunately ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    New Hearing Granted Medina Cop Who Says Chief Compared His Officers to Monkeys

    Medina's finest?​From what Police Lt. Roger Skinner supposedly heard, it didn't take much to become a cop patrolling the gold-encrusted streets of Medina - the compound-like Eastside town that is home to Bill Gates and other filthy rich, where the license plate of every entering car is photogr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Bill Gates's $35,000 House Tour a Sign of Economic Recovery?

    Bill Gates: Just touring his house requires a second mortgage.​Stocks. Bonds. The Dow or GDP. If history has taught us anything in these last two years of financial tumult it's that economic indicators like these don't indicate for a damn. For a real taste of how the economy is doing you hav ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2009

    Filthy Rich Still Fighting Over Gates’ Old Fishing Hole

    A chapter in the squabble over a Laurelhurst patch of dirt is about to end.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    To All the Morons Who Think Rich People Don't Take Publicly-Operated Water Taxis to Work

    ​Word out of Frisco is that the NBA's Houston Rockets, a team upon which even the poorest player clears enough buckage per year to pay cash for a manse in Medina, will be taking a public water taxi to their game against the Golden State Warriors tonight in Oakland, owing to a closure of the Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Tim Eyman Hands Bill Gates a Cool Million

    Thanks to Eyman, Gates will be able to afford this sweet new shrub he's been eyein'.​You already know that the primary goal of Tim Eyman's I-1033 is to let large property owners keep more of their money. That much should be clear, despite the text describing the initiative's claim that it's me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Bill Gates' Hood Cracks Down on Crime Wave With Cameras

    Sorry, Charles: We use cameras now.​If you haven't been to Medina lately, there's a good chance it's because of the crime wave that has seized the tony Lakeside suburb. It's like the first half of a bad Charles Bronson movie. Fortunately, though, the police department knows that the best way t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    What a Candidate's Election Night Party Location Says About the Candidate

    ​ Mayoral candidate James Donaldson will hold his election night "party" at the Belltown branch of Uptown Espresso. "The site was used throughout the campaign as a meeting location and is consistent with the lifestyle espoused by Donaldson, who has never consumed alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2009

    Intelius and the Dubious Art of “Post-Transaction Marketing”

    A checkered success during the dot-com bubble, Naveen Jain has come charging back with a new venture—and the complaints are rolling in.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    No iPhones for Bill Gates' Kids

    "But, Moooom! I need one!" You gotta love this report from Gizmodo, quoting an interview with Melinda Gates in Vogue (sorry, no link), that the richest family in our area (and the nation) won't allow rival products in its household. We refer to the iPod and iPhone, which Bill and Melinda Gates have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Server Reboot Wednesday: Mack Daddy Edition

    From our talented System Administrator, MC Paul Jensen I’d like to thank Sir Mix a Lot for coming in to the office yesterday. As many of you know, Mix (“my friends call me Mix, and the ladies call me A Lot”) and I have been working on revamping some of his early work – you know, the origi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    Bill, 'Softies & 8th Dist.

    From our talented System Administrator, MC Paul Jensen I’d like to thank Sir Mix a Lot for coming in to the office yesterday. As many of you know, Mix (“my friends call me Mix, and the ladies call me A Lot”) and I have been working on revamping some of his early work – you know, the origi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2008

    Christopher Tennant

    From our talented System Administrator, MC Paul Jensen I’d like to thank Sir Mix a Lot for coming in to the office yesterday. As many of you know, Mix (“my friends call me Mix, and the ladies call me A Lot”) and I have been working on revamping some of his early work – you know, the origi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2008

    Gates' Taxman Cometh

    From our talented System Administrator, MC Paul Jensen I’d like to thank Sir Mix a Lot for coming in to the office yesterday. As many of you know, Mix (“my friends call me Mix, and the ladies call me A Lot”) and I have been working on revamping some of his early work – you know, the origi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2006

    Literal Money Laundering

    From our talented System Administrator, MC Paul Jensen I’d like to thank Sir Mix a Lot for coming in to the office yesterday. As many of you know, Mix (“my friends call me Mix, and the ladies call me A Lot”) and I have been working on revamping some of his early work – you know, the origi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2006

    Beer Gardens & Duck Tanks

    From our talented System Administrator, MC Paul Jensen I’d like to thank Sir Mix a Lot for coming in to the office yesterday. As many of you know, Mix (“my friends call me Mix, and the ladies call me A Lot”) and I have been working on revamping some of his early work – you know, the origi ... More >>

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    Play Money

    Bruce McCaw girds for a Supreme Court battle—over his daughters' playhouse.

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2006

    Tuesday Telegraph Room

    Bruce McCaw girds for a Supreme Court battle—over his daughters' playhouse.

  • Food

    June 28, 2006

    Emerging Market

    One-stop shopping for chichi fare at Bellevue's Slow Food haven, Porcella.

  • Music

    March 1, 2006

    Mozart in Medina

    Seattle Opera sets Cosí fan tutte in the modern-day burbs.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    High-Rise Noon

    A City Council member faces down developers over fees to fund low-income housing downtown.

  • Diversions

    August 4, 2004

    Best Municipal Makeover

    TURF: URBAN LIVING

  • Music

    May 5, 2004

    West Africa Social Club

    Orchestra Baobab bring '70s Senegal to modern America.

  • Arts

    September 3, 2003

    Boom Lit

    Three years after the tech crash, Seattle authors are starting to mine their memories of the dot-com era.

  • Diversions

    August 6, 2003

    A Walk Around the Lake

    A solo adventurer treks 76 miles in five days around Lake Washington, looking for a chance to rediscover nature in the city and the nature of the city itself.

  • News

    November 13, 2002

    FIXER F@#%-UPS

    The top-10 mistakes every home remodeler should avoid, as admonished by both the relevant professions.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Twice-Tolled Tales

    The top-10 mistakes every home remodeler should avoid, as admonished by both the relevant professions.

  • Food

    October 3, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    News Clips— Pass/Fail

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Diversions

    December 20, 2000

    The W. state

    How the presidential election results affect us.

  • Diversions

    October 6, 1999

    Notorious namesakes

    King County isn't the only local place name with an unsavory past.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Democracy's dullards

    King County isn't the only local place name with an unsavory past.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    The Ruckelshaus connection

    What does a former Nixon/Reagan cabinet member have in common with Seattle's corporate and political establishment? Plenty.

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