Best Radio Station for MusicNo doubt about it: You want your KEXP (90.3 FM). Indie-rockin’ its way to the top, KEXP has community support and an ever-growing fan base to keep it afloat. In the end, of course, it’s the rock—from top locals and fast-rising national acts—and specialty shows like The Roadhouse (roots and blues) that keep listeners tuning in. www.kexp.org.Best Local Morning Radio ShowIt shouldn’t be shocking that JOHN IN THE MORNING ON KEXP (90.3 FM) won this category, since you voted KEXP best for music—and because, really, who else plays everything from local rock to obscure hip-hop while giving you a heads-up on the evening’s hot spots? www.kexp.org.Best Local Talk Radio HostWe’re all on a crusade, a crusade to be better, more informed people, a crusade for common sense. And who’s the man leading the crusade by spreading drive-time wisdom to the masses? None other than KIRO (710 AM) host DAVE ROSS, who broadcasts live from Eastlake Avenue East weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m. www.710kiro.com.Best Local TV News AnchorThe talking heads freak you out, eh? The majority of you said “news anchors scare me,” but a vocal minority named KING-TV health buff JEAN ENERSEN, whom Seattle Weekly once dubbed “our Walter Cronkite,” as their favorite anchor, with KOMO-TV’s Kathi Goertzen close behind. www.king5.com.Best Local MagazineKnown for publishing useful special issues, like the recent “Top Neighborhoods” edition that ranked 84 local hoods, Consumer Reports–style, SEATTLE MAGAZINE is the glossy you ranked highest. 206-284-1750, www.seattlemag.com.Best Daily NewspaperWinner of seven Pulitzer Prizes and home to some of Seattle’s most beloved columnists (see Best Daily Newspaper Columnist), THE SEATTLE TIMES defeated its arch rival, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Confidential to the P-I: You were a close second. Seattle’s still a two-newspaper town!) 206-464-2111, www.seattletimes.comBest Daily Newspaper ColumnistWhen the going gets tough, you turn to Seattle Times columnist NICOLE BRODEUR to cut through the crap, as she recently did in a piece on the gubernatorial election: “There will be those who will refuse to let this go, who will allow the murkiness of the last seven months to cloud the next four years of their lives. . . . I pity them.”Best Local Web SiteWhen Seattleites are feeling, well, blue, they visit PACIFIC NORTHWEST PORTAL for regional news for progressives. You can also find links to political blogs and newsgroups—and drinking buddies for whenever Dubya next chooses to open his mouth. www.nwprogressive.org/portal.Best Local BlogYour favorite Seattle-based blog is the one that gives “the straight poop on Washington politics and the press”: David Goldstein’s HORSESASS.ORG (see Best Activist/ Hell-Raiser). Sharing his liberal views on local politics and personalities, Goldy makes sure blue Seattleites have something to cheer or sneer about.Best Local PoliticianJIM MCDERMOTT,your pick as Best Local Liberal in 2003 and 2004, beats out the Republicans in our new bipartisan category. He’s outspoken and he reads to children . . . what more do you want in a congressman?Best Activist/Hell-RaiserWeb pundit DAVID GOLDSTEIN made a name for himself as a staunch opponent of local initiative-monger Tim Eyman; that’s also the campaign that inspired the name of his blog, HorsesAss.org (see Best Local Blog). Nowadays, Goldstein comments on anything and everything, including the recent Enumclaw horse-sex scandal. This is his second consecutive win in this category, so he gets to be the city’s best smart-ass for another year. www.horsesass.org.Best Local CelebrityWho? Spinning tales and magic to make his audience laugh and gasp in awe, RUBEN BARRON is a portly illusionist with a whimsical sense of humor—and, apparently, a lot of devoted fans. Though no rabbit from a hat, Dave Matthews—whose band’s latest album, Stand Up, was released in May—came in second.Best Pro AthleteSome say it’s his signature stance; others insist his special stretching regimen is what makes him great. Whatever the source of his talent, you agreed that Mariners right fielder ICHIRO SUZUKI, with his career batting average of .336 and lightning speed on the basepaths, is Seattle’s top athlete. Sonics guard Ray Allen and Storm guard Sue Bird placed second and third, respectively.Best Recent ScandalWithout resolution for months, last year’s GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION was the biggest hiccup in basic math since two plus two equals five. The year’s biggest tabloid scandal, which also received a fair number of votes, was ex-teacher Mary K. Letourneau’s decision to wed former student Vili Fualaau after serving two jail sentences and bearing two of his children.Best Local CauseMaybe in the next few years, Seattle can figure out a way to END HOMELESSNESS. For now, the city’s shelters, missions, and Tent City settlements will have to suffice. Another local cause on your minds: that damn monorail.Best Reform We NeedSince you decided the best reason to leave Seattle is traffic (see Best Reason to Leave Seattle), it stands to reason that the reform you think we need is in PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. And when that problem’s solved, you’d like the city government to turn its attention to election and tax reform.Best Place to WorkApparently, computers beat coffee, but not by much. MICROSOFT narrowly defeated Starbucks, raising the profound question: Why is it that the best two places to work produce the two things most helpful to workers? 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, 800-642-7676, www.microsoft.com.