| UPRIGHT | DIZZY |
|---|---|
| Adult video fans still have a reason to visit Federal Way after officials gave two sex-oriented video stores a three-year zoning reprieve. Federal Way’s case collapsed when it was unable to prove it had a zoning code. | Naysayer Rob McKenna lost his Sound Transit board seat. System backers apparently rejected the argument that the 49 percent of the regional population with doubts about light rail deserve representation. |
| Airline passengers concerned by the arrest of a terrorist with a bomb in his shoe approve of pre-boarding footwear checks. This replaces the former system of asking passengers: “Hey, you don’t have a bomb in your shoe, do you?” | Jim Diers fans are bummed over the popular Department of Neighborhoods director’s firing. Mayor Greg Nickels replies with a grin: “There’s only room in my administration for one guy who smiles all the time for no apparent reason.” |
| Billionaire Bill Gates recently sold $2.6 billion of his Microsoft stock. He told investors it was no big deal; he merely plans to build an addition on his house. | Oregon prison officials looked dumb after a convicted rapist shrink-wrapped himself and escaped in a delivery truck. Fortunately, the still shrink-wrapped inmate was later discovered on sale in the action figure section of the local Toys R Us. |
News Clips— Upright/Dizzy
