Knute Berger
Bellevue’s University Bookstore to Close, but the East Side Keeps Its Edge
Bellevue is in many ways more “urban” than Seattle now—certainly, it’s racially more diverse, which is complete flip from the white-bread suburbs of the ‘60s and ‘70s
Berger supervising a photo shoot of Bill Gates and Brian “The Boz” Bosworth in 1988
Washington’s Electors More Faithless Than Any Other State; They Should Pay
Faithless electors used to be a very rare thing, and this year, Washington’s were more faithless than any other state’s
The Washington Secretary of State’s Office has sent $1,000 fine notices to the four state “faithless electors” who voted for presidential candidates other than the one who won the state, Hillary Clinton. Presidential electors are selected by state parties and their ballots actually determine who is president. They are supposed to vote for the candidate…
Seattle, Island of Blue
The next four years will challenge Seattle, says Knute Berger. Are we up to the task?
On election night 2016, Seattle learned just how much of a national outlier it is. During the past eight years, the uplifting message of hope personified by Barack Obama led us to believe our own PR: that we were a national role model for social justice, the economy, reform and progressive politics in general. Our…
Solutions to Help Small Businesses are a Start
But if your favorite old dive bar is currently struggling, well, drink up
Shocking news that the famous Carnegie Deli is closing in New York. In the late 1990s, when the Village Voice bought Seattle Weekly, my new boss, publisher David Schneiderman, took me to the Carnegie on the (accurate) assumption that a guy from Seattle named “Knute” had never had a real pastrami sandwich. I was polite…
8 Ways to Make Seattle Less Appealing
Some ideas for rebooting our defense mechanisms
I have argued that Seattle should deal with growth in two ways: more housing to increase the supply side, and making ourselves less appealing to reduce demand. Some critters in nature exude chemical to make them taste bad. A few species of tropical frogs are covered in a poisonous slime to make them untouchable, and…
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