Jim Diers: Out but not Down Jim Diers Interbay P-Patch lit up with sudden sunshine last Saturday as Jim Diers composted Mayor Nickels' letter accepting his resignation as head of the Department of Neighborhoods. "When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade," Diers said to the gathered crowd of neighborhood and P-Patch activists. "And when someone gives you shit...you make compost!" Diers promised that, though he is no longer the City's top neighborhood man, he isn't going anywhere and he will work alongside other citizens to assure that the Department of Neighborhoods keeps its programs intact. The department oversees the P-Patch program, the Matching Grant fund, the local Neighborhood Service Centers and many others.

Teacher Ted

Shopping for Answers at the Mall Academy

Ted Lockery goes inside the Mall Academy's teaching theory and comes up still wondering: will kids learn to learn, or just learn to consume?

Wallingford

South Wallingford Gets a Neighborhood Plan

Ignored in the neighborhood planning process, South Wallingford has been discovered by developers and is finally getting some attention.

Comfort in Wallingford

Great restaurants abound in Wallingford. Zachary Lyons visits two: Stoneway Cafe and Miriani's Cucina Italiana.

Budget cutting or a shell game?

In the case of the Washington State Library, which Locke wants to eliminate entirely, some critics wonder whether Locke's budget offers real cuts or whether it's more of a shell game trying to transfer costs that other public agencies will have to pick up

Hash

A Wedgwood man calls police on a Friday to report that, for the past week or so, he has been getting calls from an unidentified man telling him that the lawsuit is coming...

Fishers, Others Protest Port Decision to Allow Yachts at Fishermen's Terminal

Port of Seattle commissioners voted unanimously on January 8 to allow the terminal to admit yachts. The decision was adamantly opposed by many fishers and their advocates.

Guest Editorial

Recapturing Democracy

Curt Firestone delves into the public mind: why do people participate in government, and why do they not?

Fine Roman Hand

The Fifties Remembered

David Halberstam, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, has caught and described the decade as they really were in his spellbinding book The Fifties.

Women in Cinema Festival

The Women in Cinema festival runs from January 24--31.

Seattle Transportation Discussion: "Are We On Track? Which Track?"

On Tuesday, January 22, University of Washington's College of Architecture and Urban Planning mixes it up with a panel discussion on our options: "Are We On Track? Which Track?"

Monorail Cost Estimates Released

Preliminary monorail cost estimates were unveiled on January 9.

Honey Bear Reopens in Ravenna

An old favorite returns to North Seattle as the Honey Bear plans to reopen in the Ravenna PCC space.

Working Together at the Home Design and Remodel Fair

Preview the events and participants in the fifth annual fair hosted by the Phinney Neighborhood Center on February 3.

Reality

Seattle high school student Catherine Buell takes us on a frightening trip to work in part 1 of a two-part short story.

Law & Technology

Law and Technology

Barriers to Enforcing Your Privacy Rights

This article will focus on the importance of the "Enforcement" provision of Fair Information Practices and some of the barriers to getting good enforcement. Without enforcement, the opt-in/opt-out discussion, along with everything else I've discussed in t