Bout time.

Well no. We're married.

There have been several, but the ex-Stranger folks who went independent (Burner) have impressed me the most and, from what I've heard, profoundly annoyed the PR and PDR-response folks at the City. Classical investigative journalism. I hope they get a million subscribers.

Nontraditional journalism is just journalism that hasn't been captured (yet) by an overriding business interest.

Whether a prosecutors' office has the resources they want to prosecute the docket they intend has no relationship to whether the public defenders' office has the resources necessary to meet their obligations to indigent defense.

Though I sympathize with Leesa for not getting the funding she asked for, pitting the prosecution bar against the defense bar like this isn't right and doesn't seem like it could have been her intent.

This isn't a good take. Representation is a constitutional right, and it's not negotiable.

The absence of adequate public defense is contrary to justice. PD's and prosecutors' roles are different, the burden of a caseload for each is different, and an apples-to-apples comparison is inappropriate.

It happened a few years ago without drawing much attention.

Savage.

I hope that Rory and Nathan aren't done yet. There's need for people in public service who respect the responsibility that comes with wielding the government's coercive power, and that means we have to value the voices of people who have spent their careers fighting against institutional injustice.

Nathan I don't know, but I saw him speak. Mad respect for a PD, and for him in particular. He speaks with the passion of someone who has watched innocent clients deprived of their rights and even their lives by the institutions that are supposed to protect all of us equally.

Same time, I'm bummed for Rory and Nathan.

Rory is a friend, a brilliant attorney and administrator, and he has a huge heart. He would be an incredible city attorney or deputy to one. He was my first pick. And I badly wanted to see a general race between him and Erika or Nathan.

I've met Erika and I think she's a great candidate. She has a strong ethical grounding, she's taken fights against corruption and abuse that are politically challenging, and she's a bona fide criminal trial attorney. She'll win handily and Seattle will be better for it.

Amen.

Also, hard to budget for litigation against the guy who has already stolen a billion dollars.

This reminds me of the Chickenshit Club, which for anyone who hasn't read it, dissects how the penalties and fear of white collar criminal investigation has been systematically undermined for a whole generation.

Few weeks ago I put the kiddo's baby hairclips in my wife's hair, just to free up our hands and get a nap going. Thought she knew but no, she didn't notice for most of the day. Thankfully not a workday.