No, he couldn't.

The testy legislator from Mercer Island is simply very up tight - oh well ... and how could Josh know his prude index rating?

Glad the Lobbyist lady does good work, so do hundreds of others in Olympia, many UNPAID ... session after session

Josh has a crush on her or she would be ignored

Olympia is full of ego and hot air.

Sad. There is work to be done.

CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DECIDE HOW TO BUILD OR FUND A MAJOR BRIDGE - GOD FORGIVE THEM, STUPID AND NO TALENT BUNCH OF BLOATED EGOS.

Well, not God. Duped voters will have to do the forgiving.

No shit Sherlock. Obviously Kim Justice is good looking—you'd have to be blind as a bat not to see that. (And Katelyn @3 is right that saying so doesn't diminish Justice's work. And it's probably even fun and flattering for Justice to hear).

But Weinstein is right to call bullshit on some of the boorish comments and remind people that Justice was getting a shout out from Slog for a great session.

It was inspiring to see Justice—a young, lesbian progressive—beating the standard issue corporate lobbyists on one of the centerpiece bills of the session.

Josh, if you don't want catcalls and trolls and pointless crap on your blog, talk to your management as to why they can't register user accounts. Or hide posts from everyone but the person who posted them, like sfgate.com.

It's like having no public bathrooms for miles and then "calling bullshit" on homeless people pissing on the ground. Hello, reality!

The Slog has a technical problem. An infrastructure problem. If you can't fix that, at least learn enough about the Internet to realize that posting letters complaining about internet trolls is nothing more than feeding the trolls.

If you feed the trolls, you own the trolls. Don't complain to me about your trolls. Their yours, not mine.

You posted a picture of her because she's beautiful, and you wondered how people might react in the comments. You wanted more, so you posted another lovely picture of her (and a tiny note about her achievements which, at 29 and still in school, make me feel like a total loser).

I don't think any of us are leaping to unfounded conclusions given who you are, what you care about, and your reputation around town by concluding that you are sexually infatuated by this person whose image you cannot stop posting to slog.

In closing, I hope that when I start doing Big Things, people think that I am both smart AND sexy. I don't pay that gym membership for nothin'.

Is she running for office? Then she would be really public - lets' encourage her to move to Mercer Island and run for the soon to be empty senate seat

As far a being Lesbian, well, Josh there are about 50,00 Lesbians in the 5 mile area around your offices - surprise - but I bet she gets a lot of dates from your personal classified

And the guy from Mercer Island is retiring - good riddance - who needs a scold? Lighten up Brian, we all know you want her .... after all, this is SLOG not the blog of the stiff necked prudes and humorless dried up old men from Oly

And stop saying mean things about ECB, Barnes ...

geez, how booring

elenchos, as usual, is right. It is disingenuous of the Stranger staffers to create an anonymous comment board and then whine when people act like anonymous smart asses.

Although I would tell Brian Weinstein that he's an oversensitive twee to his face.

The funniest thing is that only one comment about Kim Justice seemed, to my jaded eye, beyond the bounds of propriety- 43 out of 44 were respectful. Probably a record at the SLOG.

Kim J is completely, thoroughly cuter than cute. And this, as I've said before, coming from a big ol' homo.

Her record is impressive and worthy of commendation. You all should be proud she's "on our side." And by "our" I don't mean G/L...I mean reasonable people who've actually given some thought to issues and decided to take a stand.

Good for you, Kim Justice. You deserve the recognition. Keep fighting for what's right!

:)

Pathetic but true wherever there's a hottie and a comment section. Don't like it, don't post the pic.

Poopy.

Since I made the first post in your second article, I will clarify that the person I was objectifying and cat-calling was YOU, not her. All in good fun I might add, and I think you set yourself up. Just my opinion.

NW women do not have a good reputation as beauties. You need to come down here to SLC and take a look around.

And spare me the mormon jokes, this city is only about 40 per cent mormon.... and lots of lesbians if that is your thing.

and (speaking of sanctimonious) it would have been good if weinstein had a sense of the slog (and stranger) culture before he weighed in (not that his intentions don't seem honorable). it's got its intellectual seriousness, but it's not like it's the nation or something.