But does it matter? Not only the fact that even the candidate Forward Seattle doesn't endorse is not exactly going to have a spine to stand up to the developers, but the larger picture.

What does it really matter if we do or don't have someone who represents the true public interest on the city council when in the end we're all getting the same lousy reward for living lives of pointless strife and suffering? Have you forgotten that this world came into existence as nothing more than a random event? There was no more purpose behind the concentration of a few particles of matter that coalesced into our local galaxy and solar system than there was in the random and pointless string of events that led you and I to be sitting here today, each wondering what more we will have to endure before this meaningless charade comes to an end. Maybe you think it's a sick joke that some of us have deluded themselves into thinking there is a god and a heaven and an afterlife where justice will be served and we will all participate in some great purpose behind it all, or maybe you think its a funny joke. Or maybe you can't be bothered to even laugh or cry because you know that either way the outcome is the same. In no time at all we all die and nothing is left but a few aging artifacts and the faulty memories of those who thought they knew us, but none of that will last. Soon enough they will die too and every shadow of our existence will dissipate and be lost forever. In a million years there will be no one to even recognize what our lives were or guess accurately at what we were about. In ten million there will be no one who can even misinterpret us.

Say, whatever happened to Venus, anyway?

Each time she appeared at events, she seemed boarder line hysterical. Most likely needs to drink a bit, just not drive.

The Stranger supported Burgess, now so cozy with the Mayor to shit on the nightlife of the city - Burgess chaired the cop shop committee.

How does it feel Stranger?? The enforcers now go into the clubs and tell people off. Bar owners are terrified, but I do remember how dangerous the Asian guy was going to be if elected to another term.

Will bribes solve the C. Hill cop shop problems? Read Seattle history.