Slog - Comments on Postman Leaving the Seattle Times http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times This is sad news to end the night on—at least for us and the local journalism world. David Postman, Chief Political Reporter for the Seattle Times, is leaving after 14 years at the paper. I'll have more to say on this tomorrow. It's a big loss. But in the meantime, if you want one small measure of how central Postman is to the political discussion in this state, go to our homepage and type his name into our little search box. You'll see that he gave us a lot to chew on. (And you'll also see that he's one of... Copyright 2008 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:30:30 -0800 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:27:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PC So where's he going to?

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1125953 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1125953 2008 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:56:08 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball He always rang twice.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1125955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1125955 2008 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:59:25 -0800 Comment by eli? interesting that (at 1) his "soft landing" location isn't included in eli's post. Postman's going to Vulcan. His blog headline: "Another One Bites the Dust." Yeah, the Paul Allen assdust. Thanks Postman for always calling it like it is. Good luck doing so with your new boss.

]]> eli? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1125968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1125968 2008 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:25:13 -0800 Comment by Adam up the ladder of Seattle dreams
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - more

tons more for the same hours, how rational is that, bigger house, new car, more babies

I found his style flat and most of his info too general and already reported - ho hum - must have bought a lot of drinks for his pals

]]> Adam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126071 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:36:15 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
Westerneat saw the light, as in, the exurbian rng surrounding Seattle is going Republican and Postman decided to hightail it to more Lib climates.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126127 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126127 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:28:36 -0800 Comment by Mr. Eop The fulcrum of my life is leaving. Oh no. Whatever will I do? All of those memories of not reading anything he's written are fading away. Gone. Lost forever. I don't know if I can handle this.

I'm writing a book about this right now. It's called I Have Nothing to Show For the Last 14 Years. There will be two sentences dedicated to how Mr. Postman does--followed by childish ridicule and "I don't fucking care"'s, 320 pages of how much I love myself hidden in the cozy confines of self-depreciation, and 1 page of citation. I'm gonna make millions.

But seriously. Shame.

]]> Mr. Eop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126429 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:46:29 -0800 Comment by Kalakalot Too bad. I was looking forward to his Palin commentary. I don't agree with everything David Postman writes, but I respect his encyclopedic knowledge of northwest politics. The man knows his shit, and to me, he represents the old-school tradition of journalists: reporters who got where they are by persistence, knowledge and scrappiness as opposed to a fancy journalism degree from a fancy school.

]]> Kalakalot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126544 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:34:09 -0800 Comment by Gomez He gave the lefty wonks a lot to chew on.

Unless Savage plans on offering him a job preaching to the choir with your paper, let's move on.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1126591 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:48:32 -0800 Comment by Bet ECB and Josh have their resumes in already.

]]> Bet http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1127108 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/postman_leaving_the_seattle_times#c1127108 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:27:26 -0800