Facing a Life Sentence: Isaiah Kalebu's sentencing hearing is today for perpetrating the South Park rapes and murder. Jennifer Hopper, the surviving victim, has her chance to offer him a victim's statement. Eli will be reporting from the courtroom.

Debts Move Forward: Paying for the Port of Seattle's $300 million share of the of the $4.2 billion tunnel will cost $22.40 per year for the average King County property owner, the Seattle Times estimates.

They Want to Live in an Ass House: Dems throw stones at Republicans to wrest control of Congress:

The new Democratic political action committee created to help recapture control of the House is unveiling its first slate of TV ads since it played heavily in a May special election win in New York, POLITICO has learned. House Majority PAC, a so-called Super PAC that can take unlimited contributions, has made a six-figure ad buy across three far-flung House districts.

More or Less: The Seattle Department of Transportation is conducting an online survey on variable parking rates, which they say can "make paid parking in downtown and neighborhood business districts more available." Take it.

Did I Mention That He's Black? He Is: Barack Obama has never had a job, says Mitt Romney at the GOP presidential debate. Real people must be corporations because, according to Romney, "corporations are people."

Little Hope: Mayor Mike McGinn has an op-ed on Seattle Transit Blog, still crusading for the quixotic dream that the council will send an $80 car tab fee to voters—with no expiration of that tax—to fund rapid streetcars.

We routinely use long-term financing for our City Light and our public utilities projects. It’s how you build infrastructure. ... The question is, are we the type of city that will only finance road infrastructure but won’t do that for transit?

The British Are Bumming! NYT runs down the reasons why Britons are revolting against the cops. Meanwhile, London courts have charged nearly 600 hundred for their part in the riots.

With Friends Like These: Revolutionary radicals protest cuts to bus service.

What's the Tunnel Vote Mean? "A decision about how you're going to make the decision about whether to have a tunnel or not."

Gay Panic Defense: Attorneys claim that a youth shot his gay classmate in the back of his head because that gay kid brought that shit on himself:

In the case of King, apparently he was wearing makeup and high heels to school and would follow around a group of boys taunting them by saying, "You know you want me." That enraged McInerney so much that he was compelled to kill King. At least, that's what the defense is resting on.

NOM, NOM, NOM: The solution to the gay marriage problem? Criminalize gay sex! After all, NOM says the problem “all goes back to Lawrence v. Texas,” the case that ultimately repealed sodomy laws in the Lone Star State.