Updates at the bottom of the post.
{The original post about The Daily.}

Let me begin w/ what I posted on the Daily's website:

BRAVO! You did the right thing, the right way. Moreover, you have dignity and decency and honor. Thanks for doing the right thing.

(It helps when I was a student reporter once.)

Below is their statement:

Letter from the Editor

January 23, 2007
By Trevor Klein

On Thursday, Jan. 18, The Daily published a story by Shayla Miles under the headline “Rossi reflects on politics.” While the article appeared well-balanced and fairly written, subsequent comments the author posted to an online blog site brought to our attention that her intent in submitting the article stemmed at least in part from her own political bias, and not from the journalistic goal of objectivity.

As a man, when I debate abortion, I am frequently reminded that for all intents and purposes, I have no voice and no choice in the debate or decision on abortion, something I flatly reject.  As long as it takes two to tango, then both parties should be partners in the entire process.  That we have reduced this to a single point of failure speaks volumes.

But rather then again be reminded that my lack of ovaries renders me silent, on the dubious Anniversary of Roe v Wade, I will happily defer to a colleague, one who was once pro choice and reconsidered her stance later in life. 

Having read this, I find I have nothing that I could add to be of any further value.

In her case, her choice was to support life.  Originally posted at Sister Toldjah. 

From pro-abortion to pro-life: My thoughts on the 34th anniversay of Roe v. Wade

The children on the Seattle City Council and their playmate Greg Nickels may yet get their names on some waterfront parks, and their legacy poured in concrete. From the Seattle Times:

OLYMPIA — Gov. Christine Gregoire this morning left the door open to replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel.

Without committing herself to a course of action, the governor said she wants to hear what voters say in a March 13 election in Seattle on the viaduct.

“There is no question that the next big issue is what do the voters say,” Gregoire said at a news conference today.

The Seattle City Council voted 6-3 Friday to put two questions on an advisory ballot. One asks voters if they prefer to replace the viaduct with a $2.8 billion elevated highway; the other asks if they want to replace the viaduct with a $3.4 billion tunnel.