AltWeeklies Wire
As Scientology Expands in Seattle, So Do Its Naysayersnew

Masked protesters are taking to the city's streets as the church eyes new facilities downtown and in lower Queen Anne.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-18-2008 |
Religion
A Field Guide to Seattle's Ugliest Housesnew
The FAR Monster, The Encroacher, The Green Zone Special and other species ruining your neighborhood.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
04-07-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Over the (Capitol) Hillnew
The soul of Seattle's gayest neighborhood is being chipped away by high-priced condos. Does that signal the beginning of diaspora away from an older, richer, more hetero Capitol Hill?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-22-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Seattle's E-Waste Conundrumnew
Our new state e-waste law won't go into effect for another year. It's a complicated scheme in which industry will take back its wares, at no cost to the consumer, via the Washington Material Management and Financing Authority.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-07-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Seattle Wants You to 'Green Up' by Paying Extranew
Is this ecologically sound or a waste of good intentions?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Seattle Hotel Could be Pathway to Citizenship for Investorsnew
Rich foreigners would gain green cards by investing in an industry reliant on undocumented workers.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
07-02-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Pet-rescue Underground Railroad Won't Leave a Dog Behindnew

For its members, that can mean bites, tornadoes of fluff and nothing left for the mortgage.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller and Huan Hsu |
04-16-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
How Seattle Ended Up With the Great Wall of Waterfront Blightnew
Given the acrimonious political debate over the Alaskan Way Viaduct's replacement, leading to Tuesday's mail-in advisory ballot, you'd think the elevated eyesore was controversial even before its 1953 opening -- not true.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-13-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
See More Buttsnew
Thanks to the smoking ban, city sidewalks are littered with cigarettes -- whose job is it to clean them up?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-30-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Stonewallednew
What happens when a war memorial runs out of space for the newly deceased?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-16-2007 |
War
Putting the Dog Downnew
Greyhound's Seattle station stands in the upscale line of fire.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hazard Lightsnew
Moped and scooter jockeys say getting run off the road is nothing unusual.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-19-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
My Beautiful Careernew
How did the newsroom suddenly become so gorgeous?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-20-2005 |
Media
Tags: media