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TheeSatisfaction played to a packed house at the Crocodile last night as they lit up PubliCola's One-Year Anniversary Party

About 400 people crowded into the Crocodile last night to: Watch President Obama give his state of the union speech (mixed reviews ... he did name check a Sen. Patty Murray bill that would take $30 billion—money the bailed out banks have paid back—and direct it to community banks); bounce around to CMYK (head honchos at the Crocodile were apparently wowed with the upstart retro new wave dance band, and my guess is we'll be seeing them play there again soon); dig on Song Sparrow Research (stand up bass, plucked cello, glockenspiel, Monkees harmonies, gorgeous pop songs, who knew?); take the first EMC/Precision/PubliCola PubliQuestion poll  (65 percent of you thought Obama gave the right speech last night); and see THEESatisfaction's tipping point gig (they are now Seattle's next big thing, at least judging from the ecstatic crowd).

Thanks everybody for coming out and sharing our anniversary party. Wow.

2. Futurewise, formerly 1,000 Friends of Washington, the serious environmental group that was instrumental in creating the state's Growth Managment Act back in the 90s—and is currently invaluable, defending it from sprawl  in courtrooms across the state and in legislators' offices in Olympia— won the Municipal League of King County's "Organization of the Year" award this year.

3. Democratic Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski reportedly called Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday, before the results came in on voter measures 66 and 67—raising taxes on high-income earners and corporations—to tell her it was going to lose. (It won handily.)

4. A new Survey USA/KING 5 poll shows that 53 percent of voters support Mayor Mike McGinn's $241 million bond measure idea to replace the sea wall.

Traditionally, pollsters say you need at least 60 percent on early polling to feel right about going ahead with a measure. And that's to get 50-plus-one on election day. McGin's sea wall bond measure needs 60 percent at the polls.

There was some better news for Mayor McGinn. Even though the poll found that 52 percent support the waterfront tunnel (which McGinn opposes), 57 percent don't think the tunnel should be built if Seattle has to cover overrun costs—McGinn's main complaint.