1) The Economic Opportunity Institute, a liberal think tank, has a handy calculator to help you figure out how much I-1098 , the high earners' income tax, will help or hurt you if it passes in November.

2) Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at Seattlecrime.com burns The Stranger for some sloppy reporting on pot arrests.

3) Seattle Transit Blog reports on the methodology King County Metro plans to use to assess whether to retain its electric trolley buses or replace them with electric/diesel hybrids.