1. Josh isn't the only one who's obsessed with this year's troubling trend of secret campaign financing (however, you'd never know it judging from the skimpy two comments he got on yesterday's 100th post about i t). Evidently, the PI's Joel Connelly cares about this too. He's got the story: Two liberal campaign finance watchdog groups are accusing a Karl Rove-backed group that has committed $780,000 against Patty Murray of hiding their donors behind their nonprofit status, and are asking the IRS to investigate.

2. Over on Crosscut, the head of the Metro transit union argues against a freeze on driver wages, saying driver pay has barely kept up with inflation.

3. Is I-1098, the high-earners' income tax, really a backdoor effort to pass the education tax voters rejected six years ago? Austin Jenkins at The Washington Ledge inquires .

4. Seattle Transit Blog sides with Mayor Mike McGinn, says light rail may not be feasible across SR-520 under the current configuration after all.

5. The Tacoma New Tribune's Political Buzz blog links to a comprehensive list of state budget cuts.