1) The Senate Republicans have released their budget cut proposal, which focuses on slashing workers' salaries to ward off cuts to senior prescription drug programs and benefits for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The Ledge reports .

2) Chris Grygiel at the PI.com's Strange Bedfellows blog editorializes against King County Council member Reagan Dunn's proposal to create a special commission to figure out how to pay for public safety in the county.

3) West Seattle Blog reports that the Seattle Police Department now has a Twitter account to help you find your stolen car.

4) The Seattle Times reports that the work-release inmate who jumped to his death from the King County Courthouse yesterday had just been released from Harborview Hospital, where he was seen for depression.

6) The Stranger's Dan Savage was on the Colbert Report last night talking about his "It Gets Better" project to combat anti-gay bullying. Slog has the story and the video.

7) Queen Anne View has the details of City Light director Jorge Carrasco's statement on the death of Sammy, the dog who was electrocuted by a faulty metal plate.