1. An (unscientific, but telling) Seattle Times  poll is overwhelmingly pro-arena, with 93 percent of respondents saying they support the deal the council announced this morning.

2. The Spokane Spokesman-Review (?) has an 1,100-word piece about the problems facing pedestrians in Seattle.

3.  In a somewhat surprising move, the Children's Alliance, a Seattle-based children's advocacy group, has endorsed I-502, the pot-legalization measure, saying minor drug busts disproportionately impact minorities, the Seattle Times reports.

4. Despite higher prices, privatized liquor sales were up 15.4 percent last month, the Tacoma News Tribune  reports.

5. The Billfold, an awesome personal-finance blog, pays a visit to Worksource, Seattle's unemployment office.