Gregoire Drops The Ball...

Gov. Christine Gregoire, who rose to the office of Governor with some scrutiny in her race against Dino Rossi, really dropped the ball this week. She had the chance to win over a lot of her skeptics, to win over the people who felt she hadn't deserved to win her 2oo4 election. Instead, she choose to not act on the deal proposed to hear, a dream deal in which 4 men would step up and prove $150 million for a renovation. It'd be one thing if she was merely the voice for all of Washington's governmental figures, but that simply is not the case.

Steve Kelley, a writer over at The Seattle Times, has always written in support of keeping the Sonics in Seattle. Today is no different. But while the past weeks have been somewhat optimistic, his column today is almost morose. He writes about Deputy Mayor Tom Ceis' disappointment over the failure to act on such a fantastic proposal. And while Ceis is adamant that the issue isn't dead, and that the City of Seattle will try to re-negotiate with the investment group as far as deadlines for their offer, he is aware that it's an uphill battle. "It's going to be hard. There's no rabbit out of the hat yet". It's only going to get harder.