Sausage Links, cats, bats, and politicians edition

Remember when everyone thought Democratic congressional candidate Darcy Burner wasn't going to get extra money from the party to beat U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Auburn? Well, think again. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has "reserved $949,000 of air time to boost Burner's campaign." Here's the reaction from the right-wingers at Sound Politics. ...

Rep. Reichert, meanwhile, just got an A-grade endorsement from the National Education Association and the Washington Education Association. ...

Foreclosing: The News Tribune reports that Pierce County is thinking about building a hotel and a restaurant at Chambers Bay Golf Course, the site of the 2010 U.S. Amateur and the 2015 U.S. Open. ...

Formidable: Despite Mayor Greg Nickels' objections, the Seattle City Council will send voters a $146 million ballot measure to expand and improve the city's parks. ...

Flunked: Seattle Public Schools' latest grade from the state auditor isn't pretty, yet again. ...

Failed: Despite pioneering legislation which made Washington the first state to create a law against human trafficking, the state still hasn't convicted anyone of the crime. ...

No jail yet: Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess says he wants the city's next jail to be at Interbay. ...

Salem goodbye: Oregon state Rep. Jerry Krummel, R-Wilsonville, will step down from his House seat to become a principal at a school in Nevada.

Salem away: Meanwhile, the Republican that would have had a shot at filling Krummel's seat, Jeff Duyck, was booted from the ballot yesterday. ...

Small pests: The op-ed board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer hammers King County for accepting the "withdrawal of consumer cards and online listing of fruits and vegetables with the most and least pesticides."

Cats: After a small feline fight in Spokane, the City Council voted unanimously to enable local animal shelters to euthanize unlicensed cats with no identification as soon they enter the city shelter. ...

Bats: Ready for more Batman coverage? Jeff Alworth at Blue Oregon reviews The Dark Knight as political allegory. ...

Wolves have moved into Oregon, says the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The howling packs are just in time for peak camping and backpacking months. I know where I'm not going for a trip this summer. ...