NASCAR financing plan a clunker, Sonics deserve hard look

In Our Opinion

For an east-sider, the plans currently floating around to save the Seattle SuperSonics and to bring a NASCAR track to Washington state bring on stomach cramps.

Still smarting from the defection of the Seahawks from Cheney in summertime, it's tough for anyone from this area to shed many tears if the Sonics pack up and head to a new town.

With the last championship nearly three decades ago, it's easy to ask the Sonics, “What have you done for me lately?”

Besides, around these parts, we've grown used to watching the pros on television, so you can take that “We're gonna move!” gun a...