Slog AM: Election Takeaways, Spokane’s Suspected Fire Bug, and Three Dead Lions

Genius alert: The Seattle Times’s Danny Westneat marveled at last night’s election results. Democrats, especially the victories of those who supported the millionaires tax and those who campaigned against anti-millionaire tax candidates. Sen. Jamie Pedersen, the tax’s author and lead sponsor, won 71 percent of the initial vote against two challengers. Talking about an income tax used to be political poison, Westneat wrote. Not anymore. Think about it: Why do bank robbers rob b