By Mark Kaufman
I get to do a lot of illustration that accompanies news stories on national and global issues. So I get to draw George Bush and Dick Cheney, comment on issues of the day like Iraq, the economy and so on. But I also get to comment on local issues and characters. Here’s an example of that. The Stranger asked me to do a  caricature of Washington State Senator Margarita Prentice. Otherwise known as Senator Moneytree for her connection to the payday loan company. She is also known as a shill for the Seattle Sonics and their attempts to coerce the public into forking over millions so that they can build a new arena. That idea is getting surprising resistance from the public. We’ll see how that plays out.