Your wish is my command... ;0)
BTW Chad, I love your current tagline. :)
The first decision to be made is, is this going to be a news-paper, an opinion-paper, or an "interpretation of the Constitutional side of things"-paper? If it's news, are we covering Washington State stuff (such as the unconstitutionality of what most of the politicians do), and if so, who is going to be the investigative reporting to ferret out the facts? If it's just opinion pieces, you've got to have dynamite headlines that jump off the pages and grab readers or they don't give a hoot what your opinion is. If it's issue based (like "should teachers strike?" we've got tons of grist for the mill.
When I did my state-wide Conservative paper back in the 60's, I used "citizen-experts" who were more knowledgeable about specific issues than the bureaucrats who were trying to ruin their lives. I was amazed at how knowledgeable many ordinary citizens are. This is particularly true "when their ox gets gored," and they either have to become experts in the law pertaining to their issue, or they get buldozed by the bureaucrats.
Also, is this going to be statewide, Western Washington or Puget Sound oriented?