Arie_v

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Car insurance changes would drive fairness, clean air

Posted Wed, Aug 25, 10:15 a.m.

In Japan they mandate cheaper insurance rates for fuel efficient mini cars (and mini-trucks - you should see them). It seems like a less invasive way to achieve the same goals. It also may be fairer. With pay per mile we would be taxing rural and farm communities where a ...

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The pinch of reality is producing a new kind of leadership

Posted Thu, Oct 1, 9:51 a.m.

I agree with the need to better fund county governments, but the example of property taxes is a poor one in the context of King County. 10% of county residents are rural, but they make up over 50% of unincorporated property tax revenue. County services are concentrated where they are ...

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Coping with a post-Boeing world

Posted Mon, Jul 13, 11:41 p.m.

It sounds like Boeing Execs have been reading the New Yorker and Pete Boyle's "Road Ahead" article on the successes of Nissan in Smyrna and other automotive sun belt manufacturing successes. Okay, maybe that's too highbrow for these dolts, but there is a legit question in whether airplane manufacturing can ...

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Save the planet: Get rid of your cat

Posted Wed, Apr 8, noon

Claiming that TNR cats are "suffering" is banal.

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Save the planet: Get rid of your cat

Posted Sat, Apr 4, 10:31 p.m.

Not to wrestle with a pig, but the data currently available on the cat impact on birds and the environment is specious at best. I know this makes the bird geeks shudder, but what you find on the internet is ... well typical of what you find on the internet.

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Save the planet: Get rid of your cat

Posted Thu, Apr 2, 10:06 a.m.

Erica, Great minds think alike. ;)

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Save the planet: Get rid of your cat

Posted Thu, Apr 2, 10:05 a.m.

Good job of highlighting a problem, but what do you propose as a solution? In the words of Bob Barker, Spay and Neuter your pets and support low cost programs. We already euthanize far too many cats in our shelters, yet we underfund preventative programs - scratch that - we ...

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Is Ron Sims catching a bus to D.C?

Posted Wed, Dec 17, 7:55 p.m.

Ron is a visionary and a charismatic leader who takes care of his own, but he can also be a polarizing force who digs in hard on issues where he is clearly at a disadvantage. Animal welfare and King County DDES are just two examples. Without intervention of agitators we'd ...

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