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Captnp

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KCTS, free of debt, sets its programming sights on local public affairs

Posted Thu, Jun 17, 6:55 p.m.

Not to pile on here but I must agree that the fund raising beg-a-thons have long since become too much. Years ago such events were tied to the regularly programed shows and to the rare special. It was made clear then by the hosts that a show's continuation rested on ...

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Explainer: Seattle Center's best-laid plans going awry

Posted Thu, Mar 18, 11:03 a.m.

“More parklike” is precisely what most of us do not want even though it may be what Brewster wants. How much more evidence do you want than a 20 year old plan that has given us a more parklike Center and the public has stayed away in droves. It doesn’t ...

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Throwing stones at Chihuly's glass house?

Posted Thu, Mar 11, 8:17 a.m.

Sorry, that should read "dislike the Chihuly idea even more,

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Throwing stones at Chihuly's glass house?

Posted Thu, Mar 11, 7:48 a.m.

I love the idea that EMP is a later day Jones Fantastic Museum. However, EMP, the proposed Chihuly exhibit, and the Master plan itself all lack the element of goofy low brow fun the Jones and the Fun Forest had. Plus the Chihuly manages to keep one of the worst ...

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Chihuly exhibit: smashing Center open space hopes?

Posted Fri, Mar 5, 6:48 a.m.

This is just another silly part of a Center plan that few in this town actually support beyond paying lip service to open space. A Chihuly exhibit seems much like EMP, aimed at the over 35 elitist crowd and once you've been there you don't need to visit again. The ...

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Uptown Market goes truly uptown

Posted Fri, Jan 29, 11 p.m.

Sorry, but this is a strange little article that seems to have little understanding of the history of the area. Metropolitan Market wasn't merely a Thriftway (a name in this area associated with single owner stores in the old AG wholesale coop) but in fact the Queen Anne Thriftway built ...

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Don't cart away Seattle Center

Posted Sat, Dec 19, 12:21 p.m.

Amen.

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McBoeing's dumb flight plan

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 11:06 a.m.

-"Why did the machinists go on strike in the depths of a recession? How dumb is that? They shot themselves in the foot." How dumb is it to send work to the two WORST plants in this entire bungled outsourced supply chain? How intelligent is it to have the people ...

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McBoeing's dumb flight plan

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6:32 a.m.

Mr. Sell thanks for yet another insightful article on Boeing. Though I may not agree completely with your tone I think you have put together a more complete picture of what's been happening at Boeing over the last 12 years than anyone else. Solutions, there may not be any and ...

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How will history judge Mayor Nickels?

Posted Mon, Aug 31, 7:09 a.m.

What legacy? Yet, again we have a story about Nickels' leadership style with little to nothing about what he actually accomplished. Nickels didn't lose because he's a decider and maybe a bully, he lost because voters didn't like his decisions and the direction he was taking the city in. The ...

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Seattle's World's Fair: the do-over

Posted Thu, Jul 16, 11:01 a.m.

How about stopping the 25 year long destruction of this legacy. The latest silliness is the skateboard park which serves a micro-miniature segment of the population and repels nearly everyone else. Destroying in the process a venue that used to draw both people and revenue to the Center. Then there ...

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Please pass the (road) salt

Posted Wed, Dec 24, 12:44 p.m.

Now can we get Gridlock Greg out of the Mayor's Office

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The Filson of my dreams

Posted Fri, Aug 29, 10:40 p.m.

Great Stuff, just stay away from the imported garbage: A dealer down south showed me how bad the imported stuff really is. New owners degrading the name to make a buck from "branding" and "lifestyle". I either avoid it or wait for the the year-end sale when you can pick ...

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