ElwoodBlues

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Scared sober at the DESC homeless shelter

Posted Wed, Mar 9, 2:19 a.m.

A moving and very well-written piece. Congratulations many times over.

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Candidate for county caretaker?

Posted Thu, Feb 12, 4:37 p.m.

Bob would be an outstanding county executive. This is no time for on-the-job training.

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After Sims: no apostolic succession

Posted Wed, Feb 4, 9:19 a.m.

Dow isn't the best-liked at the council; Larry Gossett is. The need isn't for someone to be a force for change at Metro; it is for someone to be a force for change in Olympia so that the county can get the revenue options it needs to keep critical human ...

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Can the suburbs be recycled?

Posted Thu, Jan 15, 1:12 a.m.

"We now know that natural ecosystems are complicated and so too ecosystems of culture and history" Great line. With Seattle's rush to densify, it seems too often we sacrifice culture and history on the altar of "urban sustainability," as more and more local landmarks like Waldo Hospital and the Ballard ...

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What's good for preservation is good for the greens

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 8:40 p.m.

I wonder if a seventh challenge might be to get the other Seattle papers to treat historic preservation as a serious issue meriting sustained reporting and editorial attention. I am tired of seeing the Seattle Times lampoon important efforts to preserve mid-century modern architecture in Ballard and the historic fabric ...

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What's good for preservation is good for the greens

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 8:27 p.m.

Seattle and King County are lucky to have a writer of your stature who treats historic preservation with the seriousness it merits as a basic indicator of the quality of life in our community and not just the preoccupation of people with an overabundance of sentimentality and time on their ...

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Method in his mess-ups

Posted Thu, Jan 8, 8:20 p.m.

Interesting analysis. Isn't it 'Diane' Feinstein, not Diana? How will CIA careerists take to working for Panetta? And what ever happened to Adam Smith, Obama's early Washington state backer? Has he been offered anything or will he, albeit at a sub-cabinet level?

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