OnTheBrink

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Cutting to the quick on Seattle's police issues

Posted Wed, Feb 23, 1:06 p.m.

Interesting coming from a former councilmember. I had what I thought was a culturally insensitive phone call with a police officer. I wrote her as she was chair of the committee that oversaw the police dept and asked what kind of training officers were required to take. She never responded. ...

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Mike McGinn era: saying less, polling more, spending less

Posted Wed, Jan 27, 9:51 p.m.

If you are the Mayor you are supposed to lead, not follow. Polling can be useful but should not drive/decide agendas. Not feeling good about this.

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Seattle school levies: thoroughly hated and extremely effective

Posted Tue, Jan 26, 11:08 a.m.

My concern is I do not believe the district or its board is losing sleep over the achievement gap. They proposed a D-average to graduate. Race to the bottom. Why support that?

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