canalstreetcoffee

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How the Erie Canal and Hoover Dam hold lessons for today's hard times

Posted Thu, Sep 9, 1:03 p.m.

Well completely off topic, I have Jackson on my mind. It was Joyce Jackson, President and CEO of Northwest Kidney Centers, who the other day held the elevator door for my invalid and me, and fawned all over him after I introduced him to her as a 10 year client ...

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How the Erie Canal and Hoover Dam hold lessons for today's hard times

Posted Thu, Sep 9, 11:07 a.m.

Fortunately Quinn didn't list all my misspellings. That's what comes of having a B.A. signed by Ronald Reagan. I refer to the slave south because that is what it was. They raised slaves in the Tidewater and exported them west to the cotton states of Alabama and Mississippi. The whole ...

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How the Erie Canal and Hoover Dam hold lessons for today's hard times

Posted Wed, Sep 8, 10:55 p.m.

Michael's history is a bit off, not that it diminishes his main point. The Eire Canal, which established New York City as the most important seaport in North America, was a state project. Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and especially Jackson were opposed to "internal improvements." Madison vetoed a major bill at ...

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Should online comments carry real names? Why not?

Posted Fri, May 28, 9:02 a.m.

I credit no one on the internet who does not sign their name. Thus I have no use for "services" such as Yelp.com, who profit from cowardly opprobrium. "Fear" is not a legitimate excuse. I have had plenty of letters published over the years in the Times and P.I. as ...

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How will history judge Mayor Nickels?

Posted Wed, Sep 9, 1:19 a.m.

Don't take the snow disaster so lightly. I had to drive my invalid to Northwest Kidney Center at 700 Broadway four times during this nightmare. It was impossible. We walked, he in his electric wheelchair, from the Convention Center to the Swedish Cafeteria on Minor (which connects by tunnel to ...

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Beware of big stories buried at election time

Posted Wed, Sep 2, 1:49 a.m.

I am a McGinn supporter who was concerned with Ted Van Dyk's piece about McGinn's position on Mercer Street. I don't think that politician's should necessarily have their hands tied by their positions but I do think they should stay true to the broad strokes of their platforms. At any ...

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Who will help Seattle's biggest grumps?

Posted Wed, Oct 1, 1:13 a.m.

Welcome at Canal Street Coffee, Fremont: Sounds like you meet in the morning. We have espresso, drip coffee, pastries, sandwiches but being a small place inside (huge outside on the decks) can't do breakfast. If you want to change to later in the day, we have Hale's Ales to help ...

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