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Loopholes in Seattle's sign ordinance are brazenly exploited

Posted Thu, Jun 16, 12:25 p.m.

The experience of Minneapolis and surroundings is video-documented here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vai8j-Lusnw

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McGinn backs Chihuly plus KEXP for Seattle Center

Posted Fri, Mar 11, 8 a.m.

The Space Needle has been Seattle's single biggest disappointment ever since the World's Fair came to an end. What should have become a city nexus, with an interpretive center that celebrated our city's history and its current shape and content instead turned into a source of embarrassment where expectant tourists ...

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How the U.S. underperforms at Shanghai's Expo

Posted Thu, Jul 8, 6:01 a.m.

An insightful report, Knute, but it leaves the reader with the impression that the failed US Pavilion was incidental, the result of a series of missteps. Indeed there were missteps, but each began as a calculation by the State Department under two Presidents and Secretaries of State, and by its ...

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Clinton says take me to the fair!

Posted Tue, Apr 7, 3:25 p.m.

Yes, but where's the beef? What's changed since before Clinton's letter?

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Obama cannot repeal basic economic laws

Posted Tue, Apr 7, 1:42 p.m.

There are no "basic economic laws." Economy is a function of two factors, human psychology and the production and consumption of goods and services. That's it. There are so many permutations on this theme that to prescribe a "law" is complete hubris.

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Can Locke save the world's fair?

Posted Fri, Mar 27, 2:55 a.m.

Knute is correct that this is a tough year for states per se, but various public and public-service entities whose purpose is trade-oriented, and which may have independent budgets -- for example, ports, tourism organizations, and regional and local chambers of commerce -- may yet have a place in a ...

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Shot down in Shanghai?

Posted Fri, Dec 12, 4:04 p.m.

The URL for the BH&L; Group's website is http://www.unitedstatespavilion.com/ Please visit and leave your thoughts. We welcome your offers of support, too! Bob Jacobson Core Team, Communications BH&L; Group, Santa Monica, CA bluefire@well.com

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Shot down in Shanghai?

Posted Fri, Dec 12, 4:04 p.m.

The URL for the BH&L; Group's website is http://www.unitedstatespavilion.com/ Please visit and leave your thoughts. We welcome your encouragement -- and offers of support, too! Bob Jacobson Core Team, Communications BH&L; Group, Santa Monica, CA bluefire@well.com

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The next Northwest world's fair might be in Shanghai

Posted Thu, Jul 12, 10:32 a.m.

US hasn't committed to participating in the Shanghai 2010 World Expo: An excellent article, except for one thing: the US hasn't committed to participating in the Shanghai 2010 World Expo. In fact, the State Dept. hasn't even a working process to review proposals for the US Pavilion. Unless the states ...

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