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The suburbs are the new Seattle

Posted Sat, Jan 19, 11 a.m.

Welcome to Nickelsville: My point, I'm not sure what yours is but we probably agree on some level so I'm not arguing with you, is that by deporting its arts scene to the suburbs, by crowding out the diversity it purports to embrace, by gentrifying blue-collar neighborhoods, Seattle becomes richer, ...

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The suburbs are the new Seattle

Posted Sat, Jan 19, 8:02 a.m.

The New Calcutta? You Must be Joking: Seattle gets whiter and whiter, richer and richer. Carpeted with condos. Mayor is a weird enviro-fascist - shilling for carbon neutrality while making life harder for real people and easier for the likes of Paul Allen. Here, take a streetcar line a few ...

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The Veepstakes: an early look

Posted Wed, Jan 16, 4:15 p.m.

I'm begging you to get a copy editor: Please. Before Bill Clinton becomes governor of Washington.

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Inside the minds of Microsoft's libertarians

Posted Thu, Jan 10, 7:38 a.m.

hmm: I hadn't honestly paid that much attention to Ron Paul, although I am always more interested in candidates who have actually worked for a living. Most of these guys wouldn't know which end of a shovel is supposed to go in the ground. But if Kristol is against him, ...

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Did you hear the one where Rick Neuheisel tries to recruit Greg Palmer?

Posted Thu, Jan 3, 3:17 p.m.

McKellen: It's McKellen. You guys are cool and everything, but please get a copy editor. Also, Mr. Palmer, if that's how you really spell it, if you live in Seattle I would love to come and see your house - I haven't seen a Seattle house with a vacant lot ...

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The Seattle Symphony describes the NYT expose as 'old news'

Posted Mon, Dec 24, 5:57 a.m.

Local "Media": What I think is most shocking about this story is the way the two major papers, the Times particularly, have ignored this story for decades, sticking steadfastly to cheerleading for their major advertisers. For many years this SSO story was so very well known in the community that ...

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A growing enclave for the arts, 30 miles from Seattle

Posted Sat, Oct 20, 9:40 a.m.

"A growing enclave for the arts, 30 miles from Seattle": I think it's fantastic that Crosscut is offering high school journalists the opportunity to showcase their work. I assume that's what this is. If not, then here are some other sad beyond-the-bridges "story" ideas: Bellevue, a Growing Enclave for Shopping ...

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