seattlemare

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McGinn's right: city employment levels matter

Posted Tue, Feb 23, 6:42 a.m.

Kent -- Make whatever political points you want but at least get the facts straight. The 2002 Adopted Budget, which was the last one done under Mayor Schell, listed 11,081 FTEs. Of these, 470 were in the Library. Library positions are no longer in the City’s official position list, so ...

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Portland Timbers cut a new deal

Posted Thu, Jan 28, 5:34 a.m.

This is great news! My late Dad and I shared season tickets to the original NASL Sounders and the Timbers and Whitecaps rivalries (and of course the hated NY Cosmos) were high points for us. Today my brother and I are inaugural season ticket holders looking forward to season two! ...

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How will history judge Mayor Nickels?

Posted Tue, Sep 1, 9:43 a.m.

Sam, thank you for a thoughtful piece. In our public discourse, there is reality and there is caricature. If you think about the Housing levies (2002 & 2009), breaking ground for light rail (2003), the Family and Education levy (2003), the Fire Facilities levy (2004), the US Mayor's Climate Protection ...

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