Where do Seattleites come from?
Posted Wed, Sep 30, 6 a.m.
Not from local hospitals, that's for sure. The city also is undergoing a remarkable surge of foreign-born and refugees.
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What was Shawna Forde thinking?
Posted Tue, Jun 16, 6 a.m.
Shawna Forde, a lost soul in Everett and the world of anti-immigrant terrorism, is now accused of murder. It adds another dark chapter to Everett's history and to the stories of mayhem caused by 'true believers.'
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A new librarian faces tough economic times
Posted Tue, May 19, 6 a.m.
Susan Hildreth, filling the big shoes of Deborah Jacobs, has a good grasp of the complex political environment she's entering. Libraries now have many new missions and lots of bosses.
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Suburbs: cul-de-sac communes or apocalypse?
Posted Fri, Feb 6, 6 a.m.
As Puget Sound sprawls, the debate continues over how to reclaim, redeem, or raze the suburbs. To rethink the burbs, you first need to recognize their virtues.
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The future of 'nowhere'
Posted Mon, Aug 18, 5 a.m.
Urban planners love to hate the suburbs, but what's going to become of them? Will Bellevue eventually become a post-carbon ghost town or a new urban hybrid? Some reflections on the urban/suburban debate.
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Bellevue's 'Little Eichmann'
Posted Tue, Aug 12, 5 a.m.
Finding the banality of Nazi evil close to home.
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Parlez-vous a software language?
Posted Mon, May 5, midnight
Seattle's French Underground: Thousands have invaded metro Puget Sound, many of them in search of opportunities and attitudes in technology that simply don't exist at home in France. Part 1
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Hey, what about an Absolut Ecotopia?
Posted Tue, Apr 8, 5 a.m.
A vodka ad stirs anger and nationalism, tapping a history that links to the fight for the Pacific Northwest.
READ MORE 3 COMMENTSThe Border Patrol swoops in on a domestic ferry run
Posted Fri, Feb 1, 3 p.m.
Last week, cars and passengers disembarking the San Juan Islands route at Anacortes were met by feds who inquired about everyone's citizenship. Normally, no big deal. But this checkpoint was for a boat that had not been to Canada. The government isn't saying much about it, but islanders are buzzing.
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Big development comes to Yesler Terrace
Posted Mon, Nov 26, 5 p.m.
After 68 years, the nation's first racially integrated public housing community faces enormous change. So what will happen to the people who live there?
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The scientific dark age of George Bush
Posted Mon, Oct 8, 5 a.m.
University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska, a onetime Bush appointee, says scientific research and education are sputtering in the "dark time" of the Bush years. He also says Washington state's higher ed system is failing the next generation.
READ MORE 12 COMMENTSPurgatory in Tacoma: update
Posted Sat, Oct 6, midnight
We've solved the mystery of the man held in isolation at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. His is a long story of life as an illegal alien who has exhausted his options for staying.
READ MORE 1 COMMENTSPurgatory in Tacoma
Posted Wed, Oct 3, 5 a.m.
An unidentified man from Yemen is being held at the federal Northwest Detention Center and awaits deportation. It could be a long wait. He's in a bureaucratic Catch-22 that requires him to formally request to be deported. Meanwhile, he holds occasional hunger strikes. So who is he? By law, authorities cannot say.
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What drives the runaway growth in the Seattle area?
Posted Tue, Aug 7, 1 a.m.
Much of the growth comes from external factors we cannot control. But not all of it is beyond local political control. An urban geographer sorts out the unusual concentration of growth hormones that hit the area and looks at the dilemmas of rapid growth.
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Growth is not a force of nature
Posted Mon, Aug 6, 5 a.m.
Exhibit A is the case of developer Henry Liebman, whose strategy in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood wouldn't be possible without a lot of government help.
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Sad places and brave people
Posted Sun, Feb 1, 10 a.m.
Driving the interior West from Seattle to Arizona is a demoralizing experience, as hard times bites these hard-bitten towns.
MORESausage Links, ice cream man edition
Posted Fri, Aug 15, 12:22 p.m. 2008
Despite the near-record temperatures predicted for the weekend, officials from around the state are asking agencies to "freeze." Last week, Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire ordered a hiring freeze for state employees in an attempt to ease Washington's mounting budget deficit. Yesterday, the Snohomish County Council ordered a hiring freeze for all of their county's agencies. Not to be outdone, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels proposed a $5 million spending freeze for the City of Seattle yesterday. On a related note, Seattle's fleet of ice cream carts are expanding their service around the city, in a move experts say could result in widespread brain freezes. ...
MORESausage Links, row, row, row your boat edition
Posted Fri, Jul 25, noon 2008
Gov. Chris Gregoire spent yesterday on Puget Sound, touting her environmental record while bashing her Republican opponent, Dino Rossi. Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Joel Connelly rode along (you can even see him to the left of Gregoire in the Everett Herald's photo of the boat tour), but remained unconvinced of her ability to connect with voters. Here's Sound Politics' take on the story. ...
MORESausage Links, pot, farms, and medicine edition
Posted Fri, Jul 18, 2:58 p.m. 2008
Count on the alt-weeklies to provide blow-by-blow coverage of the recent medical marijuana bust illegal search and seizure. Dominic Holden at The Stranger has the story about the incident — along with copies of the police report and the arresting officer's search warrant. According to the reports, Seattle Police officers tore down a wall while searching for an illegal pot-growing operation that didn't exist, while seizing bags of marijuana and medical records. The folks at Seattlest would like to remind the SPD that medical marijuana has been legal in Washington for nearly 10 years. ...
Sausage Links, sex, satire, and rock 'n' roll edition
Posted Tue, Jul 15, 3:03 p.m. 2008
At Horse's Ass, David Goldstein has a lengthy investigative story detailing a case of sexual harassment at the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR). According to a 62-page document obtained from public records, a young woman who worked at the DNR quit her job after being harassed by 68-year-old Commissioner of Public Lands Doug Sutherland. The story goes on to say:
MORESausage Links, sonic-bust edition
Posted Thu, Jul 3, 1:07 p.m. 2008
Let the mourning begin about the Seattle SuperGoneics. Everyone's in tears. That is, except the editorial board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. They think the settlement was a good deal. Hmmm. Are you kidding me? Heck, even the basketball gods thundered their disapproval throughout the night. ...
MORESausage links, Seattle SuuuuuuperSonics edition
Posted Wed, Jul 2, 1 p.m. 2008
Today's the day of reckoning for the city of Seattle and the SuperSonics. Judge Marsha Pechman will rule at 4 p.m., and we'll know who wins this OK Corrall shootout. Mayor Greg Nickels will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. to discuss the decision (live on the Seattle Channel). Here are the pre-announcement perspectives: state Rep. Bob Hasegawa, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, Stranger writer Josh Feit, Crosscut writers Ross Anderson and Sue Frause. ...
MORESausage Links, hammer-time edition
Posted Mon, Jun 30, 1 p.m. 2008
Tri-City Herald reporter Chris Mulick digs deep into Washington state's bungled attempt to land a $2 billion uranium enrichment plant, along with its 400 high-paying jobs. According to Mulick, Gov. Chris Gregoire chose not to pursue bidding for the plant, deciding instead to play it cool politically. As a result, Idaho got the plant. Washington lost the money. And Dino Rossi just got more ammo for his campaign. Still, Gregoire's got a sizable lead in the polls, at the moment. ...
MOREThe Wash. state GOP gets tougher than McCain
Posted Mon, Jun 2, 5:06 p.m. 2008
The Washington State Republican Party adopted an aggressive new platform over the weekend. There are some key differences between the new platform and the stances of the party's presidential candidates, especially that of presumed nominee John McCain.
MOREIs there any blarney in Hillary Clinton claims that she brought peace to Ireland?
Posted Tue, Feb 26, 10 p.m. 2008
Tonight's debate was the second time I was struck by Sen. Hillary Clinton's claim about her role in the peace process in Ireland. As a Claddagh wearing son of Irish citizens, I took note. Her claim reminded me of a lunch I once had with a literary hero of mine, the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, who praised Bill Clinton for helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Alluding to the kneecappers and killers of the tribal wars, he said: "We take our politics seriously." I agree. Bill Clinton moved that process forward, to his lasting credit.
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