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Greg Nickels' rebel yell
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Washington's million-dollar university president
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Mods versus snobs
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It's not over until Hillary Clinton's cash runs out
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The city's own series of tubes
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Seattle is a ghost town for ghost bikes?
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Annals of Northwest secession
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Seattle area, San Juans lead the local wealth parade
Mike Parks, editor of the valuable Marple's Pacific Northwest Letter ($), has posted some fascinating data about levels of wealth in Washington and Oregon, digging into the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis figures for 2006, the most recent year available. The figures show how much Washington's richest counties are outstripping other nearby states.
Psst! Wanna see the Viaduct disappear?
The debate about Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct used to be a very public, contact sport, but as many local politicians were carted off the field, the controversy moved to a 30-person stakeholders group, who meet very quietly. Meanwhile, the politicians edge back onto the playing field and hint at solutions.
Fair-weather Republicans drifted off as the day unfolded, and rules are rules: Without a quorum, King County's party didn't finish the business at hand.
In a municipality dominated by Dems, the assessor argues for a radical idea: less bureaucracy.
The Puget Sound Regional Council's Vision 2040, to be adopted tomorrow, has been outrun by seven years of population growth in the very outlying areas the plan is intended to protect, says the recent former Washington secretary of transportation. He explains what's happened and argues for a recalibration of strategy.
Why governance reform for local transit would not work
A governor's commission suggests fixing our transportation problems by changing the governing board to a directly elected body, as in Portland. A skeptic says such a reform would be slow, reduce accountability, and probably make our transportation planning worse.
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57 states — and the Soviet of Washington?
Sen. Barack Obama must be drinking some of the same Seattle water as secessionist Mayor Greg Nickels. In Beaverton, Ore., he told the crowd that he'd visited "57 states" with "one left to go." He goes on to say that the only states he hasn't been to during his presidential bid are Alaska and Hawaii, which means Obama thinks the U.S. has 58 states, though by his own count there should be 59.
A Seattle software exec makes sure that the buffalo don't roam
The Northwest's real fairy tales
An Eastside community where craftsmanship defines the homes
Melinda Bargreen: Goodbye to the Seattle Times music critic post
Columbus Symphony, deadlocked with musicians, shuts down
A Seattle software exec makes sure that the buffalo don't roam
In the 19th century, tourists used to slaughter bison herds from passing trains, blasting the big beasts into near extinction just for fun. That ugly tradition is echoed in the recent massacre of buffalo in Colorado, which has also touched off a classic confrontation over rights between two ranchers. The Northwest connection: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's John Cook points out that the man behind the recent massacre is the chairman and CEO of one of Seattle's top software companies, Jeff Hawn of Attachmate. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Life after Yahoo: Microsoft moves on — to Asia
Steve Ballmer's about-face explained
Saving our communal storm sewer, Puget Sound
A stealth Ron Paul campaign makes the GOP nervous in Idaho
Just 15 years old, the state Department of Ecology building is cracking dangerously
Mount Rainier's Paradise Inn is ready to reopen after years of renovation
Northwest Airlines plans to compete on the Seattle-to-Beijing route
The 787 program is 15 months behind, but some deliveries could be 30 months late
Perhaps Oklahoma City would also be interested in a baseball team
Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team
Fast times and loads of fun, despite expensive gas
Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team
An Eastside community where craftsmanship defines the homes
Priced out, but still somehow living in Seattle
In the International District, an interesting approach to restaurant reviewing
Yours for free: a guidebook to farm-fresh food
A city of scolds
Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team
Mount Rainier's Paradise Inn is ready to reopen after years of renovation
A spring drought: Reservoirs are dry
Hillary Clinton will you please go now!
An alternative reality show
John Moe: Sorry, Seattle, I'm moving away
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