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Mar 12, 2008 6:31 PM | last updated Mar 12, 2008 2:50 PM
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Riding King County's roller-coaster budget

By O. Casey Corr

The King County Executive is preparing another budget. What is the message this year?

In 2001, it was...

Oh, cripes! It's ugly.

In 2004, it was...

Holy smokes!

In 2005, it was...

Time to celebrate.

In 2006, it was...

Not pretty, but we have made progress.

In 2008, it is...

Deja-mess all over again.

  • O. Casey Corr writes the Mudville blog for Crosscut. He is a Seattle-based writer who previously worked for The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer and now works at Seattle University as director of strategic communications. He worked as a senior advisor to Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, ran for Seattle City Council in 2005, and recently taught business journalism at the University of Washington. You can e-mail him at casey.corr@crosscut.com.
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