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Posted Fri, Nov 20, 6 a.m.
By Sam R. Sperry
It's happened twice before Mike McGinn's victory. Both Mayors Charles Royer and Wes Uhlman learned from early mistakes, regrouped, and mastered the challenging job.
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Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.
By Ted Van Dyk
A quick tour of his first year, his presidential style of management, and some of the tight corners he will have to escape.
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Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.
By Judy Lightfoot
The author plays the Doubting and Believing games as she ponders an oddball kind of volunteering.
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Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.
By Floyd McKay
States that love the citizen initiative are most in danger of fiscal insolvency, a study says, and Oregon may be next to tank.
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Posted Tue, Nov 17, 6 a.m.
By Anthony B. Robinson
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, now an advocate for release of U.S. interrogation records, says he didn't change sides. The truth did.
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Posted Mon, Nov 16, 6 a.m.
By David Brewster
Everywhere, the independent voters are gaining, but not here. An analysis of the problems some solution-seeking centrists faced, and how Susan Hutchison and Joe Mallahan failed on the candor tests.
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Posted Fri, Nov 13, 6 a.m.
By Knute Berger
One change since 1999, we're talking about Teabaggers, not sea turtles.
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Posted Fri, Nov 13, 6 a.m.
By Dick Lilly
New evidence shows that the Bush administration's famous "No Child Left Behind" education law creates standards that aren't really standards, with unfair and exasperating outcomes for the nation's students.
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Posted Thu, Nov 12, 6 a.m.
By Kent Kammerer
How much latitude does a new mayor have in changing course and leadership at Seattle City Hall? Here's a road map along with some particular suggestions for a couple too-large-to-govern departments.
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Posted Thu, Nov 12, 6 a.m.
By Bob Simmons
Troubled Horizon Bank, at the center of a massive hilltop housing plan, now says it may not survive long enough to build the project. Even so, the bank is pursuing permits and conservationists aren't sure what will happen next.
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Posted Wed, Nov 11, 6 a.m.
By Blair Butterworth
A longtime Seattle political consultant offers Mayor-elect McGinn his "13 Golden Rules for a Smooth Transition."
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Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.
By Feliks Banel
A new "Seattle Speaks" show begins tonight, broadcast live from Town Hall. But budget trouble could mean the elimination of at least two positions next year.
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Posted Mon, Nov 9, 6 a.m.
By Knute Berger
Seattle's new mayor will have to learn some "team of rivals" lessons.
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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.
By Ross Anderson
A former Seattle Times colleague wonders what happened to the libertarian provocateur who used to engage him at their adjoining office doors.
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Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.
By Dick Lilly
A parent’s critical analysis of budget reporting has helped the Seattle school board consider administrative costs in analyzing where to make cuts next year.
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Posted Thu, Nov 5, 7:08 p.m.
By Scott St. Clair
The message isn't being heard in the Seattle area, but elsewhere voters are repudiating party labels and demanding less government and more jobs.
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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 12:39 p.m.
By Floyd McKay
Progressive voting blocs tend to be close to Puget Sound, and this core is expanding and holding steady. The exceptions: Pierce, Mason, and Clallam. Clark County is a key swing area.
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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 12:22 p.m.
By Chris Vance
Educated, affluent, secular suburbanites had been swinging to Obama and the Democrats. No more.
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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 10 a.m.
By Mark Matassa
Two Crosscut writers, having declared their political druthers, report from last night's events.
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Posted Wed, Nov 4, 6:56 a.m.
By Ted Van Dyk
Incumbent Congressional Democrats in marginal districts will now run scared, making passage of health-care reform more difficult.
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