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Saving our communal storm sewer, Puget Sound
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- Part 1: How growth hurts the Sound
- Part 2: Saving wetlands, nature's kidneys
- Part 3: Beach walls destroy habitat
- Part 4: Trading land to save the Sound
Annals of Nathan Myhrvold and the many fathers of invention, by Malcolm Gladwell
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- A blogger gives team ownership a text-lashing
- Larry Stone: 'Shame on me' for predicting a championship run
An international search for a Gates Foundation CEO ends on the Microsoft campus
Science / Environment »In just decades, a Lake Washington fish evolved to survive without pollution
Food »Ah, about that Copper River salmon: not such a good 'carbon footprint'
Port of Seattle »As a reformist port commission gets sea legs, there is push-back from the staff
Politics / Government »A review of public disclosure exemptions rouses the constituencies behind them
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Strange figure sighted at the City Council
Oddly enough for a public figure, but Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is rather shy. And one place where he rarely shows his face is at City Hall, except around his top-floor offices. So it was big news when he suddenly showed up in City Council offices Thursday, working the corridor and greeting the councilmembers. "It made for a lot of buzz," said Tim Burgess, one councilmember who had been urging Hizzoner to "come on down."
Seattle's tap water is the "gold standard," says Greg Nickels. Really? No, not really. It could be a lot better.
Chapter 3: Members of the City Neighborhood Council refer to the body's role as "holding the city's feet to the fire," but that expression is more incendiary than the reality. The role is advisory, but sometimes its influence can be seen in City Hall initiatives born or programs saved.
Seattle City Hall has cracked down on drinking and clubs, it's on the verge of banning fast food and taxing plastic grocery bags, and now even plastic-bottled water is a civic sin. Switch to tap water! says the mayor. Mossback thinks enough is enough.
Would municipal broadband service for all residents be better and cheaper than what the free market is providing now? Seattle City Hall wants to find out.
As long as we're beating up on the mayor today ...
Seattle Mayor for Life Greg Nickels is issuing press releases fast and furiously. There are, after all, only 546 days until the election — the 2009 election. And although he has no real opponent as yet, His Excellency has only $129,639.98 in the bank for the 2009 campaign and only took in $29,430.90 in March — and hired fundraiser Colby Underwood got $3,500 of that.
So it's no wonder Nickels' staff is cranking out press releases that attach his name to everything that happens in this town.
Seattle's mayor waves the flag of secession. In so doing, he may have waved goodbye to a future in state politics.
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Death by sun! Film at 11
If you watch local TV news, there's always something to worry about. Take this week's weather: sunny, warm ... and apparently a coiled snake ready to strike! Local stations are famous for over-hyping storms as reporters lean into Alki breezes as if they're the next Katrina or race up to Snoqualmie Pass to prove that — you won't believe this scoop — it's snowing in the mountains in the middle of winter! But it's not enough to exaggerate rain and wind: A little bit of sun is enough to spread alarm.
The P-I's D. Parvaz will head to Harvard
Your chance to join the Mod Squad
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A dissent on Rauschenberg, darling of the avant garde
Jen Graves on Robert Rauschenberg's influence
Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94
Bill Gates' (property) taxman cometh
REI plans to go solar at 11 stores, though none in Washington
Speaking of appeasement of Hitler, how about Bush's grandfather?
Gay marriage ruling may not touch off a new culture war
Memories of an intense Oregon primary, 1968
Hillary Clinton, will you please go now!
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John Moe: Sorry, Seattle, I'm moving away
Gay marriage ruling may not touch off a new culture war
Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94
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From the NBA championship to homelessness in 30 years
The M's need a smarter management team
Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94
To the envy of Washingtonians, B.C.'s got new ferries
The Space Needle's first cleaning since 1962?!
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Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94
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