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Stories for Nov. 5, 2009
Election 09: The revolt of the independents
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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Memo to Mayor Newbie: Don't concentrate on monuments, but instead see that a dozen or so small public buildings are joys to behold and glories of the neighborhoods.
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In the mayor's race, the slow process of counting mail-in ballots has left the candidates frozen.
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Time to consider reopening Seattle high schools
As enrollment begins to creep back up, with a bubble moving toward high school, district officials may think about reopening old Lincoln High. And this is the time to make good on promises to improve South End schools.
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In an age of seemingly too much information and not enough thinking, an argument for eschewing our culture's relentless optimism and seeing things as they really are.
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