As CEO, she inherited a progressive organization that had expanded greatly. She's built on the heritage, deepening the cooperative's commitment to both people and the environment.
Seattle thought maybe it was too smart to suffer a recession. Now, political leaders bring their own agendas to deciding how to respond to a real loss of revenue.
Is Magnuson Park a squandered vision? For many of the hundreds who worked for years to achieve consensus on a master plan endorsed by citizens and city leaders, the park's ongoing evolution is far from what they had hoped.
Better graduation rates in Everett shows that good teachers and smart decisions about curriculum make a difference. But maybe we need to teach young people systematically about decision making.
With jobs to be saved, the city wants its departments to raise revenues any way it can. But, especially in this economy, isn't the city going too far when it proposes opening its own store in competition with existing recyclers and second-hand stores?
