Politics
Seattle's missing out on the value of motorcycles
Other cities, including Kirkland and San Francisco, are encouraging people to get out of cars and onto scooters and motorcycles. Seattle is mired in process on the question.
Matt A. Fikse
Matt Fikse-Verkerk (Twitter: @mattfikse) covered urban affairs, politics, tech, and business at Crosscut from 2009 to 2014. He lives in Seattle and works for a biotechnology firm in Redmond, WA.
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Tech
Dear 'New York Times': Thanks for the chance to pay!
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Politics
Our taxation identity problem
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