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An intriguing mayor possibility, Maud Daudon
This former deputy mayor and Chamber of Commerce chair is looking at a mayor's race in 2013, but she may be too much of an unknown and with too little fire in the belly to do it.
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Permissive outcome on coal port land-clearing violations
The ruling from Whatcom County, state DNR seems to say: violate first, get a permit later. And pay a small fine.
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Seattle's car-tabs measure: no sale
Proposition 1 is the kind of measure the writer, an experienced government hand, would ordinarily support. But the uses of the money are too poorly defined to meet the urgent needs for basic street and bridge maintenance.
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Parklets: a great idea for Seattle to steal
San Francisco has created a quick way to convert a parking space or two into pleasant micro parks that the community picks and maintains. What are we waiting for?
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The challenges for peace movements in World War I and today
Adam Hochschild, historian and the co-founder of "Mother Jones" magazine, hopes modern war opponents will be more successful than their predecessors. He is speaking in Seattle about his new book on World War I.