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'Today, we are all Norwegian'
Reflections on political terror and the Scandinavian experience in the Northwest.
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A new approach to paid sick leave
The paid-sick-leave proposal currently being debated in Seattle is an important part of sustainable neighborhoods. We need to do it without jeopardizing critical small businesses. A "sick bank" could be worth close study.
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Adieu, Congressman Wu
Now a victim of strange behavior, David Wu has said he will step down from representing Portland's high-tech neighborhoods. Democrats were showing him the door, hoping to replace him with someone with a better statewide future.
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Playing chicken with Metro buses
The bus system threatens to make big cuts, including on popular Seattle routes, if it doesn't get relief in the form of a surcharge on car-license tabs. Suburban members of the County Council balk at helping more transit-friendly parts of the county. Meanwhile, the city is threatening to put its own
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The coming year bodes ill for Obama, and for big local projects
National belt-tightening is starting to pinch at the local level, and you can expect large capital projects such as the waterfront tunnel and Sound Transit to face skeptical review.