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No leaders, please. We're sensitive Seattleites
We gain value from pluralism. But how do we also move forward, behind leaders playing their proper roles? The alternative is the kids' soccer phenomenon of bunch-ball.
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Another inconvenient truth: Why McGinn is right about seawall
Ignoring the cultural resource issues around Native American burial sites was long a part of development. Learning from that mistake is key to creating a safer Seattle waterfront.
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State of the Obama agenda: uncertain
As usual, President Obama delivers a good speech. But will it advance his ideas on the economy, health care and national security?
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Running out of budget gimmicks, states face grim years
Financial issues are forcing states into calamitous binds about what they can do. Most of them are afraid to impose their sales taxes on services, the very area in which more of the economy is moving.
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Seattle school levies: thoroughly hated and extremely effective
The triennial levies have rebuilt and remodeled schools, supplied kids with computers and funded all-day kindergartens. Two levies are up for renewal in a vote-by-mail election ending Feb. 9.