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Bad ideas whose time has come
A state income tax, higher Seattle parking rates, private waterfront development: budget woes can turn bad ideas into timely ones.
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Metro Transit giveth and it taketh away, all in one weekend
Rapid Ride bus service launches this weekend (Oct. 2-3), but simultaneous service cuts will hit at the heart of Metro's regional system: densely populated Seattle.
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McGinn's budget: heavy lifting in troubled times
Seattle's mayor has just finished his budget, one that will face criticism but that he believes can prove to be sustainable in the future.
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In search of good old Seattle radical politics
The neo-liberal agenda, even in supposedly "liberal" Seattle, has devoured the old radical spirit. Here's a plea for reconnecting with the left's historic worker and lower middle class base.
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Women and the death penalty
When it comes to gender equality, death row is a pretty unfair place, if you're a man.