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The animal-waste problem is, and is not, a load of crap
Researchers in Snohomish County estimate that pets there account for waste equivalent to a city of 32,000. That's a lot of nasty bacteria in surface-water runoff.
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Birthing behind bars
Reading the recent article in The Seattle Times [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004444 808_prisondoulas29m.html] about doulas in the state prisons, I wasn't sure whether to feel proud or ashamed of my state. It's a horrible thing for babies to be born in prison — horrible for the m
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Gentrifying White Center
White Center is an unincorporated neighborhood and cultural melting pot, sandwiched between Seattle proper and the suburb of Highline. Despite grappling with urban crime and the difficulties of providing subsidized housing for low income residents, both Seattle and Burien believe there is hope. Part
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Polimedia lunch links: beer-drinkers' edition
Is Gov. Chris Gregoire the next woman who could break the glass ceiling [http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/] at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? Or is it Patty Murray [http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/2008/06/finally_some_local_vp_rumors.html#start_comments]? ...
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Unsustainable Seattle
When you consider the carbon footprint of new construction, this city promotes growth and development policies that are wasteful, destructive, and myopic. Greens and historic preservationists need to find common cause in creating a truly sustainable urban landscape.