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    Articles by Ellis E. Conklin
    The Solution to Seattle’s Homeless Problem Is Painfully Obvious
    The Solution to Seattle’s Homeless Problem Is Painfully...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • June 29, 2016 8:00 am

    More than 15 years ago, Seattle began experimenting with Housing First and then stopped. Why?

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    Tam Nguyen sits at his Tamarind Tree restaurant last week.
    Little Saigon is in decline and has been...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • May 18, 2015 8:51 am

    Little Saigon is in decline and has been for some time. Fewer than 300 people live here, but then this…

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    A street art project in Anchorage uses discarded liquor bottles to highlight the city's alcohol problem.Photo credit: Clark Yerrington
    Karluk Manor caters to the desperate and downtrodden...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • May 4, 2015 9:37 am

    Karluk Manor caters to the desperate and downtrodden on the periphery of downtown Anchorage—about a mile away from the famed…

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    Recovery Centers of King County headquarters.
    Over the past 20 years, The Recovery Centers...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 23, 2015 2:33 pm

    Over the past 20 years, The Recovery Centers of King County have admitted thousands of impoverished drunks and addicts, laboring…

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    Mount Si looms above this quarrelsome haunt.
    Snoqualmie: A Tale of Two TownsBicycle bells and...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 21, 2015 7:18 pm

    Snoqualmie: A Tale of Two Towns Bicycle bells and birdsong, sun-dappled lawns green as newly minted fairways. Stroller moms in…

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    Bicycle bells and birdsong, sun-dappled lawns green as newly minted fairways. Stroller
    Bicycle bells and birdsong, sun-dappled lawns green as...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 17, 2015 10:58 am

    Bicycle bells and birdsong, sun-dappled lawns green as newly minted fairways. Stroller moms in black yoga pants running in place…

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    Like any wildlife professor worth his salt, John Marzluff has eaten his
    Like any wildlife professor worth his salt, John...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • April 9, 2015 4:34 pm

    Like any wildlife professor worth his salt, John Marzluff has eaten his share of crow. “It tastes poignant, yet not…

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    Zimerman has called the Council “dirty motherfuckers.”
    When you first meet Alex Zimerman, he’s all...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • March 23, 2015 11:30 am

    When you first meet Alex Zimerman, he’s all laughs and good cheer and gives scant clue as to the depths…

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    Under a strict lending law, the number of payday loan outlets, like this one in downtown Seattle, has dwindled. Photo by Jose Trujillo.
    State Sen. Marko Liias concedes he’s taking some...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • March 13, 2015 2:34 pm

    State Sen. Marko Liias concedes he’s taking some heat these days. That can happen when a well-entrenched payday-loan lender like…

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    Illustration by Leo Zarosinski.
    On March 16, 2009,the day before the Seattle...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • February 26, 2015 3:19 pm

    On March 16, 2009,the day before the Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final edition, New York Times reporter Dan Barry put…

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    Seattle’s political landscape is being dramatically transfigured before our very eyes. Palace
    Seattle’s political landscape is being dramatically transfigured before...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • February 23, 2015 9:41 am

    Seattle’s political landscape is being dramatically transfigured before our very eyes. Palace intrigue has City Hall ablaze in rumor and…

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    boho
    Close your eyes and just listen to her....
    By Ellis E. Conklin • February 17, 2015 12:22 pm

    Close your eyes and just listen to her. Pay no attention for a moment to the flowing white hair that…

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    2/10/15. Photo by Daniel Berman
     Bertha, before the troubles. Courtesy of WSDOTAs the...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • February 12, 2015 1:06 pm

    Bertha, before the troubles. Courtesy of WSDOT As the late-January morning fog gingerly flees, revealing a postcard glimpse of Elliott…

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    In a surprise announcement today, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen said he is calling
    In a surprise announcement today, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 23, 2015 10:50 am

    In a surprise announcement today, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen said he is calling it quits and will not seek a fourth…

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    When was the last time you actually enjoyed a cup of coffee?
    When was the last time you actually enjoyed...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 22, 2015 4:01 pm

    When was the last time you actually enjoyed a cup of coffee? I don’t mean slurping one down in traffic…

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    Bill Scheidler has not had many satisfying moments with lawyers, and if
    Bill Scheidler has not had many satisfying moments...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 20, 2015 3:33 pm

    Bill Scheidler has not had many satisfying moments with lawyers, and if he gets his way, they’ll be paying through…

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    Bainbridge City Manager Doug Schultze, no doubt pandering to the collective 12th
    Bainbridge City Manager Doug Schultze, no doubt pandering...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 15, 2015 2:55 pm

    Bainbridge City Manager Doug Schultze, no doubt pandering to the collective 12th Man, has issued Executive Order 121212 (what a…

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    Calling Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant a grandstander, political newcomer Morgan Beach
    Calling Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant a grandstander,...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 15, 2015 10:17 am

    Calling Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant a grandstander, political newcomer Morgan Beach today announced her candidacy to run in the…

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    Jean Godden says she isn’t backing down from a fight.
    There has been a fair amount of speculative...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 12, 2015 2:08 pm

    There has been a fair amount of speculative whispering around City Hall in recent weeks that Jean Godden, at age…

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    Photo credit: KEPR Television
    Two years ago, you may recall, the owner...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 8, 2015 10:07 am

    Two years ago, you may recall, the owner of a Richland flower shop refused to sell flowers for the wedding…

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    Two years ago, we wrote that the Kalakala was living on borrowed
    Two years ago, we wrote that the Kalakala...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 5, 2015 1:58 pm

    Two years ago, we wrote that the Kalakala was living on borrowed time, having been badly damaged by a snow…

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    Bamboo and Chai will be lonely no more. The Woodland Park Zoo
    On Dec. 2, nearly 50 activists braved freezing...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 22, 2014 12:09 pm

    On Dec. 2, nearly 50 activists braved freezing temperatures to attend a meeting of Woodland Park Zoo’s Board of Directors….

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    You mean this guy?
    Gov. Jay Inslee is calling for a tax...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 18, 2014 11:29 am

    Gov. Jay Inslee is calling for a tax hike of nearly $1.3 billion, to be achieved largely from a 7…

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    • First-of-its-kind mental health crisis care center announced North King County
    • House Democrats push Washington closer to assault weapons ban

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