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Jorge Carrasco, the second highest-paid public employee in...
By Ellis E. Conklin • July 2, 2014 3:27 pm

Jorge Carrasco, the second highest-paid public employee in Seattle, will have to get by on $245,000 for the indefinite future….

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For all of you out there outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court
For all of you out there outraged over...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 30, 2014 2:31 pm

For all of you out there outraged over the U.S. Supreme Court decision today that closely held corporations cannot be…

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Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that employees with religious objections can opt
Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that employees with...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 30, 2014 11:07 am

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that employees with religious objections can opt out of providing contraception coverage under Obamacare was…

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Tim Lincecum fired his second career no-hitter this afternoon, as the first-place
Tim Lincecum fired his second career no-hitter this...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 25, 2014 3:33 pm

Tim Lincecum fired his second career no-hitter this afternoon, as the first-place San Francisco Giants beat San Diego, 4-0. A…

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Now that we’ve legalized the stuff, our leaders can’t stop falling all
Now that we’ve legalized the stuff, our leaders...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 25, 2014 3:05 pm

Now that we’ve legalized the stuff, our leaders can’t stop falling all over themselves to make sure we don’t go…

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Frances Bean Cobain was a wee toddler when her famous father killed
Frances Bean Cobain was a wee toddler when...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 23, 2014 12:03 pm

Frances Bean Cobain was a wee toddler when her famous father killed himself at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard…

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The climactic moment of the first gay-pride event took place in the International Fountain.
This weekend, Seattle Gay Pride will be celebrated...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 18, 2014 11:20 am

This weekend, Seattle Gay Pride will be celebrated with picnics, parties, and reunions rife with tears and hugs, and culminate…

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Above: SDOT bridge crew chief Joe Grande oversees the country’s busiest drawbridge. Inset: The Fremont Bridge tallies one of the first of its 652,444 openings.
At your next cocktail party, when talk turns...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 5, 2014 3:26 pm

At your next cocktail party, when talk turns to Seattle’s drawbridges, as it inevitably will, you might mention that the…

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Have you ever noticed that often the beauty of a restaurant seems
Have you ever noticed that often the beauty...
By Ellis E. Conklin • June 5, 2014 2:37 pm

Have you ever noticed that often the beauty of a restaurant seems to enhance the flavor of its food, or…

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His pain was so searing it left me gasping. I’ve not seen
His pain was so searing it left me...
By Ellis E. Conklin • May 27, 2014 2:15 pm

His pain was so searing it left me gasping. I’ve not seen anything in a long time so crushing and…

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Jean Godden announced she will again run for City Council in 2015.
One evening in the early 1980s, Jean Godden,...
By Ellis E. Conklin • May 22, 2014 1:28 pm

One evening in the early 1980s, Jean Godden, then a staff writer at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was invited to a…

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Poor Barry, he really could use some cheering up. “The onetime messiah
Poor Barry, he really could use some cheering...
By Ellis E. Conklin • May 21, 2014 12:06 pm

Poor Barry, he really could use some cheering up. “The onetime messiah seems like a sad sack,” as New York…

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“Too many good soldiers have had their lives destroyed.”
Years have passed since Jacques Pugh’s time in...
By Ellis E. Conklin • May 9, 2014 1:27 pm

Years have passed since Jacques Pugh’s time in Bosnia and later in Iraq, where he served in the 81st Infantry…

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Krisana Bick, Kali Henson, and Thomas Terry
Mayor Ed Murray’s frosty reception to a Seattle-only...
By Ellis E. Conklin • May 7, 2014 2:09 pm

Mayor Ed Murray’s frosty reception to a Seattle-only ballot initiative to staunch gaping cuts to Metro bus service is at…

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Bertha, the world’s biggest tunnel boring machine, is expected to dock in
Washington State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson today...
By Ellis E. Conklin • April 29, 2014 1:58 pm

Washington State Secretary of Transportation Lynn Peterson today told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson that considering the fact that the tunnel…

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You got to be 21 to buy alcohol and pot. So why
You got to be 21 to buy alcohol...
By Ellis E. Conklin • April 23, 2014 2:42 pm

You got to be 21 to buy alcohol and pot. So why shouldn’t cigarette smokers follow suit? “It’s considered to…

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It’s finally happening. Soon we will all feel the earth move –
Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, Bertha,...
By Ellis E. Conklin • April 21, 2014 1:15 pm

Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, Bertha, the world’s largest – and most temperamental – tunnel boring machine will…

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Bertha’s lousy tunnel vision notwithstanding, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, our deteriorating double-decker
Bertha’s lousy tunnel vision notwithstanding, the Alaskan Way...
By Ellis E. Conklin • April 17, 2014 4:00 pm

Bertha’s lousy tunnel vision notwithstanding, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, our deteriorating double-decker dud, will one day soon come rattling down,…

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John Gleason, forefront, and other 98 Union residents fear an aerial peepshow if sky-borne pods were to travel beside their building.
Beneath a vast blue sky piled high with...
By Ellis E. Conklin • April 17, 2014 10:47 am

Beneath a vast blue sky piled high with billowy white clouds, Kyle Griffith climbs out of his shiny black S300…

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Well, yes, it turns out there is. A lumberjack for one. Apologies
Well, yes, it turns out there is. A...
By Ellis E. Conklin • April 15, 2014 11:59 am

Well, yes, it turns out there is. A lumberjack for one. Apologies to Monty Python, but no, being a lumberjack…

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