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    Articles by Ellis E. Conklin
    A hefty increase in the minimum wage may be resonating in Seattle,
    A hefty increase in the minimum wage may...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 9, 2014 3:01 pm

    A hefty increase in the minimum wage may be resonating in Seattle, but it sure as heck isn’t with most…

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    The fiery, ever-quotable and occasionally profane Dwight Pelz is packing up his
    The fiery, ever-quotable and occasionally profane Dwight Pelz...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 9, 2014 1:03 pm

    The fiery, ever-quotable and occasionally profane Dwight Pelz is packing up his old campaign buttons, bumper stickers and posters and…

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    With one pot shop for every 4,850 people who live here, Seattle
    With one pot shop for every 4,850 people...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 9, 2014 11:13 am

    With one pot shop for every 4,850 people who live here, Seattle finished third in a ridiculous rating of the…

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    Paul Berendt, the longest serving Democratic Party chairman in the nation when
    Paul Berendt, the longest serving Democratic Party chairman...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • January 9, 2014 9:33 am

    Paul Berendt, the longest serving Democratic Party chairman in the nation when he stepped down eight years ago, is having…

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    As Seattle Weekly first reported back in July, Mayor McGinn plans to
    Mike McGinn this afternoon closed the book on...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 31, 2013 3:08 pm

    Mike McGinn this afternoon closed the book on his four years as Seattle’s mayor and issued the following statement: Thank…

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    “It’s all a blur now,” Ed Murray says of that chilly November
    “It’s all a blur now,” Ed Murray says...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 27, 2013 9:46 am

    “It’s all a blur now,” Ed Murray says of that chilly November evening when he became Seattle’s 53rd mayor. “I…

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    It’s all a blur now,” Ed Murray says of that chilly November
    It’s all a blur now,” Ed Murray says...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 20, 2013 2:23 pm

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    It has been an unsettling year for King County Metro bus drivers.They
    It has been an unsettling year for King...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 18, 2013 12:30 pm

    It has been an unsettling year for King County Metro bus drivers. They saw one of their own wounded in…

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    Photo credit: Marcus Courtney AFL-CIO
    Whether by intention or coincidence, Amazon workers kept...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 16, 2013 12:10 pm

    Whether by intention or coincidence, Amazon workers kept their distance this morning as a union protest, in support of German…

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    For a week now, the world’s largest boring machine has sat idle
    For a week now, the world’s largest boring...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 13, 2013 2:52 pm

    For a week now, the world’s largest boring machine has sat idle 60 feet below South Main Street as engineers…

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    Earlier this week, my trusty colleague Matt Driscoll wrote about the office
    Earlier this week, my trusty colleague Matt Driscoll...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 13, 2013 12:58 pm

    Earlier this week, my trusty colleague Matt Driscoll wrote about the office holiday party that ended on a less than…

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    Teaching at Seattle's First Place Scholars, which converted to a charter school after the 2012 initiative passed.
    A King County Judge today ruled that a...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 12, 2013 3:46 pm

    A King County Judge today ruled that a charter school cannot be defined as “common school” because it not governed…

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    The other day, Slate published a story by Aisha Harris titled “Santa
    The other day, Slate published a story by...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 12, 2013 1:19 pm

    The other day, Slate published a story by Aisha Harris titled “Santa Claus Should Not be A White Man Anymore.”…

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    Fresh from his Big City Mayor 101 class at the Kennedy School,
    Fresh from his Big City Mayor 101 class...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 11, 2013 2:35 pm

    Fresh from his Big City Mayor 101 class at the Kennedy School, Ed Murray today began to fill the office…

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    Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in this pro-49ers screed are
    Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 9, 2013 10:45 am

    Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in this pro-49ers screed are those of Ellis E. Conklin and do not…

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    An outlaw wind races across these barren hills as the late-November sun
    An outlaw wind races across these barren hills...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • December 6, 2013 4:20 pm

    An outlaw wind races across these barren hills as the late-November sun glints off the curled wreaths of razor wire…

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    This really shouldn’t came as a huge surprise, but working in an
    This really shouldn’t came as a huge surprise,...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • November 25, 2013 11:14 am

    This really shouldn’t came as a huge surprise, but working in an Amazon warehouse can turn you into a prime…

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    As the saying goes, it takes money to make money. It also
    Update: Ed Murray’s transition team announced more department...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • November 22, 2013 11:13 am

    Update: Ed Murray’s transition team announced more department changes this afternoon. See the bottom of this post for details. Mayor-elect…

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    “John Kennedy’s bright trajectory ended in mid-passage, severed in the glaring Friday
    “John Kennedy’s bright trajectory ended in mid-passage, severed...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • November 21, 2013 1:39 pm

    “John Kennedy’s bright trajectory ended in mid-passage, severed in the glaring Friday noontime in Dallas,” the great essayist Lance Morrow…

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    U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke will step down from his post
    U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke will step...
    By Ellis E. Conklin • November 20, 2013 2:04 pm

    U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke will step down from his post as U.S. Ambassador to China early next year…

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