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R-71 signature checkers. Image from the Secretary of State’s office.Yesterday, I ripped

R-71 signature checkers. Image from the Secretary of State’s office.Yesterday, I ripped on the organizers of R-71 (the…

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Actually, guys, it’s ‘less money, mo problems.’Greg Nickels is lucky this didn’t

Actually, guys, it’s ‘less money, mo problems.’Greg Nickels is lucky this didn’t happen during the primary–though he’ll be…

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Already home to a number of Superfund sites, South Seattle didn’t really

Already home to a number of Superfund sites, South Seattle didn’t really need a 1,000 gallon diesel spill.…

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Critical Mass, aka “The Bomb,” “The Goods.”The same day local weather guru

Critical Mass, aka “The Bomb,” “The Goods.”The same day local weather guru Cliff Mass took some shots at…

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Seattle lost the Sonics over a year ago, but filmmaker and sometime

Seattle lost the Sonics over a year ago, but filmmaker and sometime SW contributor Jason Reid isn’t ready…

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Going into the primary, there was much talk about how the vote

Going into the primary, there was much talk about how the vote would skew old, thus benefitting, for…

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Next time we want a giant donkey pinataLet’s say you spent a

Next time we want a giant donkey pinataLet’s say you spent a bunch of money to subject a…

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Photo by G Stonebreaker. There’s plenty more where it came from (i.e.

Photo by G Stonebreaker. There’s plenty more where it came from (i.e. the SW Flickr pool). Add your…

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This shot of the 3rd floor Atrium in the Seattle Central Library

This shot of the 3rd floor Atrium in the Seattle Central Library was taken by swpars. More good…

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McGinn supporters enjoy reading the early returnsI’m at the Mike McGinn campaign’s

McGinn supporters enjoy reading the early returnsI’m at the Mike McGinn campaign’s party at Havana and it’s plenty…

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The Secretary of State celebrates a job half-done.At a little over two

The Secretary of State celebrates a job half-done.At a little over two weeks since it began counting signatures…

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Click to enlargeYou have until today’s last mail pickup or until 8

Click to enlargeYou have until today’s last mail pickup or until 8 PM at the ballot drop boxes…

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In addition to the money, Ackley’s contract guarantees him an oversized helment.It

In addition to the money, Ackley’s contract guarantees him an oversized helment.It was uncomfortably close for a fan…

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People looking to discuss mid- and high-rise building codes AND get free

People looking to discuss mid- and high-rise building codes AND get free ice cream can finally kill two…

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When he left, Nick took his job (and the hoop) with himWith

When he left, Nick took his job (and the hoop) with himWith the unemployment rate pushing towards double…

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The “missing” poster, via Cooper JournalThe news is regularly filled with stories

The “missing” poster, via Cooper JournalThe news is regularly filled with stories that will erode your faith in…

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If you don’t feel like driving from Seattle to Vancouver, the train’s

If you don’t feel like driving from Seattle to Vancouver, the train’s always a pretty good option, especially…

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Further, the bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, has been

Further, the bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, has been restored, and apparently it paid a…

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This guy’s pretty impressive.About a day after he became a national figure

This guy’s pretty impressive.About a day after he became a national figure last October (thanks to John McCain’s…

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Sleepy fishing village no more. With new condos aplenty and snarled traffic,

Sleepy fishing village no more. With new condos aplenty and snarled traffic, Ballard seems to have become Easy…