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Stake and regs
What if they held a stakeholders meeting and nobody staked? That’s the situation city officials face now that…
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News Clips— Needle Exchange
SEATTLE TIMES PUBLISHER Frank Blethen and his continuing battle against the estate tax are in the news again—although…
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Bonding with developers
How stealth corporate welfare gives Weyerhaeuser a windfall at Snoqualmie Ridge.
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News Clips— Fenix rising
THE FENIX, a Pioneer Square club knocked out by the Ash Wednesday earthquake, is looking to rise from…
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Garage sale
Pacific Place’s developers are expected to meet the conditions of their contract with the city, and so this…
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Damn everything, including the circus
Note to City Hall visitors: Don’t worry about those circus animals, but watch out for the Seattle City…
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Vance bottoms out
Working at an urban liberal rag like this one, it’s a rare occasion when a Republican candidate impresses…
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News Clips— Needle Exchange
CITY ATTORNEY Mark Sidran’s faltering mayoral campaign is finally getting some good press—from The New York Times, no…
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Driving Ms. Heidi
Intrigue! Excitement! Mystery! And all in Seattle’s ever-dull City Hall! Yes, that’s what went on late last week…
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Another four years?
It figures that the 2001 mayoral campaign would start not with a bang, but with an adverb. “Probably”…
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What’s the beef?
Mayor Paul Schell’s effort to trim city ethics regulations continues, but backers of a less constrained city workforce…
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Beam me up
The Space Needle's flashy light show gets panned by environmentalists and astronomers.
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News Clips— Council clams up
THE SEATTLE City Council may appeal a federal court decision allowing political candidates freedom of speech in the…
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SHA board blues
When a coalition of public housing residents, housing advocates, and union officials managed to get state legislation passed…
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News Clips— Needle Exchange
DAMN THAT John Elway. The former Denver Broncos quarterback, who crushed many Seahawk playoff drives in his day,…
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City OK, you’re OK
For those of you too busy to attend Mayor Paul Schell’s State of the City address on January…