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    Media, Primary Election, Seattle Public Schools, City Hall
    Media, Primary Election, Seattle Public Schools, City Hall
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Media A documentary that will air next week on public KCTS-TV about independent fishermen and their battles with the Port…

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    House Transportation Chair Ed Murray, Democrat of Seattle: "The campaign has made voting for transportation taxes more radioactive."
    Gridlock Politics
    By George Howland Jr. • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Party bickering, the GOP antitax crusade, and Seattle arrogance stand in the way of replacing the dangerous Alaskan Way Viaduct and the aging 520 bridge.

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    News Clips— Emergency!
    News Clips— Emergency!
    By James Bush • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    ONLY THE MAYOR can declare a civil emergency, according to Seattle’s city charter. But City Council member Peter Steinbrueck wants…

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    White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales.
    What Moral Values?
    By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    History is written by the winners, and so the instant history that’s written about this year’s presidential election is that…

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    The Economy, Poliwood, and Crime
    The Economy, Poliwood, and Crime
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    THE ECONOMY “We don’t suck.” That was the Washington State Labor Council‘s rejoinder to Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Alan Mulally,…

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    A Judgment Call
    A Judgment Call
    By George Howland Jr. • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    IT WAS EASY to like Michael Spearman when he was a crusading lawyer. Now he’s a King County Superior Court…

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    Will Baker
    This Will Has a Way
    By Rick Anderson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The GOP has disowned kooky auditor candidate Will Baker, but he still got 410,718 primary votes.

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    Six degrees of… devastation?
    Six degrees of… devastation?
    By Roger Downey • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Forget the Y2K bug. Here’s a real 21st-century crisis facing the Northwest: the coming drought years.

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    Get the Schell out
    Get the Schell out
    By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The spirit of the magical nonviolent protest that infused WTO week will go back to cities and towns around the…

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    Monorail, Homelessness, the Police
    Monorail, Homelessness, the Police
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Monorail “Now arriving at Nowhere,” the recorded voice might say as the 2011 Seattle Monorail pulls into beautiful downtown Interbay….

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    Domestic partners
    Domestic partners
    By Mark Worth • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Senior residents attack the Housing Authority again, this time for trying to take on private investors.

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    Baghdad Jimmy
    Baghdad Jimmy
    By Knute Berger • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    OVER THE WEEKEND, Congressman-for-life “Sunny” Jim McDermott could be seen on TV live from Iraq. McDermott has ventured to ground…

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    You can’t go home again
    You can’t go home again
    By James Bush • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    While residents of Tent City 2 were appealing to the City Council on July 6 not to clear their homeless…

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    The Lonely Sin
    The Lonely Sin
    By Judy McGuire • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Dear Dategirl, I, too, am still crying over an ex-boyfriend who doesn’t notice I’m gone (mostly because he’s got a…

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    Y2K WTO reprise awaits!This week the Seattle Police Department announced. They are
    Y2K WTO reprise awaits!This week the Seattle Police...
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Y2K WTO reprise awaits!This week the Seattle Police Department announced. They are beefing up the force for New Years Eve….

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    In Iran last week, "Down with USA."
    Retraction Distraction
    By Geov Parrish • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    It might be the most insincere “retraction” in the history of modern journalism. Newsweek had little choice but to disavow…

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    Tree-huggin' lumberjacks
    Tree-huggin’ lumberjacks
    By Mark D. Fefer • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Environmentalists are embracing a new strategy for saving the forests: cut ’em themselves.

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    News Clips— Mardi Gras: Video verdicts
    News Clips— Mardi Gras: Video verdicts
    By Rick Anderson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    WHILE ATTORNEYS FOR accused Mardi Gras killer Jerell Thomas seek to review unaired TV tape in hopes of exonerating their…

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    Spotted Owls on the Outs
    Spotted Owls on the Outs
    By Philip Dawdy • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Supposedly saved, biologists now count half as many on federal land.

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    "We belong to the planet, WTO. Tread lightly, it's the only one we have."
    “We belong to the planet, WTO. Tread lightly,...
    October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Riots in Seattle After reading the Geov Parrish column “Impolitics” (“The high cost of throwing rocks,” 11/4), I’m concerned about…

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