March 27th, 2009
That's the new number we heard from staff last night at the public hearing on budget priorities. We will likely show a $40 million gap between what we thought we could spend this year and the amount of revenue we'll actually see. That includes a really bad fourth quarter in 2008 and
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March 24th, 2009
This past weekend while many of you are studying NCAA "bracketology" and mourning the Huskies' loss to Purdue, kids from all over Seattle competed in the city league basketball championships. From morning to night kids raced on the fast break, sank three-pointers, set clean picks, bounce-passed to the inside and played all
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Posted: March 24th, 2009 under
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March 24th, 2009
With Dan Savage's declaration that he'll run for mayor of Seattle I've decided to declare my intention to form an exploratory committee. This committee will help me decide whether or not to declare for the position of editor of the Stranger. With the decline of print newspapers I believe the Stranger will
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March 16th, 2009
With the shutdown tomorrow of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer this city loses part of its common dialogue, part of its history, and a necessary part of its democracy. I lose my morning routine, a way of checking in with the world and the ideas of others. Others lose their jobs in the best
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Posted: March 16th, 2009 under
Memorials.
