February 21st, 2012
When I was 11 I had the 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers team photo taped to my bedroom door. If I had that photo still I could have checked it to recall the fifth starter of that world championship team. Instead, I hit Wikipedia and learned the other starting guard was (drum roll,
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January 4th, 2012
While I’m plotting which stores to hit on my general route home that might still be stocked with water -- read here about the water main break in South Seattle and if you live in one of the affected areas, don’t drink from the tap – I’ll relay to you the stats
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Posted: January 4th, 2012 under
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November 29th, 2011
In the last few weeks I’ve written about how, when I re-upped as the committee chair for COBE in 2010, I made it a goal to focus on land use as service, as a means to an end. I talked about the ways I wanted land use to serve the greater good
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June 23rd, 2011
Since the State Legislature adjourned in May I and others have been trying to figure out who won and lost when it comes to medical marijuana. My conclusion is that just about everyone lost when the legislature and governor called an end to the 2011 session without a coherent approach to regulating
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Posted: June 23rd, 2011 under
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June 16th, 2011
Former Seattle Planning Director Ray Gastil is enjoying life as a consultant on urban planning and, lately, as the guest editor of the latest edition of ARCADE. The quarterly magazine on design and the built environment is produced by the Northwest Architectural League with a great standing staff and a guest editor
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Posted: June 16th, 2011 under
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April 28th, 2011
Yes, people are hurting as they seek to survive the slow, job-weak recovery from recession. However, do not steal and do not steal copper from a live transformer. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2011 CONTACT: Scott Thomsen, Phone: 206-615-0978 BOLD THIEVES RISK DEATH TO STEAL COPPER FROM ENERGIZED TRANSFORMER Vandals Cut Down
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Posted: April 28th, 2011 under
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March 24th, 2011
Dan in my office emailed me this: “A nameless man left a voicemail for you at 2:34 a.m., asking you to please grant a permit for Hempfest. If you were able to do this, you’d be a ‘world hero,’ Sally.” On the one hand, he’s connecting with his elected representative on an
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Posted: March 24th, 2011 under
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January 3rd, 2011
That headline makes it sound like this will be a super serious blog post about the need to end urban violence. And we should end urban violence. Also, I should lead off 2011 with some sort of serious, tone-setting blog post about the challenges in the year ahead. Instead this post is
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Posted: January 3rd, 2011 under
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November 23rd, 2010
Last Friday afternoon the Clark office slipped out of City Hall and over to the Seattle Animal Shelter (2061 15th Ave. W. in the Interbay neighborhood just a mile south of the Ballard Bridge, 386-PETS, www.seattle.gov/animalshelter) for a couple of hours of volunteering. We've volunteered as a team a couple of times
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Posted: November 23rd, 2010 under
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November 10th, 2010
OK, it’s not my Alden Mason, it’s our Alden Mason. It belongs to all us City Light ratepayers. For decades the City of Seattle has spent 1% of the cost of capital projects on art. The program improves the look of things like substations in neighborhoods and makes it possible for our
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Posted: November 10th, 2010 under
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