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Letter to the Editor: Slow down the speed limits
Viewpoint: The Forest After The Fire: Many of these forests will not immediately jump back to a healthy cycle. Rehabilitation will be a struggle—you can’t expect bountiful green shoots next spring.
Editor's Note: Communities That Should Care, Don't: Is a reader right about thinking of Seattle as courteous and caring, but only towards adults and seniors? School children, at least according to a survey, seem to be treated differently. I hope I’m wrong.
Law & Technology: Living With Total Surveillance: In Delaware, about 200, mostly minority men from poor neighborhoods, had their names, addresses, and photographs entered into a police database on the theory that they were likely to commit crimes in the future.
Seattle Press Editorial: We’re endorsing Zack Hudgins for the Legislative District No. 11, Position No. 1’s open seat for a simple reason. He knows what he is talking about—and actually lives it.
Letter to the Editor: Thank You, Seattle
Letter to the Editor: Saddest Time for Doctors
Letter to the Editor: A Candidate Speaks
Letter to the Editor: Crosswalk Safety: How many of our precious children have to die before you figure we need traffic safety in our neighborhood?
Letter to the Editor: Medicare Problem: The bottom line is that sometimes you do have to change the definition of the problem to find a solution and there is a very simple one that will save money, increase services and expand coverage.
Law and Technology: "I have nothing to hide." Should you care?: Along with all of the correct information contained in the report, were some striking errors, including that he had been married twice before, incorrect names of his children, and that he was dead! He tried to opt-out, but was told that he couldn’t.
Editor's Note: A Father's Plea: While others are thinking of ways to speed up traffic, one father’s plea is for more devices to slow us down.
Seattle Press Editorial: On September 17, we’re endorsing Michael Spearman for Position 3 at the Washington Supreme Court. He’s the right man.
Seattle Press Guest Editorial
Washington's Tax Reform Should Start with Closing Corporate Exemptions: Green Party activist, former congressional candidate and local teacher Joe Szwaja points out a few places the legislature could increase state revenues without cutting vital human services programs.
Seattle Press Editorial
Referendum 51: Referendum 51 is the State Legislature's proposal to add a gas tas increase, a truck fee, and an automobile sales tax. Will it answer our state's transportation problems?
View Point
Monorail Swooshes to Ballot: This November, the voters will make a final decision on the future of the monorail. Curt Firestone is betting that the third time's a charm, and we will say: "Build it!"
Seattle Press guest editorial
What is a Zoo?: Wanda Moore lives directly across the street from Woodland Park Zoo. Her love of the zoo spans many years, and she is concerned that animal care will lose out in the Zoo's new development plans.
View Point
A More Perfect Union: It is a good time to look forward to determine how we can improve our lives and make our nation a better place to be. Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s book, A More Perfect Union, is a good place to start.
Seattle Press guest editorial
Educating Inmates is Worth the Investment: Addressing a commencement class at McNeil Island Corrections Center, Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles saw the value of training inmates for their future lives.
Viewpoint
God Bless America: Curt Firestone tells why we really ought to be saying "God bless the rest of the world."

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