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| Opinion and op-ed by staff and guests. |
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Guest editorial
Housing Committee Ignores Public Housing Tenant Concerns - Irv Thomas, a Seattle writer, laments the lack of access for public housing residents in the Seattle Housing Authority board of commissioners.
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Guest Editorial
City Planners Ignore Northgate Neighbors - Joel Tufel of Citizens for a Liveable Northgate weighs in on the tortuous Seattle neighborhood planning process that yields few results.
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Guest Editorial
Northgate Urban Center...Are We There Yet? - Jan Brucker of Citizens for a Liveable Northgate outlines how and why we ought to build a Northgate Town Center on the mall's south parking lot.
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View Point
Legislature gets an "F" - Our State legislature has once again failed to plan for the future in their budgeting, leaving us to take up the slack. Curt Firestone says it's time for meaningful tax reform, maybe even an income tax.
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Guest Editorial
Bush's Upside Down Family Planning Policy - Joy Livingstone of Zero Population Growth's Seattle chapter discusses Bush' holdup of $34 million in family planning aid for 140 countries worldwide.
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Seattle Press Guest Editorial
Congratulations, Sound Transit! - George Curtis of Save Our Valley sounds off on Sound Transit's property takings along Rainier Avenue S.
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Viewpoint
Corporate Discrimination in Seattle - Price discrimination against low-income neighborhoods is wrong, right? Not here, as Curt Firestone found out.
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Seattle Press guest editorial
Democracy and Civic Trust - Sandy Mitchell responds to Curt Firestone's last editorial in this guest editorial.
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Seattle Press guest editorial
Eyman's Finances are Old News - Trevor Griffey contributes this editorial about the long history of Tim Eyman's financial lies.
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Guest Editorial
Recapturing Democracy - Curt Firestone delves into the public mind: why do people participate in government, and why do they not?
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Guest Editorial
Reform City Council Presidential Selection Process - Curt Firestone's plan to elect the City Council President--and the rest of the council members--quickly and democratically.
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Seattle Press Editorial
Seattle's Newest Holiday Tradition - Demonstrators against corporate globalization were met with armed resistance from Seattle police at their event on November 30.
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Guest Editorial
Three Races: the Seattle Way, the Homecoming King, a Folk Hero - Wallis Bolz talks style and substance in three of the races in this year's election.
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My Two Cents
Focus On The Local To Avert Global Vulnerability - Sandy Bradley contributes this guest editorial on ways we can start remaking our global society.
- The Faulty Logic of Revenge
- Does revenge work?
- City Council candidates on the "civility" laws
- Candidates in the contested City Council races answer the question, "What is your position on Mark Sidran’s legacy of “civility” laws (parks exclusion ordinance, no-sitting ordinance, vehicle impound law, utility pole poster ban)? What, if anything, would
- City Council candidates on public toilets
- Candidates in the contested City Council races answer the question, "What is your stand on public toilets, including the recent City Council-approved purchase of five free-standing toilets for $6.4 million over 10 years?"
- City Council candidates on transportation
- City Council candidates in the three contested races answer the question, "How would you address the transportation issues facing Seattle?"
- City Council candidates on police conduct at large public events
- City Council candidates in all three contested races answer the question, "How will you, as a City Councilmember, instruct the police to handle the next anniversary of WTO? Mardi Gras?"
- City Council candidates on low-income housing
- Candidates in all three contested City Council races answer the question, "What, if any, concrete measures would you take to help keep low-income housing in Seattle?"
